John has been in for a few minutes. Not sure what's up with Neufeld. Les is playing lots of different combos of players. Our defense has been great but the height of the Gauchos is making it tough for us on the defensive boards.

The Aggies were like a firestorm in the first 4 minutes of the 3rd quarter. They hit their first seven 3's and went on a 24-2 run to blow the game wide open. The Ags hit 15-30 from 3 today and that pretty much slammed the door on Poly.

71-46 Ags after 3. They blitzed the Mustangs 30-11 in the 3rd quarter.

The Ags are on a tear to start the second half with a 19-2 run in the first 4 minutes of the 3rd and now lead 60-37. Ags are 5 of 5 from 3 and Bessolo hit 3 of those.

41-35 Ags at the half. Poly is playing really tough and shooting 48.4%. The Aggie defense needs to stiffen up in the second half.

Also from the Enterprise:

“It means a lot being here,” Breed told me. “When (you went) to Davis, it’s what you did — go to the games. It was a real college game … a big deal. To be able to enjoy that at a college campus coming from San Francisco was a big deal for me.

“I came from Galileo High School — one of the best high schools in San Francisco. The time I was at Galileo, we went undefeated for three years in a row. And the San Francisco 49ers? We won Super Bowls.”

Breed said going from the big city to a small town was a “culture shift,” but “it was really kind of cool the friends and relationships that were developed. It all came together (for me) because of sports: Everything was about going to the game or hanging out after the game … enjoying the game.”

I asked Her Honor if she would lose her Cal- or Stanford-educated constituency because of the UC Davis Football Day declaration…

“No. No. You know what, I’d do it all over again. They’ll just have to get in line.”

From the Enterprise:

UC Davis graduates 15 seniors from what remains a relatively young squad.

“I totally believe this,” Hawkins added. “We could start playing today, without any of these new guys, we’d still be pretty good. We return a lot of really good football players. Talent, experience and depth. Multiply that by our leadership and culture. And that is off the charts right now.”

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/aggies-introduce-remaining-football-puzzle-pieces/

Were they on the bench? If they weren't, I'd suspect they might be sick or injured...??

It seems to be working so I think we'll continue to see him start that lineup.

We're getting consistent contributions from Mooney and Neufeld now and that is really helping this team. Our defense was playing well for most of the game tonight. Saturday at UCSB will be a tough one.

7 in a row for the Ags. All road wins are good wins...

Neufeld looks great and then picks up his second foul and has to sit...

Les starts Squire, Printup, Neufeld, Mooney and Gonzalez again.

Click on the following link from Big West TV:

http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=1793

The pregame warm up is already streaming live from Big West TV.

His future is bright and it'll be fun to watch him on Sundays.

Siler is a warrior; he gives you 100% every game and has done so throughout his career here. He can be inconsistent and a streaky shooter but you can never fault his effort. He's a crunch time player also...fearless and tough...and he isn't afraid to have the game on his shoulders when it counts. I hope he finds a rhythm and tears it up the rest of the season.

Yes, that's accurate. Siler seemed a bit subdued and didn't really get into a flow when he was in the game. I don't think we'll see him sit that much again though.

On the radio post-game interview Les said that he needed to "mix things up." He said it wasn't any sort of punishment to the usual starters; he just needed to try something else with the team and all the players have taken it well.

Les started Squire, Mooney, Neufeld, Printup and Gonzalez and they came out firing on all cylinders. They had excellent ball movement, scoring inside and out and were playing tough defense. It turned out to be an excellent coaching move by Les.

I agree with Oldbanduhalum that Les may have been limiting TJ's minutes a bit. He's a little banged up right now. He was hobbling a couple of times in the last game.

Good teams like the Aggies continue to play hard after a miserable 3rd quarter, recover and win.