Women's BBall: triple overtime at the pete
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Great effort by the women's team. Going to be a good team with time, but right now, way too many careless / head-scratcher turnovers and poor decisions late in the shot clock. Freshman Wise and Soph Diop combined for 12 turnovers - and Bugg tossed in 5 more. Ugh.
Heard Coach Suzie after the game - she sounded exasperated. Said she's tired of being "close" but losing.
Of note:
--Pitt had 24 turnovers to NCS's 12 - so amazing Pitt took the game to OT.
--Pitt shot 10-16 foul shots; while NCS shoot 21-33. Was this really a home game?
--Pitt made 30 FGs to NCS's 26.
--Pitt won the rebounding battle 61 to 50.
Brenna Wise gets out-of-control sometimes, but she is going to be a heck of a player for the next 3 years. She had 14 points and 16 rebounds today. Good to see Stasha Carey come to life - need her taking more shots.
Go Pitt.
I agree with you Major - been a lurker on the WBBall team this year. I like Wise ... she will continue to excel - she just oozes leadership.
We need more passers who can appropriately feed the post and more confident 3 point shooters who can shoot when receiving from the post.
I think what sunk us in the end was the lack of confident point guard as Bugg had fouled out.
I thought that last year the three freshmen played with surprising maturity - like they were Juniors. This year - now that they are Sophs - they are playing just like Sophs. And the true Freshmen, with respect to decision-making, are making mistakes, like you'd expect freshmen to make.
But there is youthful talent on the team. I just hope the youthful talent doesn't drive Coach Suzie too crazy.
I was glad to see Fred Potvin get some extended playing time today. I thought she would improve offensively this season -- while she hasn't, I'd like to see her try to broaden her game from just shooting 3s. She rarely looks to do anything offensively unless she's wide open for the 3...
To me, this season is more about getting ready for next season.
Go Pitt.
But there is youthful talent on the team. I just hope the youthful talent doesn't drive Coach Suzie too crazy.
I was glad to see Fred Potvin get some extended playing time today. I thought she would improve offensively this season -- while she hasn't, I'd like to see her try to broaden her game from just shooting 3s. She rarely looks to do anything offensively unless she's wide open for the 3...
To me, this season is more about getting ready for next season.
Go Pitt.
Actually if you were there or were following along, today's game kind of proved that to be true. In the first 39 minutes, 59.7 seconds Pitt shot exactly TWO foul shots. And they had only made one of them. Pitt was almost able to beat a better team essentially without even shooting foul shots at all. And on a day that they really did not play well at all. One wonders how Pitt could have possibly been in a game like today's when the spent almost 40 minutes getting absolutely nothing out of the part of the game that some people seem to think is just about the most important part.
Pitt missed a foul shot at the 8:33 mark of the first quarter. An and one attempt by Yacine Diop. The next time Pitt even shot a foul shot was at the 5:33 mark of the fourth quarter. That's exactly 33 minutes between foul shots. Man, the guys on her who bitch about the refs all the time whether they are making calls against Pitt or not would have been apoplectic.
And for the record, on the post game show SM-S was pissed about the disparity in foul shots. Her comment was something along the lines of we took the ball inside just like they did and we made the same kinds of plays inside that they did and yet we never got any calls and they did.
On the other hand, Pitt missed their first 7 threes. They didn't make one until the end of the 2nd quarter when Fred Potvin came off the bench and hit one the first time she touched the ball and then hit another a minute or so later. Pitt ended up 6-21 on threes, 3-13 by everyone other than Potvin. And what missing all those threes, most of which were wide open, did was it allowed NC State to switch to a zone after Pitt jumped out to a big early lead, and then keep packing that zone in deeper and deeper to try to take away Stasha Carey and Kalista Walters on the inside. Pitt was leading 14-5 half way through the first quarter, which was right around when NC State switched to a zone, and then NC State went on a 23-4 run over the next 12 minutes or so, because Pitt could just not hit a shot. So yeah, on a day when Pitt shot 39% overall and 28% on threes, making a few more twos and threes would have made a huge difference.
On other topics, Aysia Bugg had another tough day. 4-12 from the field, 6 assists but 5 turnovers. But man, when she is not in the game the Pitt offense just grinds to a halt. Even though she wasn't playing all that well it really hurt the team when she fouled out late in the first overtime. Several times after that Pitt had chances to either take the lead or build on a lead and they just couldn't get the offense moving. Both Walsh and Gordon tried to replace her. They played a combined 29 minutes, 1-4 from the field (all Gordon, and the basket was a basically uncontested layup late in the third overtime when NC State was playing to not foul), 2 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 turnovers. This team needs one of those two to step up and give good minutes as the backup point guard.
By the way, I want to add that while this team has some clear deficiencies (with an almost ridiculous lack of experience being one of the main ones) it's also a team that plays hard for 40 minutes no matter the score. Or 45 minutes. Or 50 minutes. Or 55 minutes.
As Lou Brown once said to Charlie Donovan, there's one or two potential all stars here. Not this year. But soon.
As Lou Brown once said to Charlie Donovan, there's one or two potential all stars here. Not this year. But soon.
You're not gonna win many games with 24 turnovers...especially when the other team only has 12. I agree with Suzie about the disparity in calling fouls. It was ridiculous. There were a few times where Pitt defenders got all ball on blocks and were called, and there were times when Pitt drove to the hoop, got hammered, and nothing called. And 2 of those charging calls against Wise could have (should have) been called the other way.
Wise is one tough young lady. She got blasted late in the 2nd quarter. She laid on the court for a good 60 seconds before being helped off. She then sprinted to the ramp nearest the Pitt bench, where she proceeded to throw up twice. But there she was, back on the floor for the start of the second half.
I thought the crowd was great today. A lot of noise and energy. These Sunday games are catching on, and the attendance is picking up. This is a fun team to watch, and well worth the price.
Wise is one tough young lady. She got blasted late in the 2nd quarter. She laid on the court for a good 60 seconds before being helped off. She then sprinted to the ramp nearest the Pitt bench, where she proceeded to throw up twice. But there she was, back on the floor for the start of the second half.
I thought the crowd was great today. A lot of noise and energy. These Sunday games are catching on, and the attendance is picking up. This is a fun team to watch, and well worth the price.
Today was some sort of "Friends of Pitt" day, so there were lots of Pitt employees and their families there. If that's what they need to do to "juice" the crowds then great, do it some more. The announced attendance was just over 3,000, and for once I think Pitt actually announced a real number ( 
). Definitely a good crowd.
Also, I agree with you on two of the three charges that Wise got called for. Especially the one where the off ball defender slide right into her as she was driving past. That call looked bad live, and then they showed the replay on the screen and it looked a whole lot worse.
). Definitely a good crowd.Also, I agree with you on two of the three charges that Wise got called for. Especially the one where the off ball defender slide right into her as she was driving past. That call looked bad live, and then they showed the replay on the screen and it looked a whole lot worse.
Gee genius if they would never miss a shot they would be indefeated. The shots were clutch and the fact you can't see that shows how little you know about the game
Probably my favorite newcomer of the year, department-wide. Total gamer, but she's still in the process of solving defenses.
hey dip shit that was for the morons who state free throws don't matter, go **** yourself.
