Archive for March 10th, 2010

UW-SDSU women post-game thoughts

March 10th, 2010

Tough to see the Cowgirls lose another close game, this time a 60-51 loss to the Aztecs here at the MWC Tournament.

But it was good to see Cheyenne Central graduate Hillary Carlson play like she did with 25 points and 18 rebounds. Her rebounding mark was a tournament record. See my column in Thursday’s paper for more on her.

She set the tournament record for field goals made in a second-round game with nine.

Some other notes from the game:

–SDSU had 11 blocked shots; and seven by Jessika Bradley.

–UW’s bench contributed only 30 minute out of a possible 200.

–UW had 23 offensive rebounds.

Cowgirls must wait until Monday for post-season possibilities. I think they’re in, but we will see.

Thanks to everyone who joined me on live blogs for the men’s and women’s games. It’s been a long one here. I’m out for now.

See Thursday’s paper for more tournament coverage.

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UW-Air Force post-game thoughts

March 10th, 2010

“We knew what they were going to do pretty much every single play. We knew their options and what they could possibly run,” said Air Force senior forward Grant Parker after his team beat Wyoming 59-40 Wednesday afternoon in the play-in game at the MWC Tournament here at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Talk about a slap in the face.

All UW could do was put the ball in true freshman guard Desmar Jackson’s hands and see if he could score. He had a game-high 18 points. But he also had seven turnovers.

Sophomore point guard JayDee Luster didn’t play because of a groin injury. UW’s two main ball-handlers — Jackson and sophomore Arthur Bouedo — had 10 of UW’s 13 turnovers. Most of those came early in the game.

Air Force made seven 3-pointers and shot 48 percent from the field.

Even though UW shot 45.5 percent, it attempted a season-low 33 shots.

“It’s not brain surgery. It’s pretty simple. When you shoot 2 of 16 from 3 and 42 percent from the free-throw line you’re not going to win,” UW coach Heath Schroyer said.

Some other notes from the game

–UW used its 13th different starting lineup of the season. It went with Jackson, Bouedo, senior forward Ryan Dermody, sophomore center Adam Waddell and junior forward Djibril Thiam.

–Jackson scored in double figures 11 times in his last 12 games.

–After losing 16 straight conference tournament games, Air Force has won two of its last three.

–UW is now 7-11 in the MWC Tournament.

–Waddell broke his nose near the end of the game, and didn’t attend the post-game interview session because he was having it set by doctors.

See Thursday’s paper for more coverage from the MWC Tournament, including my column on Jackson’s progression this season and how that was handled by the coaches.

Hope you will join me later for the live blog for the Cowgirls’ game with San Diego State at about 7:45 p.m. I’m hearing a win tonight would go a long, long way to securing a WNIT berth for UW.

Join me at http://wyomingcowboysblog.com/2010/03/10/live-blog-wyoming-vs-san-diego-state-ladies-mwc-tournament/

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Live Blog: Wyoming vs San Diego State (Ladies MWC Tournament)

March 10th, 2010

With last nights win over UNLV, the Cowgirls move on to play San Diego State tonight and Robert will be manning the live blog helm once again!

The game starts at 8pm and Robert will begin live blogging around 7:45.

Also Robert will be live blogging the men’s game at around 2:45 this afternoon. You can get to that chat by clicking on this link.
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UW-UNLV post-game thoughts

March 10th, 2010

Heck of a game for the Cowgirls.

It wasn’t necessarily a work of art: 37 missed shots for both teams, UW was outrebounded 53-34 and it allowed 24 offensive rebounds. Tjhe Cowgirls also missed 11 free throws.

But they won just their third game in 13 in the MWC Tournament with their 60-55 win over UNLV.

Great crowd of UW fans, and UNLV coach Kathy Olivier even said it felt more like a Wyoming crowd in her post-game interview session.

Aubrey Vandiver and Jade Kennedy were huge for UW. Hillary Carlson played well early.

San Diego State is next at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The men play Air Force at 3. Both times are Mountain Time.

Hope you will join me for a doubleheader of live blogging.

See Wednesday’s paper for more men’s and women’s coverage from the MWC Tournament.

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