GDT: Mississippi St Bulldogs vs SDSU Jackrabbits 6pm @ Frost Arena/Midco

[tbcruiser]

Big time missing Paige

[jackdaniel]

Hey ref -- it wasn't me; that Bulldog's face got in the way.

Seriously though, you're not the only one frustrated

Do they make the gals trim their claws...er fingernails, even more dangerous than the mens game if they don't, I worry that they could poke a hole in the ball on a rebound attempt

[YanktonJack7]

Jacks were 14-27 from the line. Burckhard was 0-5. But the Jacks hang on!

[Route 12 Jack]

Lucky that our free throw shooting didn’t cost us that game. Good win though.

[jakejc795]

Do they make the gals trim their claws...er fingernails, even more dangerous than the mens game if they don't, I worry that they could poke a hole in the ball on a rebound attempt

Maybe they should make them play with those sliding mitts they use in baseball.

I'm just glad Jacks triumphed

[GoJacks2011]

Good win. FT’s and turnovers almost lost it for us but we stayed composed. That game will teach us a lot moving forward. Miss St is going to get some big wins this year that’ll definitely help our RPI/NET.

[RahRahRabbits]

Jacks were 14-27 from the line. Burckhard was 0-5. But the Jacks hang on!

Lucky that our free throw shooting didn’t cost us that game. Good win though.

Shooting under 54% from the FT line is downright abysmal.... although it does beat Shaq's career percentage of 52.7 I guess... Can't claim good defense held us down there... c'mon Jacks!!

[bigticket1]

Hey ref -- it wasn't me; that Bulldog's face got in the way.

Seriously though, you're not the only one frustrated

Not sure where they found the female official, but it would be fine with me if they would lose her contact information.

[bigticket1]

Even if she’s not 100%, Gylten is going to be the best guard on the court most games. Fun game to watch.

It was interesting how Miss. State would put on the hard press when the freshmen guards were in, and immediately drop it off when Dru would come in. Hard to fault the freshmen too much since neither one looks to be a natural PG. When Paige gets back and Dru gets healthier, the offense will get much better.

[jakejc795]

Not sure where they found the female official, but it would be fine with me if they would lose her contact information.

Hint -- she might be found where Sylvester Stallone is in the new series Tulsa King (and she's listed relatively frequently as a ref in our region).

[jackdaniel]

We needed this tough physical style of play game before our trip to the Bahamas. Good to get used to that as we'll probably see more of it. South Carolina will be tough like we've never seen before at the end of the OOC schedule, we'll need our 3 pt shooting then for sure, even then, a super tough game, they seem to beat anyone they play by a good margin.Hope we play them well.

[LetsGoRabbits]

ZERO QUESTION that Dru did the best job handling their pressure both full and HALF court. i actually thought EK and MM did a respectable job. AJ went significantly heavier minutes to the experienced players and i am guessing MM had her smallest minute total so far but i thought she looked very good

she got her first FG of the season in response to their pressure. it was like OK you wanna get in my face then i am gonna take you to the hole then they overplayed and she pulled up for a nice mid range jumper. looked good

i bet it has been a while since Myah has been picked twice in a game. despite that she played very well and it is constantly evident how good and skilled she is!! it is hard to think about her being gone after this year. what a treasure!!
and i dont know if we have ever said it here but i think the best part of her game is the fact she never stops smiling

remember wnit game against Ohio last year the Ohio girl was getting ready to fight and myah had a big smile on her face. special special player and WAY MORE special person

[LetsGoRabbits]

i really do think that Tori is trying to / is going to turn into the WBB version of alex arians

she is so skilled and can do everything. i thought it was huge to end Q3, AJ put her at the point and she finds i believe it was timmie for a bucket. such an advantage for us that tori and myah can handle the ball so well. even though Myah got picked a couple times tonight (testament to both how aggressive and how quick and skilled miss. st. girls are) but it worked for us at least a couple times to have tori move to a facilitator spot

and on a night when we were really bad at FT line i believe Tori was 4 for 4

anyway i was just saying Tori contributes to this team in every conceivable way..her defense is looking as good as ever and she has guarded both posts and tonight was on some of their very quick perimeter girls. she boxes out. she boards. she passes. i think with so many talented girls this year she is gonna very often be content to let the others score. hopefully when the moments come that we need her to score she will be ready and able to flip that switch

[tbcruiser]

Very good point, quietly the most consistent, calm player of the night

[LetsGoRabbits]

Anyone else tired of only our players getting hit in the face. Maybe we should go harder at the ball, if their face gets in the way, oh well, seems to work for our opposition . No, not advocating this, just frustration, we can play clean but on one else bothers to. My frustration is showing about this I guess.

absolutely KNOW that some coaches do WANT to be as physical and aggressive as possible and they are NOT concerned about fouls. they believe that the officials will not call everything and if they do then you attempt to make an adjustment

i have no idea if that is the new miss st. coach philosophy. i know one of the usd players. i have never asked her. i should, but without knowing it for sure, i very much believe that was the philosophy of the former usd coach

i VERY MUCH prefer the Nagy, AJ, Hendo philosophy of wanting to guard as hard as possible but DEFINITELY NOT wanting to foul. i have heard all of them talk about this, although i dont think anyone hates / hated fouling more than coach Nagy. some things were maybe equal but i am not sure he hated anything more than giving up free throws!! both of our programs embrace the strategy and philosophy of wanting to shoot way more free throws than the opponent. Get to the foul line and DO NOT put the other team there

anyway i very much prefer the way the jacks do it, but YES I HEAR YOU!! when the jacks are constantly bashed around and hit in the face, etc.... it does seem tempting to switch to the fouls be damned style