Gremio14

Thanks for the update. I see SLU signed DiMaria. What do you think the chances are of SLU eventually signing his sister? (Gatorade National POY as a freshman for those of you who don’t follow St. Louis HS soccer.)

Coach Putz? What did I miss here?

Yeah, three complete steps is a travel anywhere except the NBA….but you have to admit the big fellow does have a sweet inside game. Really soft touch.

Compadre is stone cold taking 3 point shots in the dying seconds to win or tie games. Stone cold.

Crowd roar when Avila scored the go ahead points was impressive. Did not appear there were enough SLU fans present to generate that level of noise. Very nice!!

I’m with you on McCottry. With the level at which he was playing, there is NO way Anya replaces him yesterday. Also surprised the Pikaar 3 point make is not being discussed a bit more on this thread. Was almost as smooth as a Jimerson shot. I’ve refrained from criticizing Coach for keeping Pikaar under the same “don’t shoot” restrictions as Anya when he is wide open/completely unguarded at the top of the key. Had always heard MP could shoot…but thought maybe Coach knew something I was not aware of. Going to be a bit more vocal now…

We lose this game by double digits without Simon. She has quietly evolved into this team’s MVP.

I arrived late last night. Parked in Weber so had to access the stands at court level. Entered just as Kobe scored the 3. The resultant wave of sound at court level was unbelievable. I’m a relatively large guy (6’2” 210) but my date is only 5’2” 110. The blast almost knocked her down. The decibel level was even higher as Gibson lead the comeback late in the second half. I can easily see why a packed Chaifetz is considered the toughest place to play in the A10.

Well, unless you’re Jon Jones, you don’t want tickets in 116….

What were the students actually yelling at Shulga? He was the VCU Alpha for the last couple of minutes. The chant in his direction was constant. None of my group could understand it.

I never understood Tillet’s issue with Connor last year. In the few scant minutes of playing time she received, it was easy to tell Connor had skills. Probably LaSalle’s best player this season. Scored 18 at Dayton this week. Could easily be starting for SLU this season. Just bizarre….

Bargain basement Doncic was absolutely cooking us (Kobe, GJ, etc.) until Coach put Anya on him. Completely shut him down. Reminded of a few years back against St. Joseph. Ryan Daly was turning Goodwin and everyone else inside out…killing us…and then Ford put French on him. That move won us the game.

This is the essence. 4-24 and 6-30 in our last two losses. We are not going to beat any decent opponents with this level of 3 point ineffectiveness. Brutal.

. Put Becher on this team and we are seeded. Put Becher and Parker on this team and we go deep into the Dance. Simple as that…..

The only USA kid who saw the pitch for Missouri State was their keeper. I’m guessing the same holds true for Kansas City…. I cannot fault them for the massive amount of skilled foreign players. It is the only way schools like MSU and KC can compete with the SLU and IU soccer elites.

Their roster looks eerily similar to that of Missouri State….just a lot more Brazilians. These guys are not going to be a walkover…

Thanks for this. My date asked me the same question last night. Now I can appear halfway intelligent with my delayed response.

Larson definitely our best player last night (in my opinion she is the best female Billiken ever.). Single-handedly broke the KU onslaught by beating KU defenders on the dribble and taking the foul…time and time again…took away the KU momentum. We are going to miss her next year…big time.

Jeremi was amazing last night…just like the second half against MSU. BTW, does anyone know what happened to Tiago Lopes? I saw him play against IU. He played well. And then basically disappeared??

I was unable to watch the game (Saturday nights are tough.). Stats indicate the malaise infecting us in the second half against MSU carried over to the full game against UD, The only reason we escaped with a tie versus MSU was Abonnel played absolutely lights out. Tough to ask a keep to continuously maintain that level. Regardless, let’s take down UMass…maybe we get lucky and someone else takes out UD….

SLU was dominant in the first half last night. The second half was another story. I’ll keep it simple. Take Berea. Put him on SLU. We win the game 3-0. We have good forwards. We just don’t have a guy like Berea.

How about the kid who dunked on the layup-free throw-three point event? Told my date he would win for certain. I was wrong…

#4 definitely showed last night. if he continues this level of play during the next few games, there is no way he is not in the top 8 rotation. Things are going to get really intense if JS’s plan is to only give 8 guys serious PT….

I would have loved it if Isaiah had stayed through his sophomore season. Dude was a blast to watch. Lethal with a wingback like Vaughn supporting.

You’re correct. We were getting battered in the first half. Until the subs arrived. Were equal to or better than MU from then on. On the other hand, BYU had us on our heels for 40 minutes in the first half and 40 minutes in the second half. We took over for the last 5 minutes in each half….FWIW….