By situation, I just mean that, in my opinion, she just is not a D1 player. Every team has a couple of players that are really needed for the program as a whole for it to run smoothly and have players for practices. Blanck fills that role. I feel bad for her sometimes that she doesn’t play, but she seems to enjoy being on the team and playing the role she plays.
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In thinking about the two losses over the weekend, I wondered if the team would appreciate the difficulty level they faced and somehow make the rest if the games seem easier in comparison. You know, like a batting donut makes the bat feel lighter or you go from expert level to basic level on a video game.
If anything nothing much changed except the Utes shot a bit better from the field against Weber than they did against Uconn. However, when you are a team that is based on threes or inside baskets, you can’t be 7-27 from three-land against a team like Weber.
This team is struggling right now. Weber played even with them in the 2nd half 28-28 in points. If they don’t show improved shooting soon, it might be a long season.
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The team does not look good. 3-pt shooting doesn’t matter when you can’t make them because of pressing. Not enough inside presence to counter, either. It’s a guard-heavy team, but ball-handling and passing are suspect at best.
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Realizing that Montana is not a team that can measure up to a XII team (though they did lose a one point game to BYU in Missoula) it was a nice win.
Good to see Reese Ross back in the lineup. In the last three games (UW, SU, UConn) she was being beat up pretty good. She had a wrap on her left knee, which is the knee she injured in the last play of the SU game, where she limped off the court in pain (and a lot of frustration over how she was manhandled physically). Nice to see her get some good minutes that hopefully bring up her confidence again.
Evans and Otto pretty much had their way down low, and between them scored 21 points in 33 minutes (the other 7 went to Crispe).
Otherwise, tip of the hat to White for leading the team with 16 points and being willing to shoot.
Next, on to Ft Collins on Thursday, then home for Boise St and Northwestern next week.
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I read this article this morning and it sounds so familiar I had a bit of a nightmare flashback. But, also gladdened in that it shows we are not alone in the world of being overwhelmed by this UConn team.
UConn women’s basketball dominates Xavier in Big East opener behind 18 made 3-pointers
Once the UConn women’s basketball team began hitting from 3-point range against Xavier on Sunday, the only thing the Musketeers could do to slow them down was hope for a miss.
The No. 1 Huskies routed Xavier 104-39 on the road (emphasis mine) in their Big East opener behind a 50% shooting performance beyond the arc. The team sank a season-high 18 3-pointers with three different players making at least four and six players finishing with double-digit points… (remaining part of article removed for the promotion of our mental health).
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The game against Colorado State tonight is both on the Mountain West Network online, and, if you have RYZsports on your cable system, it will be on there as well.
Not sure the cable system in Utah carry RYZ, but you may wish to see if you want to watch the game.
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Nice to see our freshmen lead us to a nice win on the road while the veterans played well aslo. Avery is going to be so good.
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It was her 3 straight triples early in the 4th quarter and a nice drive for two that finally allowed the Utes to pull away and win. For a lot of the game, I was a bit frustrated. The entry passes are so poor and we had streaks of not hitting anything. Colorado State is a team Utah should blow out if they think they should be in the tourney.
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Watched some of the game last night against a Boise St. team that came in 8-1. They really hadn’t played anyone of note and their other loss was at CU. The game was tied at 19 after 1 quarter and the Utes went on to win 91-58. The Utes had 25 assists on 37 made shots. Evans, who transferred from Michigan a year ago but who sat out with an injury is a nice player. She would have made the Utah team from last year a much better team.
Yeah, that 1st Quarter when Boise was making everything and the Utes found a way to stay with them, mainly by shooting pretty well themselves.
That was a team that looked a lot like the Ute team of two years ago. The shots were falling, confidence overflowing, etc.
Also, other than the 1st quarter and a little flurry to start the 3rd quarter, Utah played very good defense. The best defense and rebounding game this year.
Wilke is still in her giant shooting slump and then she got absolutely butchered by a Boise player, and left holding her right shoulder. She tried one possession in the 2nd half and left for the locker room never to return. I hope it is nothing serious. What a brutal no-call.
Nice to see Sneed with all the confidence, she is found her way and really played excellent in all phases.
Not sure whether Ross is ever going to get the benefit of the doubt from the refs, and had to sit a lot of the first half, but she came out in the second and played extremely well. Great to see after all the abuse she has taken this year.
Not sure why we hadn’t seen Mafua much, but she played a lot, hit some shots and played good defense. Hopefully we see more of her.
All in all a great game. Now, do it against Northwestern and have two great games in a row and keep building that confidence.
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