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Pretty crowded at top of SLC.......

UCA 10-2
SFA 9-2
ACU 9-2
LU 9-2

UNO leads the rest at 6-5........

UCA remaining.....good schedule but no letting off in any........

@Nicholls (5-7)
SHS (1-9)
HBU (3-7)
@SLU (2-10)
SFA (9-2)
@NWS (4-6)

UCA not only had to beat a very good ACU team but had to beat those refs.

At one point late in the game it was a HUGE free throw desparity:

ACU 37
UCA 9

First half free throws were 19-3 in favor of ACU.

The Southland has got to look into the performances of their officials. Pathetic.

Also why was the floor so slippery? I can't count how many times players slid across it like they were on ice. I'm just glad neither team had a player hurt too badly.

One one series ACU tried to inbound the ball and one of ours posted up on her to deny the inbound. The ref called a foul on us. What? The ball hadn't even been thrown in?! Next live ball the girl receiving the inbound for ACU elbowed our girl across the face and slung her to the ground and the officials called a foul on our player. Finally on the next inbound try the girl did the same thing but not as hard and the ref blew the whistle on her. They let the game get WAAAAY out of hand. They seriously need to be trained at the high school level or lower.

Glad for the win and I'm glad the women stuck it out to beat the tall ACU team and the one sided refs.

UCA@Nicholls

UCA 11-14-19-17=61 (11-2/19-4)
NSU 18-11-15-8=52 (5-8/8/16)

Trailed after Q1.....trailed at half........tied after Q3........then turned the defense on and held Lady Colonels to 8 on this home court........excellent roadd win.........

48%v 38% FGs...........27% v 17% 3s (we made only 3)...........67% v 80%........37 vs 25 rebs........19 vs 14 TOs...that has to stop to win the tourney...............

Baudoin a fine 18/7/3.........Proffitt was a solid 15/4..........Jordan a strong 14/9......Mullins was 6/7.............one more step..........shoot poorly from 3 and way too many TOs and still win on the road.......Go SugarBears!!

Not meaning to upset but.........

NCAA D1 Women's Basketball RPI for games thru 2/11/17.....

43: UALR
99: UCA
132: uaf
280: UAPB
322: A-State

ALSO, congrats to Coach in her 500th win as ahead coach.............

RACE TO FIRST PLACE:

UCA's remaining schedule: 12-2 overall- first place

2-10 SHSU --UCA won by 27 last night.
------------------------------- now 12-2
3-9 HBU -- we won by 31.
3-10 SLU -- we won by 22.
10-2 SFA -- we won by 4.
5-7 NWST -- we won by 33.

SFA's remaining schedule: 10-3 overall- third place

10-2 ACU -- SFA won by 9.
ACU beat SFA tonight 80-73.
-------------------------------
3-10 SLU -- SFA has not played yet.
7-6 UNO -- SFA won by 27.
11-2 UCA -- UCA won by 4 in Nach.
5-7 NWST -- NWST won by 4 in OT in Nach.
2-10 SHSU -- SFA won by 18.

ACU's remaining schedule: 11-2 overall- second place

10-2 SFA -- SFA beat ACU by 9 in Abilene.
ACU beat SFA by 7 tonight.
-----------------------------------
5-7 NWST -- ACU won by 22.
5-7 A&M CC -- ACU won by 13.
2-10 SHSU -- ACU won by 22.
4-9 UIW -- ACU won by 9.
3-9 HBU -- ACU hasn't played HBU yet.

Lamar's remaining schedule: 11-3 overall- third place so far

3-9 HBU -- Lamar beat HBU by 28 last night.
----------------------------- now 11-3.
5-7 A&M CC -- Lamar won by 16.
3-9 HBU -- Lamar hasn't played HBU yet.
5-8 Nicholls -- Lamar lost by 11.
6-6 McNeese -- Lamar won by 22.


Let's look at UCA's head to head with the 3 other top teams.

UCA

vs. ACU
Game 1: UCA -7
Game 2: UCA +10
tossup. We don't play them again so they are a non-factor.

vs. SFA
Game 1: UCA +4
Game 2: TBD- Home game for UCA.
Big win in Nach. undoubtedly. SFA is beating conference teams by 15+ points avg. Lately not as much but still strong wins on the road.

vs. Lamar
Game 1: UCA -14
Game 2: Don't play again.
UCA doesn't play Lamar again so non-factor when it comes to matchups in the final games. Lamar looked really good though on new years eve at the Farris Center or the Sugar Bears looked out of sync. Early season game maybe the Sugar Bears were getting their feet under them?


Overall:

UCA has an unknown game agains SHSU. However SHSU has just two wins on the season and lose by an average of 30 points give or take. SBs should take this one easily with their crushing defense tonight.
UPDATE: UCA crushed SHSU by 27 last night. It really wasn't even that close.

HBU, SLU, NWST have all been blow out games by an average of nearly 28 ppg. We should win those but we can't slack.

SFA will be a biggie. We beat SFA at their place by 4. Good news is SFA comes to UCA second to last game of the year. SFA will have to face ACU next, then UNO, then a tough UCA team. Not an easy route so if they finish winning out except UCA it will be an impressive feat.
EDIT: SFA lost tonight so now they can only hope for ACU and UCA to get a loss.

