• BlueGoldAg
    1.1k
    The Aggies finally secured their first win of the season with a nice 79-67 win over San Francisco last week. Now they have a chance to prevent a Sac State clean sweep this year in basketball and football when the Hornets invade the Pavilion at 6 pm tonight.

    This should be an entertaining match up. The Hornets will be bringing their furious, run-and-gun style of offense and full court pressuring defense to Davis under the direction of their coach, Bunky Harkleroad, who is one of the few advocates of this style of basketball. The following is from the Sac State Athletics website:

    In six years under Harkleroad, the Hornets have twice broken the NCAA Div. I single season records for 3-pointers made and attempted. The team has led NCAA Div. I in 3-pointers made and attempted in four of his six seasons and led in steals per game and offensive rebounds in two seasons while ranking in the top-10 in scoring, turnover margin, turnovers forced per game.

    Harkleroad's Sacramento State teams have broken Big Sky season records for points, field goals, scoring average, steals, 3-pointers, and assists and have established new conference game records in points (132), steals (30), and made 3-pointers (25).

    The Aggies have struggled this year to find a flow and consistency and Jen Gross has been experimenting with different groups of players on the floor in an effort to find the right chemistry. The Santa Clara game was the first game in which the Ags were firing on all cylinders on offense and defense and it appears that this team is more comfortable pushing the pace and playing an uptempo game. So this game appears to have all the ingredients for a track meet.

    The Ags, who trail the all-time series 30-29, have won the last 3 straight Causeway games and have beaten the Hornets badly at their own game twice in the last 3 years when they scored 110 points in 2016 and 109 points last year behind 40 points by Morgan Bertsch. Both of those wins were in the diminutive Hornets Nest.

    The Hornets shoot at will and don't care about percentages. The are averaging 34 three point shots per game but are shooting only 21.3% from beyond the arc and 32% shooting and are committing an awful 20.5 turnovers per game. On the other hand, they are forcing 15.5 TO's per game themselves. They will attempt to run the Ags ragged in and try to get them rattled and out of sync. It will be fun to see what Jen's strategy will be for her team manage the mayhem the Hornets want to create.

    Live stream tv from Big West TV and Miles Roach will do the radio PBP call on KDVS 90.3 FM.

    More about the teams here:

    https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2019/11/25/womens-basketball-causeway-cup-rivalry-comes-to-the-pavilion.aspx

    http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/releases/20191125l2m4jf

    Go Ags!
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Sac State starting off super hot. Have only missed one shot I think. 8-17 at the first time out. Davis defense is contesting shots, but there's not much you can do when the opponent makes a 14 footer with four hands in her face.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Sage has missed three point blank shots and is pissed.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    12-21 at the end of the first quarter.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.1k
    I think Jen should play Gibb much more. She a fairly solid defender and she is plays with aggressiveness whereas Stobbart is rushing her shots and playing timid. Stobbart has not played up to her potential this year.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    20-31 at the media timeout. Davis getting some stops and actually got a couple shots to go in themselves. Gotta keep playing tough D and be patient on offence.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Aggies not getting much help from the refs, overall. :/. (or at least as much as they could be based on contact under the basket)
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    30-42 at half. Score looks bad, but the Aggies are not out of the game by any measure, IMO.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    1-10 from deep is the main issue right now.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.1k
    The Ags came out sleepwalking at the start of the game. Sac has clearly been the aggressor. I'm not sure what it is with this team so far this year in that they typically start slow and then have to try and climb out of a hole. You can tell that Jen was beside herself when her starters were getting beat easily on defense. This would be a 4 or 2 point game if the Ags could hit their bunny shots...how many shots from 2 feet have they missed? Our 3 point shooting is dreadful also.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Looks pretty clear that Jones and Lily are redshirting this year btw. It's pretty funny to have the team come running onto the court with the three towers striding along behind them. :D
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    44-46 at the first timeout. Aggies getting stops on D and finally getting shots to fall.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    48-53 after three. Aggie D making a difference now.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    52-55. Injury timeout for Hornet #10.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    57-61 with 3:42 left.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    57-61 with 2:14 left. Aggie D doing its job, but the offense has gone cold again.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    60-63 with 1:26 left.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Aggies force a shot clock violation
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Aggie timeout with 45 secs left, 60-63.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Crap, Aggies couldn't get a shot off either.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Hornet foul shots
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Bessolo sinks a three! Aggies down one; Hornet ball after a time out. 14.6 left.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Aggies foul immediately.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Hall fouled on a rebound, two shots.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Sac pounding it down low right now putting Hall and Konrad in foul trouble.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Aggies can't buy a three right now.

    70-70 with 42 secs left.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    Aggies force a shot clock violation again! 16 seconds left, Aggie ball.
  • Russ Bowlus
    330
    OMG, a wide open layup somehow lipped out. Double overtime!
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