Women's Basketball!

[IAA Fan]

Ladies had an uncharacteristically bad game, but came back strong to tie and send it to OT. GO LADY PENS!!!!

[ysufan0505]

Down 15 in the 2nd half, only had 31 points with 12 minutes left in the game and end up winning 73-65!! Way to go ladies!!!

[Spiderlegs]

Down 15 in the 2nd half, only had 31 points with 12 minutes left in the game and end up winning 73-65!! Way to go ladies!!!

Never led until OT! Didn't give up after a sloppy beginning.

[Wick250]

Watching the first four minutes was like a bad flashback to the days of Hill-Martin.  Allowed wide open threes, dribbled the ball off a foot twice, missed wide open shots.  Rest of the first half was only marginally better.  Scored only 20 points and allowed Robert Morris to hit 7-15 from behind the arc, many by wide open shooters.

For the first time, the players got nervous and forced too many shots.  At the 9:22 mark of the second half it looked really grim when we fell behind by 15.  Then it happened.  Everything started to click.  We ran our offensive plays, hit our shots, got to the line often (how does 33-35 sound), and got Robert Morris in serious foul trouble.  The defense reverted to its usual dependable self.  Really impressed that these women could "find it" when it would have been so easy to just quit on a night when nothing went right for about 31 minutes.

[OleYSUfan]

I was watching the game via the ESPN video and with 4-5 minutes to go, I turned it off because it looked like a certain loss. I checked the final scores this morning and couldn't believe the YSU ladies came back and tied the game, then won it in overtime. What a come back!!!

The girls shot 33-35 at the foul line, that's incredible! They need to teach the YSU men's team how to shot foul shots.

Great comeback and keep playing hard and never give up!

[ysufan0505]

Need to blow out Ohio Valley and get the starters some rest for the big games coming up with Pitt and Akron!

[guinpen]

Nice to see a game like this, obviously a good test, away game, decent team, down most of the game and able to keep it together and win. Congrats ladies.

[ysufan0505]

Easy 84-33 win today over Ohio Valley. No starter played more than 14 minutes. Rest up, because 2 big games coming up against Pitt and Akron!

[ysufan0505]

Tough test today against a good Pitt team! Let's see how we measure up. Go Guins!

[goodnews]

I see the Sports Info Staff at YSU is on top of their press releases again..  They have the Ohio Valley logo rather than the Pitt logo on todays release.  Keep up the good work......

[IAA Fan]

I wish we were competitive today, but it was not to be. Akron has now become somewhat of a must-win for us.

[ysufan0505]

Big reality check today.

[Spiderlegs]

Three games in a row with bad shooting, especially poor three-point shooting. Walker starting to emerge as a real force. Hope the team gets back on track after the holiday.

[Wick250]

Most of our 8 wins have come against low major programs.  Now we were blown out on the road by a high major program.  Neither of these extremes means much.  We simply do not yet know how this team will stack up against the competition in the Horizon League.  On paper, second through fourth places should be filled by some combination of UIC, Wright State, and us.  Both UIC and Wright State were also blown out by power conference foes this weekend.  Nobody will touch Green Bay who has already defeated many high major teams this season.

Try to keep things in perspective.  Of the seven players that Barnes uses every game, three are freshmen and two are sophomores.  When he extends the rotation to nine, add a junior and yet another freshman.  It will be very hard to excel in a tough mid-major league with that kind of inexperience.  I say tough because in RPI rankings from last week the Horizon league was #10.  For comparison, the MAC was #20.

[guinpen]

Most of our 8 wins have come against low major programs.  Now we were blown out on the road by a high major program.  Neither of these extremes means much.  We simply do not yet know how this team will stack up against the competition in the Horizon League.  On paper, second through fourth places should be filled by some combination of UIC, Wright State, and us.  Both UIC and Wright State were also blown out by power conference foes this weekend.  Nobody will touch Green Bay who has already defeated many high major teams this season.

Try to keep things in perspective.  Of the seven players that Barnes uses every game, three are freshmen and two are sophomores.  When he extends the rotation to nine, add a junior and yet another freshman.  It will be very hard to excel in a tough mid-major league with that kind of inexperience.  I say tough because in RPI rankings from last week the Horizon league was #10.  For comparison, the MAC was #20.

Good post.