Minnesota Game Thread

[filbert]

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Borton:

What changed from great game vs. Boston College to SDSU? - I thought we played a team that was tougher than us in the last 15 minutes.

They executed great in the half-court, everybody on the team can make threes. We had some open shots that we missed. I thought they were just tougher than we were on both ends.

We have a lot of respect for SDSU, they've played a tough schedule, their versatility is one of their strengths, their big players can shoot the three . . .

[SturgisJeff]

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Minn coach state tougher in last five, playing a great team, tougher team on both sides state was, really doesn't want to give the Rabbits much credit, state versatility shooting and diversity beat them.

[Gameday]

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Coach Pam is on right now. Said all our girls can hit the three. Wore them down the second half. Last fifteen minutes that SDSU was the tougher team. Saying now she they had not underestimated them.

[goon]

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Good one

Tyler M just said the same thing in his post game interview. Not good one, I meant about the half time speech.

[goon]

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anybody else get nervous when morgan meier enters the game?

Nope, I think she deserves more minutes. Great defender and makes smart choices most of the time if you ask me.

[SturgisJeff]

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South Dakota State snaps Minnesota's winning streak
Source: Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:58:00 PM EST
Published: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:08:06 PM EST



Box score
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- South Dakota State beat a Big Ten team for the third time on Tuesday, downing Minnesota 65-55 at Williams Arena.

Kristin Rotert got 27 points for the Jackrabbits (9-1).

Minnesota (8-2) got 15 points from Ashley Ellis-Milan, but went ice-cold from the field in the second half to watch its eight-game winning streak come to an end.

The Gophers made just four of their first 24 shots in the second half. South Dakota State went on a 15-2 run and took the lead for good on a pair of three-point baskets by Rotert.

Jennifer Warkenthein and Jill Young each scored 10 points for South Dakota State.

Brittany McCoy scored 12 for Minnesota, which lost for the first time since its season opener at Stanford.

South Dakota State already beat two other Big Ten challengers: defeating Wisconsin 64-44 last month and edging Illinois 62-60 during a tournament in Mexico.

[rabidrabbit]

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Nope, I think she deserves more minutes. Great defender and makes smart choices most of the time if you ask me.

AJ was very complementary of Morgan's addition in tense situations. Senior who steps ups and leads at the right times.

WOW what another Rotert show tonight. New personal record on pts and tres.

[JackJD]

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Morgan doesn't make me nervous at all...she's done some great things for us when we needed it.

Nobody on this team makes me nervous.

[JimmyJack]

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AJ talked about toughness. Who's tougher than a player who's broken her nose three times like Morgan has?

[jacks nl]

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Anyone know what the attendance was? It sounded like there was quite of bit cheering when minnesota would do something good.

4935 from the gophers live stats

[Gameday]

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Kinda funny how everybody we have beaten this year is "having a bad night" when we play them....

[filbert]

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Kinda funny how everybody we have beaten this year is "having a bad night" when we play them....

Good teams tend to make the other team have a bad night . . .

[AnimalHouse83]

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Nice effort tonight ladies! I listened to the 'COO feed and it was nice to hear the compliments toward the Jacks from the Gopher announcers.

From the StarTribune:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/go...7PQLanchO7DiUX

I believe the story will continue to be updated on this same link.

[JackJD]

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Listening to the post-game wrapup on 'CCO. The announcer said now its time to get the A's and B's in the classroom etc etc. etc. Wonder if he knows how good we are in that, too!

[SoDakJack]

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The gal doing the color just mentioned that she didn't think the Summit League got an automatic bid to the tournament. I see that knowledge about the women's basketball system isn't a requirement..