Mercer
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I see Insell has left his quotes about playing 10-11 players and substituting behind in Murfreesboro.
You are right. We made some progress in the closing minutes and have yet to get anyone really hot, compared to Merer being on fire. Our D has created a lot of TO's so hopefully that continues. We had a ton of fouls called on us too.
They've been making insane shots all game. That seems to be dropping off as the game goes on. But we need a consistent run, no more lapses while trying to claw back into it.
Wow. Unreal that we lost this one. No disrespect to Mercer but we should never have even been down almost 20 to this team. Good lord… lots of questionable calls there at the end. Love the fight they had but really sad for the ladies that it ended the way it did.
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I just went back and read the play by play on ESPN. It also showed 5 fouls on the Mercer player. Is there any sort of protest that can be filed? May or may not have made a difference but that is HUGE. Also, for those that didn't see it Mercer was having tons of trouble against our press. Their girl dribbles across midcourt, turns and passes it backcourt to her teammate. Clearly over and back but no call and from there, virtually every call goes against Middle. I hate losing, but I really hate losing that way.
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You are right and wrong. ESPN does show that, but officials say otherwise. Not sure why it didn't update.
I'm sure there's more anger than there is tears about this one. It's a long year & will be a big learning experience for coaches & players alike. Just because coach tells you you're a sweet 16 or elite 8 team before the 1st game doesn't mean everyone will bow down to you from the start. Positive note, still showed good 2nd half fight, this loss could & should bring out a big fire going forward for this team.
Sure hope so! I’d be happy to get our quota of bad losses out of the way early this year and have a great remainder of the season instead! Plus I think this team has a ton of fire in them to improve and do great things.
I think it was very close and or a tie. Since almost every close call went against us, it was inevitable it would be counted.
In live time, I thought no way. Then on the replay it was bang, bang - too close to call. Like crassyblue, I knew we were beat.
Would liked to have seen Riley & Scott off the bench. Didn't see them any to speak of. As OleBlue pointed out, what up with Rick's proclamation about 10 player rotation? I can understand wanting seasoned vets assisting on a comeback attempt when down by 19, but wasn't it the seasoned vets out there in the 1st half that let you get down by 19? I know Mercer shot the lights out, but this team with its fire power has zero excuse for a 28 point half. We have a difficult schedule. If we only substitute in games that we have a comfortable 20 point lead, these new arrivals may be setting most of the year, & Whitson plus a few others could be in same boat of being exhausted by end of year again. Also, guards have to do a better job of getting Boldyreva involved. Wheeler is fine ball handler & scorer, but seemed like last years team set up Boldyreva much better for interior production. Seemed like she was practically a non factor in 2nd half play last night.
Appreciate the update. Got home in time to catch 2nd half only. Glad Scott got 12 minutes. As time goes by hope to see Riley getting similar minutes. I like her talent & athleticism
As we recall all the controversy of this game, I found what CRI said in the first coaches show tonight interesting. I didn't hear him comment on the girl who fouled out, then didn't foul out (although I may have missed it). He did comment saying the last sequence lasted something like 6.5 seconds when they put a stop watch on it. There were only 5.2 seconds on the clock when the ball was inbounded. He also commented that the girl who got the rebound and tossed up the winner walked before she released it. Lastly, he indicated that Mercer had apologized, letting them know that mistakes were made. He didn't expand on that but I'm assuming it would be in regards to the timekeeper and possibly the scorekeeper. Also said he hoped that the loss didn't come back to hurt them at the end of the season.
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