billikenbill Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 That cursed high school gym in Davidson, NC continues to haunt the Billikens. That better end on Friday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremio14 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 20 hours ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said: 2nd half of the season has shown the Lisa Stone holdouts are shouldering the bulk of the offense and defense. The improvement of Martinez from last year to this year is stunning. Almost a Conklin kind of thing. If only she had a three point shot…. Lord Elrond likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Gremio14 said: The improvement of Martinez from last year to this year is stunning. Almost a Conklin kind of thing. If only she had a three point shot…. Julia Martinez has made a dramatic improvement in her play. She plays with enthusiasm and makes the players around her better. BrettJollyComedyHour likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 13 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: Julia Martinez has made a dramatic improvement in her play. She plays with enthusiasm and makes the players around her better. She's really been a bright spot all season, either defensively or, more recently, offensively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said: She's really been a bright spot all season, either defensively or, more recently, offensively. I feel guilty that I said earlier in the year that she can’t shoot. I guess you don’t need to be able to shoot to score. BrettJollyComedyHour likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmbilliken Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 21 hours ago, Lord Elrond said: Julia Martinez has made a dramatic improvement in her play. She plays with enthusiasm and makes the players around her better. Does she have a COVID year left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 6 minutes ago, kmbilliken said: Does she have a COVID year left? Yes she does. I don’t know if she will take it or not. I hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 fan Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Lord Elrond said: Yes she does. I don’t know if she will take it or not. I hope so. I believe she has send that she’s returning to SLU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Big victory tonight over a good Fordham team. Mcmakin was on tonight another 30+ game. Flowers with a 20/10, Martinez with a double double as well in assists and rebounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, thetorch said: Big victory tonight over a good Fordham team. Mcmakin was on tonight another 30+ game. Flowers with a 20/10, Martinez with a double double as well in assists and rebounds. Wild ending to that game. Fordham steal and layup to tie…blocking foul caller at mid court where McMakin hits 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 A huge win! Fordham is one of the better teams in the A10. Kyla McMakin was on, 33 pts, Brooke Flowers had one of the best games of her career, 23 pts 12 rebounds for her double double. Julia Martinez gets a double double the hard way, 13 rebounds 12 assists, but only 6 pts (she had a lot of layups bounce out for some reason). I thought the defense was good, but Fordham was just hitting on every piece of junk they were throwing up in the 2nd and 3rd period (they shot 60% in the 2nd period and 70% in the 3rd) to take the lead, but the Billikens hung tough and the law of averages caught up with Fordham, they shot 27% in the fourth (and only 16% from 3pt range). Peyton Kennedy had a monster game off the bench, 17 pts and 5 rebounds). Camree Clegg did go out with an injury on a more somber note. They are starting to really come together as a team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Big win over a good team, but that's NOT how to close out a game. Missed free throws by veteran players and panic-stricken attempts to beat a press. But, a win's a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Yeah, I might need to visit my doctor for high blood pressure meds after seeing that… BUT, a win is a win… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 7 hours ago, Lord Elrond said: Yeah, I might need to visit my doctor for high blood pressure meds after seeing that… BUT, a win is a win… Going out for drinks after probably didn't help my blood pressure best game the women have played all year in terms of grit and perseverance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Former Billiken Ciaja Harbison surpassed the 2,000 career point mark this past week. Today, she added to that in an 88-79 win over Texas A&M: 41 pts 14-19 FG 11-13 FT 2-4 3’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 1 hour ago, courtside said: Former Billiken Ciaja Harbison surpassed the 2,000 career point mark this past week. Today, she added to that in an 88-79 win over Texas A&M: 41 pts 14-19 FG 11-13 FT 2-4 3’s She was/is something special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenbill Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 2 hours ago, courtside said: Former Billiken Ciaja Harbison surpassed the 2,000 career point mark this past week. Today, she added to that in an 88-79 win over Texas A&M: 41 pts 14-19 FG 11-13 FT 2-4 3’s Decent numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 2:29 PM, courtside said: Former Billiken Ciaja Harbison surpassed the 2,000 career point mark this past week. Today, she added to that in an 88-79 win over Texas A&M: 41 pts 14-19 FG 11-13 FT 2-4 3’s Student athlete: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 68-56 win over George Mason, Brooke Flowers got a Triple-Double with 11 Pts, 18 Rebs, 11 Blocks, which gives her the first Triple-Double in the history of the program, and she also broke the season blocks record (she has 96 this year). Kyla McMakin get 22 pts, Julia Martinez 10 pts, and 8 each for Mia Nicastro and Peyton Kennedy. Overall both teams shooting was low, the Billikens line was 24/23.5/61.5, and George Mason’s line was 34.4/15.8/72.4. The crowd was large and loud on Education Day, which probably affected both teams. By the way, if you have a room full of kids and want them to make as much noise as possible, Dre is the man to make it happen. SLU is now 4-5 in conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 55 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: Dre is the man to make it happen. If nothing else, the dude is nice and does great with kids, even if we adults think he's a bit doofy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenbill Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Looks like this team is really coming together. 7 games to go, I predict 5-2 the rest of the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikenbooster Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 4-5 in conference. Last year’s team won 5 conference games total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Billikenbooster said: 4-5 in conference. Last year’s team won 5 conference games total. Last year's team won some of those games with only 7 (and in one case 6) players available. And some games were lost with pretty much the same situation. I give last year's team a big pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 8 minutes ago, White Pelican said: Last year's team won some of those games with only 7 (and in one case 6) players available. And some games were lost with pretty much the same situation. I give last year's team a big pass. And the year before we had one of the biggest covid layoffs of any D-I team in the country, so we played fewer games. This is why it was so shocking that they let go of Stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said: And the year before we had one of the biggest covid layoffs of any D-I team in the country, so we played fewer games. This is why it was so shocking that they let go of Stone. Yeah, I wasn't gonna go there but I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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