SDSU vs. Portland State

[OldHare]

The Vikings come to Frost with a 0-5 record. They are a Big Sky team who has had a rough year last year and they are not getting much traction this year. The Vikings are projected to finish last in the 12 team conference for 2015-16. This should be a game that we see minutes for all the Jackrabbit players. The women have 3 home games to play now through Wednesday. The Portland State game should be the easiest of the matches. It would be surprising to see this game closer than 20.. Go Jacks!!

[jackdaniel]

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The Vikings come to Frost with a 0-5 record. They are a Big Sky team who has had a rough year last year and they are not getting much traction this year. The Vikings are projected to finish last in the 12 team conference for 2015-16. This should be a game that we see minutes for all the Jackrabbit players. The women have 3 home games to play now through Wednesday. The Portland State game should be the easiest of the matches. It would be surprising to see this game closer than 20.. Go Jacks!!

I've seen Massey had us projected to win by 41...thought that might be a little too much,but maybe not.Link:http://masseyratings.com/game.php?gid=633833971

[Southeast]

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41 points seems awfully high to me as well. My guess is that we'll struggle a bit coming out of the gate. The game might be disappointingly close at halftime but will be well in hand by the fourth quarter. I've seen our WBB team do that with lesser opponents plenty of times over the years. This just seems like one of those lackluster matchups that can lead to a bit of a letdown.

Tonight is a bit of a warm-up game for a schedule that ramps up in intensity over the next 20 days. After tonight, the Jacks have six games that could end up as a loss if they have an off night. Six chances to solidify a growing national reputation. It will be a fun to see what they can do. Tonight would be a great time to start a Frost Arena winning streak that carries over into next year.

[OldHare]

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I am leaning toward the women come out with good energy since they have had since Monday to rest up from the Paradise Jam. They had a fairly successful tourney and they have been playing well. They should be able to keep ramping up their play with the confidence gained in the tournament. They also played fairly well before that in the first 3 home games. They have stayed healthy with exception of Flaata and Graettinger from earlier season injuries. Hopefully this is a boring game from the first quarter on.

[SanDakotaState]

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This may have been answered already but when is Flaata expected to be back?

[OldHare]

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This may have been answered already but when is Flaata expected to be back?

It is unknown as the ankle is not showing any quick recovery. Hopefully, we will see her in the warm-ups sooner than later.

[jackdaniel]

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Seems like we are awfully three heavy sometimes when the offense stagnates....but they seem to make enough so it's not much of an issue.

[jackdaniel]

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Offense looks flat,lot of standing around,guess that's why we shoot so many three's

[jackdaniel]

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We should be able to add a little to our halftime advantage hopefully.

[jackdaniel]

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Hats off to Portland,not letting us go on a run,keeping us around 15 pt lead.We are just being outplayed this half.That's what's bad about three's,you make them,you bury your opponent,you miss a lot of them, you let your opponent come back and gain confidence.I like more of a mix with a lead secured .Keep scoring,not too long with nothing.

[jackdaniel]

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wow,didn't expect this,Portland making us look bad,lead shrinks to just 4 pts

[rabidrabbit]

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Nope. Come out cold, and Vikings d creating easy points. AJ calls to. JACKS up only 4.

[jackdaniel]

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Well,that entire quarter was wasted,first giving up the lead,then fighting to get it back.We added nothing ,or very little

[rabidrabbit]

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Jacks reextend ĺead out to 11 at end of 3. One quarter to go.

[jackdaniel]

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I was hoping this game ,we'd see more of the players we haven't seen much of,but if Portland keeps making a game out of it,we might not