I was watching the men's game but this must have been a crazy game for the Aggies. The Ags commit 27 TO's but still win the game. Yes, the Ags rebounded very well and dominated the boards 42-19 but, because of the TO's, we actually took 12 fewer shots that LB. The great rebounding was essentially nullified since we would turn around and give the ball back to the 49ers.

Looking at the box score it appears that Cierra Hall caught fire in the second half and ended up with 17 points on 6-6 shooting and 3-5 from the line and pulled down 7 boards as well. Great game for her! Morgan Bertsch had 22, Pele Gianotti 17 and Rachel Nagel 10. The Ags played will when they didn't turn the ball over and had an amazing 22 assists and shot 58% overall.

Turnovers have been a problem for the Aggies especially since the conference games have started. Rarely can a team give up 27 TO's and win and we won't be able to do that against the better teams in the league let alone a very good team in post-season play. Turnovers have become the Achilles heel of this team and, unless we find a fix, this team could end up disappointed by the end of the season.

SB wins over Hawai'i by 2 in OT 84-82.

63-57 Aggies win.

The Aggies overcome 27 TO's to beat the 49ers 83-71.

The Ags are locked in a battle with the 49ers 31-31 at the half. The big TO bug has struck the Aggies again. The Ags have committed 16 TO's already...wow! Jen Gross must be pulling her hair out when her team plays like this.

Hahaha...that was a pretty funny typo!

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Nice post, Mike, my wife and I feel the same way. The home winning streak is really special. It makes it feel like every game is a big game and adds to the atmosphere in the Pavilion. I think we are on our way to being able to contend for the BW title every year for both men and women.

I hope Les is able to land another player of the caliber of Hawkins or Moneke. It seems like the better teams in the Big West each year have at least one PAC12 caliber player who is really talented.

Santa Barbara is on the fast track to being outstanding right now. They have landed some 3 and 4 star recruits and Long Beach and Hawai'i regularly get few of those players also. To continue to become more even competitive Les needs to land a couple players with that kind of talent. I think the sky is the limit for us in basketball and I think Les is committed to taking us to the next level.

There is one of those human powered beer wagons in Sacramento and it goes all over downtown and it has become quite popular.

I saw that some time ago...quite a shot! I'll be happy if he can just drain his 3's from a much shorter distance!

Very impressive by both teams. It is conceivable that both teams could win the Big West title. Wouldn't that be something? It won't be easy that's for sure.

The women's team is capable of running the table and finishing 26-3 and I'm sure that's their goal. Tougher road for the men though...

Sorry to hear you ended up with the flu. I always get a flu shot but I guess this year's shot won't prevent you from getting the flu but can make it less severe if you get it. I have a friend who has the flu and it has knocked him on his butt. Hope you recover soon.

I think that when Les has both of them in there together it presents some interesting problems for other team. Both are capable of penetrating and making an assist, TJ can score inside the redwoods and Arell can pull the trigger from 3. That line up throws a whole different look at our opponent's defense.

Like DrMike said, "3 point shooting is contagious" and that seems to be the case with the Aggies. AJ does look like he is getting more comfortable out there with his shot each game and I thought his defense against Poly last night was very good also.

Siler has a beautiful 3 point shot but he has struggled to get it to fall with consistency. He's looked much better from 3 lately and Joe Mooney is improving also. The 3 point shot sleeper on the team is Arell Hennings. He shoots the highest 3 point percentage on the team. I think his overall play lately has really been helping the Aggies.

Current Standings in the Wild Wild Big West:

Long Beach State (6-2)
UC Davis (5-2)
UC Santa Barbara (5-2)
Hawai'i (4-2)
Cal State Fullerton (5-3)
UC Irvine (4-3)
CSUN (2-5)
Cal Poly (1-6)
UC Riverside (0-7)

From what I've seen so far Santa Barbara, Hawai'i and Fullerton are the most explosive offensive teams and the Aggies are the best defensive team.

Last night's official attendance was 3111...now that's more like it! We'll need the energy from good crowds when the top teams in the BW come to town. Santa Barbara, Hawai'i and Fullerton are all loaded with talent. There's going to be some great basketball in the Pavilion in the next few weeks.

I don't think they will use Strom unless we lost a couple of big men (knock on wood!). He's essentially being redshirted. He was pretty heavily recruited out of HS so I hope that he and Neufeld will be able to to fill the void that we'll have when Chima graduates. That's a tall order though.

Makes sense that if Jackson has the flu or a even a cold that they would keep him away from the team. That flu bug is a serious matter this year.

Fullerton beats Hawai'i 69-66 behind a tremendous 40 point performance by Kyle Allman in a great basketball game. He was 16 of 19 from the floor including 5-6 from 3. He looked like Steph Curry tonight. The Titans shot 61% for the game...wow...

Fullerton and Hawai'i are locked up in a real battle right now on the island. It's 41-35 Hawai'i at the half with both teams shooting lights out..67% for Fullerton and 54% for Hawai'i. Allman has 19 for the Titans and Thomas has 20 for the Warriors. Both of these teams are very athletic and talented. Great ball game streaming live on Big West TV.

Seems like I heard something about a week ago saying that he is injured but I don't know for sure. Even if he is injured you would think he would be in street clothes at the games.