My uneducated predictions for the upcoming UCA games:

SHSU- UCA by 20. ACTUAL: UCA by 27.
HBU- UCA by 30
SLU- UCA by 30
SFA- UCA by 1
NWST- UCA by 30


Yes I know, don't count your chickens before they hatch. I get it. SFA is the only real test I foresee. Will we win all those games? No idea. Just making some convo for this board. Thoughts?

UCA stats: Conference only:

Scoring offense: 6th
Scoring defense: 1st
Scoring margin: 1st
Free throw %: 9th
Field goal %: 1st
Field goal % defense: 1st
3 point %: 2nd
3 point % defense: 6th
Offensive rebounding: 9th
Defensive rebounding: 1st
Rebounding margin: 2nd
Blocked shots: 4th
Assists: 1st
Steals: 10th
Turnover margin: 4th
Assist/turnover ratio: 1st

SHS@UCA

SHS 12-10-11-15=48 (2-11)
UCA 24-19-20-12=75 (12-2/20-4)

Q4: Not much different overall than at half......SBs was 51% vs 32% FGs and +4 for 3s.+4 rebs and +2 advantage on TOs...........Mullins led with 17/6/4.....Proffitt with 14......Baudoin was 13/8/3.....Logan 11/7/2....Jordan at 7/6....Goodner from Greenwood had 6.............get ready for HBU...Go SugarBears!!

Coach: Happy with the win...got to play a lot of people.....saw some really good things.........still some work needed.........were getting beat in the paint early........Kats got 13 o-rebs ......can't have that.........not happy we got outscored in Q4..........made some bad decisions on shot selection........glad to see the hustle plays...need to make smart hustle plays......getting the young payers some playing time was good........HBU is a good post team and we have to get prepared for that........proud of the ladies........

Q3: Stretched lead to 30...........Mullins scores 8 in Q3 for 17 total...........Logan now has a 7/5.........Jordan at 6/4.........now to not get sloppy.......

H1: Great start......56% vs 34% FGs........56% vs 0% for 3s..........+4 reb..........only 4 TOs......Proffitt has 12.....Baudoin and Mullins each have 9/4...Sells has 6 assists........now just play ball to the end..........

Thanks to Bear Country for the Race to First Place info........... wonder if there has ever been a 4-way tie for the top spot at 15-3 each? SB have to take care of business and have a slight advantage with SFA at The FC..........be nice to get some help from ACU............

Who's watching the ACU vs. SFA game tonight at 6:30?

Big game for both teams. A loss puts either of them behind the pack with only hopes of one or both stumbling.

Updated my race for first post.

This whole UCA and ACU thing is getting to be a real rivalry!

UCA@SLU

UCA 30-19-17-12=78 (14-2/22-4)
SLU 15-5-17-27=64 (3-14/5-23)

Win #100 at UCA for Coach Rushing...

Pretty sloppy in Q4 with SBs playing lots of 2s and refs called 13+ fouls.........H1 was a blowout then a cruise in H2..............ignore Q4 points for Lions........led by 34 at one point.........50% v 35% FGs........only shot 5 3s but SLU was 8/19........68% v 74% FTs...........even on rebs.......forced 7 more TOs...........Jordan was 20/7/3........Proffitt 17/3/4.............Baudoin 12/5..........get back home and get ready for Senior Day win over SFA...congrats on the road win.........Go SugarBears!!!

Coach Long: Followed game plan in H1 but did not close out like we wanted .......got some work to do.....being outscored by 15 in Q4 is unacceptable...this time of year is about being at your best every possession no matter who is on the court............hats off to SLU as they never quit......

Q3: SBs led 66-37...........

Yeah, this one was never in doubt, but the 2s did let them back in it toward the end. A good learning experience for them!

IF anyone doesn't think this weekend's game with SFA is HUGE...

UCA 14-2
ACU 13-2
Lamar 12-3
SFA 11-3

UCA's overall record is 22-4
SFA's overall record is 20-5

UCA won at SFA last time 67-63.

Conference only stats:

Scoring:
SFA 79.8 ppg
UCA 69.7 ppg

Defense:
UCA 54.9 ppg allowed
SFA 65.4 ppg allowed

Average scoring margin of victory: Both at about 14.

Field goal percentage: Both #1 and #2 at about 48%

Assists: SFA +2 over UCA

Defensive rebound percentage:
UCA 70%
SFA 66%
We are going to need ALL that plus some!

Leading Scorers: (of top 30 conference scorers)
SFA- Ross 20ppg, Branch 16 ppg.
UCA- Proffitt 15 ppg, Jordan 14 ppg, Baudoin 11ppg

My opinion: Shut down Ross. She's their leading scorer, assist person, three point shooter, highest field goal percentage. Disrupt her game and SFA has very few options to go to IMO.

Side note: I'm glad the Sugar Bears had a collapse in the fourth period. It might give them a back to earth slap they need to face a VERY tough SFA team. While at this point losing to SFA will only put the Sugar Bears back a game in the championship standing, ACU pretty much has cruise control with their 3 easy games left. Not much hope for an upset there. They are very good.

Keep in mind that ACU is still not eligible for the conference tournament due to their transition from D2.