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Falling behind 18 to zip is not a good way to start a BB game, but that's what the women's team did today at Princeton. It was 28-8 at the end of the first quarter - after that, Pitt was competitive, but it didn't matter as Pitt lost 61 to 47.

The bad:
--Pitt didn't score for the first 5 minutes of the game. Didn't see the game but according to the play-by-play, Pitt missed 6 layups in that first 5 minutes. Yikes.
--Pitt was out rebounded 52 to 24. Double yikes.
--Pitt was 1 for 11 from 3.
--Cassidy Walsh went 1 for 7.
--Stasha Carey only took 4 shots - made 1.

The possibly good:
--Kalista Walters continues to make shots.
--Pitt only had 13 turnovers (versus 20 for Princeton)
--Cassidy Walsh played 25 minutes.
--After the first quarter, Pitt outscored Princeton 39 to 33.

Pitt is now 6 and 4. Pitt plays Rider, American, and Duquesne, all at the Pete, before conference play begins against ND at the Pete on Jan. 3rd.

Go Pitt.
 
It wasn't just 18-0. It was 28-2 before Pitt scored the last six points of the first quarter. But other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?

I followed some of the game, mostly in the second half, on the game tracker on Princeton's web site. Aysia Bugg only played five minutes early in the game and never came back in. I wonder if she got hurt, or if she was benched for her play? Bugg playing so little was the reason that Walsh played so much. She had over 20 minutes, which I would guess is her most minutes of the season by a good margin.

Walters had 8 points at the half. Didn't score at all in the second half.

Pitt had the lead down to 10 with about four minutes left to go in the game and on consecutive possessions missed threes (Diop and Potvin) that would have cut it to 7.

Princeton had an odd scoring game. Maybe it's always like this for them, but four of their starters combined for 58 of the 61 points. The other starter had the other 3. They got no points at all from their bench.
 
It wasn't just 18-0. It was 28-2 before Pitt scored the last six points of the first quarter. But other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?

I followed some of the game, mostly in the second half, on the game tracker on Princeton's web site. Aysia Bugg only played five minutes early in the game and never came back in. I wonder if she got hurt, or if she was benched for her play? Bugg playing so little was the reason that Walsh played so much. She had over 20 minutes, which I would guess is her most minutes of the season by a good margin.

Walters had 8 points at the half. Didn't score at all in the second half.

Pitt had the lead down to 10 with about four minutes left to go in the game and on consecutive possessions missed threes (Diop and Potvin) that would have cut it to 7.

Princeton had an odd scoring game. Maybe it's always like this for them, but four of their starters combined for 58 of the 61 points. The other starter had the other 3. They got no points at all from their bench.
It was odd about Bugg playing so little today - she did struggle early on.

And it seemed like Coach Suzie was bringing Cassidy Walsh along very, very slowly - until today anyway.

Need to find a 3-point shooter - and I have a feeling that Cassidy Walsh will eventually be very good from 3-point land, like maybe with a year or so of college experience.

I think this team is going to sink or swim this season with whatever play they get from Stasha Carey. Today, she only took 4 shots. They need to work the offense thru her. And Yacine Diop should not be shooting 3s - IMHO. Stasha Carey is the key to this team.

Go Pitt.
 
Still suffering from the twin problems of too much youth and a lack of rebounding--which is at least in part a lack of height problem.

Don't be fooled by thinking "How terrible--we lost to an IVY" Women's hoops is a different animal than men's hoops. Princeton is the Sagarin #12 ranked women's team--and they were highly ranked last year also (and we lost to them last year also).
 
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