Ladies vs IUPUI

[IAA Fan]

Getting smoked 12-0 with 5 Turn-overs

[IAA Fan]

IUPUI has increased the lead and all we do is shoot and miss threes. I think we are out of this one. Keep your flippers crossed. So we will not have the tie-breaker over IUPUI or UWGB?

[Penquin68]

Tough game for sure. Bad start with missed shots and turnovers probably due to them being good and us being a bit on edge for the big game in a hostile environment. They were bigger than we were, especially inside and made it difficult for Lilly to do her normal inside game. They had one big girl on her all the time and a 2nd came in when she got the ball. She was surrounded and couldn't shoot or pass the ball out effectively and got in foul trouble early. On the outside they covered our shooters really close and our shots were contested much of the time. And when we did get a decent shot it was rushed and thus a low shooting percentage. And the turnovers really hurt.  Probably our players were too high for the game and the nerves got the best of us early. Our standard offense just didn't work and being behind so much in the 1st quarter, only 3 points in the 1st quarter pretty much doomed us. IUPUI is very good, but we need a new approach to try to compete with them which could easily happen in the tournament. We have an inside and outside game. May need to get to a mid-range game driving to the basket to help take some of the heat off. They had our number on all our typical offensive moves which they shut down.

[Wick250]

As 68 just explained very well, IUPUI is the only team in the league that can contain Ritz on the inside and also pressure our shooters on the perimeter.  They partially blocked two outside shots in the first quarter, which caused us to hurry those shots for the rest of the game. They looked unbeatable last evening, but five days previously, they looked very average in a loss at Green Bay.  Again, IUPUI starts four seniors/graduate students who will all be gone next season. Their coach is facing a major rebuild. It is impressive how he gets quality players to join a program with few fans and a small "high school" style home gym.

For us, get the job done tomorrow and claim the second seed. I would also like to see CSU beat Green Bay at home tomorrow and set up a Green Bay-IUPUI semifinal.