ODU's powerful center (Oigbokie) commits her 3rd foul early in 3Q and is pulled out.

We're still just really limited on offense right now. If you defend our screens and picks well, which most teams have done in the second half of the season, we can't get a look. Nobody's breaking down the defense to get kick outs for good looks.

Rice keeps letting ODU get back into the game.

The ladies are not boxing out very well. No awareness of where the other rebounders are.

15-3 run by ODU. Now 45-43 Rice.

I feel like a broken record, but ODU is defending our offense like it's a walkthrough at this point.

ODU pulls to within 2 -- 45-43 -- with 1:31 left in 3Q.

Ogwumike missed a wide-open 3 ... then Loftus hit a 3 for ODU. 2ODU FTs then Stanton missed a three ... and Morris hit a Monarch 3. Grrr.

After the timeout ... Iademarco spins inside for a layup ... and the +1 FT. 48-43 now.

We play really well or really poor in stretches. That’s been pretty much a constant this year.

Stanton hits a 3 with 2 seconds left! 51-43 after 3Q. WooHoo.

What a sequence for Nicole Iademarco early in 4Q:

She hits a 3. Then a driving layup. After a missed ODU shot, Iademarco is fouled under the basket ... and gets both FTs to reach 20 points for the game. Then she blocks an ODU layup!

"What more can she do?"

58-43, Rice.

"The wheels are coming off for ODU. ... Rice is putting their foot on the gas."

Yay, Rice!!

ODU player pushes into Chrisman under the basket, but the Owl is called for her 5th foul. Grrr.

58-46, 4:28 left.

Best effort in quite some time.

Good win. Gonna need to be a lot better tomorrow against Middle, though.

Strong 70-48 win!

Much better second half for the win.

The final scoring was a WIDE open 3 by Ogwumike ... then Erica sank a breakaway layup after a steal. Grisby ended it with 2 FTs and the final rebound after a Monarch miss.

Well done, ladies!!

Next is Middle Tennessee tomorrow ... at 11:30 (Central).

The play-by-play guy said this is the first time the Lady Owls have advanced to the C-USA tournament quarterfinals since 2007. Yikes!!

I think he said we haven't been to the semis since 2007, so we need to win tomorrow to break that streak.

(03-07-2018 02:20 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  The final scoring was a WIDE open 3 by Ogwumike ... then Erica sank a breakaway layup after a steal. Grisby ended it with 2 FTs and the final rebound after a Monarch miss.

Well done, ladies!!

Next is Middle Tennessee tomorrow ... at 11:30 (Central).

The play-by-play guy said this is the first time the Lady Owls have advanced to the C-USA tournament quarterfinals since 2007. Yikes!!

He said the last time they advanced past the quarterfinals was 07. They'd need to beat MTSU to get that far

23-25 from the FT line! 3 less Turnovers but more points off turnovers.