Tom Jones

Right. Teams seem to just stand back and let her shoot and concentrate on controlling the rebound. What is especially strange is that during the entirety of her freshman year, she hit a breathtaking 50% of her threes. I would think that she consistently hits 3s in practice - else she wouldn't have the green light. Maybe and hopefully she turns the corners soon.

OSU players, In general and by comparison, were faster, quicker, more agile, and more explosive than our own. That third quarter spurt didn't last long but hit like a bolt of lightning - quick hands and feet enabling the steal and then the speed to outrun defenders to the basket. Our players are not that far behind but far enough that there has to be some compensatory advantage in order to prevail. In our case that would to have to have been three point shooting - it wasn't there for us, and that was that. Part of that of course was OSU's defense which i thought was excellent - so many of the 3 pt attempts were closely contested. I will drop a few more tears into the spilled milk .... with Potts on the court, the Huskers would beat that OSU team three times out of four.

Just check in on 2025 recruit Olivia Hamlin. https://sports.deseret.com/high-school/girls-basketball/athlete/olivia-hamlin/274501 Don't know who "Dixie" (recent opponent) is, but jeeezz! 35 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 steals is a rarity in HS. And in two other games she had TWELVE and SIXTEEN steals! !!! Sixteen is one every 2 minutes!

i was one of them and am really proud of our fans for showing up like in view the conflicting and game and the brutally cold weather.

yes, me too. Tho I amazed that these two things happen at the same time, I will be at the PBA and then up way past my bed time to watch recorded FB. I just hope that no FB updates are reported at the BB game

Does anyone have an explanation for why these contests will be played simultaneously? I mean game time for the football championship was known well in advance of setting the basketball schedule. I expect the PBA tomorrow evening to be rather a lonely place. Maybe the ticket takers and concession workers will out number the fans - speaking of whom - they will have to miss the FB game in order to do their jobs. I really don't get it and will be watching BB replay at midnight.

Does anyone have an explanation for why these contests will be played simultaneously? I mean game time for the football championship was known well in advance of setting the basketball schedule. I expect the PBA tomorrow evening to be rather a lonely place. Maybe the ticket takers and concession workers will out number the fans - speaking of whom - they will have to miss the FB game in order to do their jobs. I really don't get it and will be watching BB replay at midnight.

was she in shorts such that a brace would have been noticeable?

I will be interested to see the match up between Markowski and O'Grady. Similar size, body builds and playing style. Season long the edge in converting possessions to points goes to O'Grady, but AM has done much better the last few games. If AM gets in foul trouble - or when she just needs a blow - Bozan defend against O'Grady will also be an indication of how far Bozan has come in defensive play.

thank you. I also just found this ..... "In NCAA basketball, the penalty for an intentional foul is two free throws for the offended player and possession of the ball for the offended team. So I still don't understand. The offended player was Petrie

The foul was called intentional.. is there a difference between a flagrant foul and an intentional foul? I really don't know

Bugs said "JP didn't foul out though" Major 'OOPS" on me. I read the box score and for JP's line i read the 5 FDs for 5 PFs . My bad. Apologies to all i might have confused.

"The refs sucked....shows they were in lala land the whole game." .... not if the situation and the rule are what i cited above - if that is the case the refs knew what to do and were right on top of it. Thinking this thru again - I think that is what happeened

well, here is another factor. by the time JP was pushed by Adams (the intentional foul) JP had already fouled out. It was she who fouled the shooter. I don't know the rule on this one - or even if there is a rule - for what happens when an already fouled out player gets fouled intentionally. Maybe it is that JP is out of the game so her team gets to choose who takes the free throws, ??????

I still can't figure that out. Petrie clearly was fouled by Adams - for her 5th. But JP didn't shoot at all. Had there been a TF, i expected that JP would shoot the two for that foul and then BP would shoot the tech. It was called an intentional, not a technical.

I would think so. Why would she want to go thru the whole rehab procedure for the third time - especially considering that she obviously is subject to this injury

we need one score OR one stop JUST NO MORE TURNOVERS

where is Hargrove in this quarter?

who on this earth can guard McMillan?

if i heard that right, Rutffgers has five steals in six minutes

so many fumbles and turnovers and steals! So much standing still holding the ball in vulnerable tie up positions. So many possessions in which we don't get off a shot.

Very nice article in the morning paper about AW and her journey back toward her pre-injury capabilities. https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/womens-basketball/allison-weidner-is-feeling-like-her-old-self-and-that-can-only-mean-good-things/article_379269fa-bda9-57d6-8546-735065bbae7c.html#tracking-source=home-top-story I hope we see that again today. Also that Markowski can stay around 50% in field goal attempts and that Nissley gets and converts some three point attempts.

Maybe i haven't paid enough attention but I don't recall seeing Nissley guarded particularly closely. I will watch for that this evening. I think that Rimdal and Prince are the all around best shooters. My hopes for tonight: that "fumbles" are greatly reduced. If your teammate passes you the ball and you have your hands on it, keep it long enough to dribble to better position or pass to a teammate in a better position, or get a good shot Markowski goes two for three or three for five on three pointers and the little voice inside her tells her that the slump is over Prince sheds all signs of reluctance, shoots it up, shows her penetration ability, if she sees a chance to take over the game, take it! Weidner looks all game long like she looked in the last few minutes Sunday afternoon Nissley gets 5+ shots (Futile hope I know but) if a player gets hot on any combination of scores, steals, assists, etc .... Amy, let that horse run! Fingers crossed.

I am overall an Amy Williams fan, but I have to admit ... I am getting weary of hearing her and Matt say something like "well it wasn't a pretty win (or actually an ugly win), but a win is a win and we will take it". They make it sound as tho each game is an exception whereas in reality it is getting to be the rule. Even some of the 20+ win games against lesser opponents didn't cross over the midpoint of the ugly to beautiful continuum until late in the third quarter. SoDak and Minny were the remarkable exceptions. A lot of that was that the 3s were falling but also there were many fewer incidents of good passes either getting into and then fumbled off of receivers' hands or actually grasped and then a layup was missed. There were cutters and penetrators instead of players just passing the ball around until somebody either threw up a three or got a turnover. One of the oddities (I thought) yesterday was that Nissley, with everyone else missing, took only two shots in 19 minutes. She was playing with a wrap around her left wrist and thumb but that's her non shooting hand. It's frustrating to see Prince making good to great passes to open teammates and then not getting credit for an assist bc the ball was fumbled or a layup was missed.

Hake has shown very impressive improvement. Petrie some and maybe Bozan is coming along. After those, I can't think of any player development to brag on. The Kendalls give great efforts, but to my (admittedly untrained) eye they look as seniors a lot like they did as freshmen. Maybe the threes will start to fall for AM40 during conference play. I have to believe that if she weren't hitting them in practice she wouldn't have the green light to throw them up during the games. Double coverage is often cited for her decline in scoring, but that only happens down low in the lane. It's a mystery.