It's easy to become dehydrated in very dry, cold weather too.

That's a very informative article. Thanks for posting it.

You made some good observations but the turnovers stats you quoted are for the first two games combined. We did not have 44 turnovers in the game against Pacific.

Morgan Bertsch and Kourtney Eaton each had 6 turnovers in the Pacific game and the Aggies had 26 TO's total for the game. The team also had 18 TO's at Stanford and which gives them 44 TO's for both games.

The Ags drop to 9th in the Stats FCS Poll:



http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?div=fcs

Athlon FCS Power Poll:






https://athlonsports.com/college-football/fcs-rankings-power-poll-following-week-11-2018

Ags drop to 11th in the Coaches Poll:



https://www.afca.com/polls/

Re: Bracketology Week 11

Nobowls http://www.nobowls.com/ :

Jen Gross pays tribute to Morgan Bertsch:

Head Coach Jennifer Gross added, "The fact that record has stood for decades just shows you what an incredible record it was and what a great player Carol was. For Morgan to break it in only the second game of her senior season is pretty remarkable. I think it speaks to the kind of player she is and, the best part, is that she's all about the team and she's extremely humble. She's a special player, she's a special person, and I'm really happy for her."

...and comments on the loss to Pacific:

"I was really proud of the team for the way we showed fight at the end of the game, but there were just too many stretches where we just made a lot of mistakes, turned the ball over, didn't get matched up defensively, and gave up transition buckets," Gross said. "We felt like there were a lot of points that we could have had better control over that we allowed them to have. We just can't do that. We know better than that."

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2018/11/11/womens-basketball-bertsch-breaks-school-scoring-record-in-tussle-with-tigers.aspx

With wind gusts up to 35 mph the fires could get worse tomorrow and spread. I think there is a very real possibility that we won't be playing on Saturday. I can't ever remember air quality this bad and could get worse. California burning....

We saw the turnover problem rear it's ugly head last year at times too but today's game was particularly troublesome. The Ags came out very unfocused and lackadaisical. We had something like 5 turnovers in first 6 possessions and they weren't due to pressure by the Tiger defense; it was just throwing the ball away.

The Aggies were not mentally ready to play hard and smart. The starters are just not on the same page with each other and some of our experienced players that need to step up and be the leaders of this team are struggling. The way we rallied at the end of the game is encouraging but I think Jen Gross and the team must be very disappointed so far.

I just walked outside in Sacramento...the air is practically choking!

If the game is cancelled it could have a lot of consequences for the Ags. Not playing means that there's no chance for a loss but I think the Ags need to make a statement in this game to get the selection committees attention. The magnitude of our loss at EWU has raised questions about just where the Ags stand in relation to good playoff caliber teams.I think ultimately a cancelled game will work against us as far as the playoff picture is concerned.

The fire is currently only 25% contained.

Crazy ball game. The Aggies played poorly most of the game and were down 19 points 81-62 with just 3:24 to go in the game. Then they on a tear and outscored Pacific 18-2 but fall 83-80. The Ags had a great chance to tie it but turned the ball over with 10 seconds to go. Morgan Bertsch scored 31 points and broke the all-time scoring record and became the leading scorer in Aggie basketball history.

However, the real story of this game was the unfocused, sloppy play by the Aggies resulting in 26 turnovers, many of which were simply poor passes, and a very porous defense. The Ags beat the Tigers last year in Pacific 90-58 to put things in perspective.

Jen Gross has some serious problems to clean up with this team. It was nice to see the Ags come to life in the final 3 minutes but the game is 40 minutes long and the Aggies were not present mentally for most of it.

The Tigers roar out of the half and hit their first 9 shots and put up 30 points in the 3rd and take the lead 65-57

Pacific is on a 16-0 run and from the closing minutes of the first half until the 7:47 mark of the 3rd. The Aggie starters have come out and turned the ball over 6 more times.

20 turnovers now. If I was Jen Gross I would start subbing profusely and see who wants to play.

They just seem really unfocused...don't have their heads in the game. Way too many lackadaisical passes.

McKeown is the reason we are ahead 40-35 at the half despite 14 turnovers and Morgan Bertsch struggling to hit anything. She's totally out of sync.

Yes they would cancel the game if the air quality was very unhealthy for the players and the fans alike. It would create a mess but they would not put anyone's health at risk no matter how important the game was.

Ags turn the ball over 10 times in the first quarter and trail 18-13 after the first. Morgan Bertsch is 1-5 missing wide open looks. Hard to know what's wrong with this team but it looks like they are simply not focused.