Yes, I think he is profound hearing loss but he can talk just fine. Not sure if he reads lips? He wears two hearing aids during the game. I did see an instance where he may not be able to hear others. The ball got inbounded to TJ and Fullerton was pressing and TJ pulled up his dribble. He looked to are yelling at Printup to come back to the ball but Rogers continued up the court. He may not have been able to hear him...??

Siler had a tough game last night also.

Considering everything that this team has done since Chima went out, I would say they damn near overachieved. Proud of this team.

I do not, however, like losing 3 times to Fullerton. I had a ton of respect for Dedrique Taylor until he pulled that stunt in Fullerton where he called out Les and Nosek at the end of a game that his team won by 15 points and nearly started a brawl. He'll gloat over this 3peat.

Les needed a time out and, instead, let Fullerton continue their run...

We seldom play zone and, when we have, we're not great at it. Les will often go 1-2-2 zone press with a 1-2-2 or 1-3-1 zone for one play after a timeout.

I did like the fact that Jen Gross had the Aggies turn up the defensive pressure in the second quarter after the Ags fell behind by double digits and the offense was struggling. That got some energy going even if the Ags continued to throw the ball away. In the end, it was our pressure defense got us back into the game and make the late stops to win it. Like Jim Les always says...offense can come and go but defense travels.

I'm not sure what's going on with the Ags. They've made a habit of coming from behind in most of their last 10 games or so. It seems like they played their best ball in the first half of the season.

I'm sure teams have figured out how to play us tougher but, like you said, they seem to come out slow and fall behind early and then pull the game out late. They have also been relinquishing big leads and then hanging on to win.

Riverside has been on a tear lately though and they were the aggressors early in this game. What surprised me the most was the unforced TO's by the Aggies. We normally have great ball movement also but today we were totally out of sync offensively. Dani Nafakh saved the Ags from making an early exit.

Yep, wasn't a smart choice.

This was literally the epitome of survive to play again. The Ags won this game with defense because the offense was totally out of sync the whole game. The number of unforced TO's was hard to watch. I hope we got that out of our system because we'll need to play much, much better to win another game.

Ugly game but a gritty win.

Ags trail 33-30 after 3 quarters.

The Ags scored 4 points in the 2nd quarter. The Ags were asleep at the wheel until they turned up the defense with the press. The offense is totally out of sync though. The Ags need to regroup and play like they are capable.

Riverside leads the Ags 16-13 after the 1st quarter.

The women play UC Riverside today at 12 noon. Live TV coverage on ESPN3.

Survive and play again...

We've been waiting on Joe and he's been showing up in recent games.

Nice!

Bring us luck, Obda!

Ha...they went down fighting...literally! :yikes:

I agree, 7 point favorites is too much for a game like this. I think today's game will be a tough one. Riverside played us tough twice and the neutral court and noon start in an big, empty arena could be a factor.

I'm hoping the Ags continue to surprise us and play well today. I just ordered up the Fox Sports package so I can watch the tournament games.

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