BrettJollyComedyHour Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 26 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: Not a good first qtr (massive understatement). 25-8 lead for Green Bay, SLU has 8 turnovers to 4 for Green Bay, is being out-rebounded 9-3, and is shooting 36% from the field to 64% for Green Bay. Yuck. Need to do better. I mean, isn't GB a top 40 team? They're pretty good this year. My expectations weren't terribly high for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 43-19 Green Bay, marginal improvement. Turnovers getting closer, 12-9, and points off turnovers 12-8 favor of Green Bay, so that’s not the reason we’re behind. Being outrebounded 18-10 and they are shooting 59% while we are at 33% is a problem. Need to figure out rebounding and get shooting better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said: I mean, isn't GB a top 40 team? They're pretty good this year. My expectations weren't terribly high for this one. Yes, they are. Probably a loss no matter what, but we can show better than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 68-38, this isn’t getting better. The feed from Green Bay sucks too, it keeps bouncing around, skipping back a few seconds every so often. Very annoying. Oh well, the joys of internet video… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 87-54 loss. Green Bay entered as the much better team, and proved it. Turnovers ended up 18-15 in favor of Green Bay, with SLU actually getting 3 more points off turnovers, so since they were on a pace to give up over 30 turnovers, they fixed that. Lost the rebounding battle 33-25, but biggest issue is shooting, we shot 36/29/61, not good enough. Julia Martinez shot 57%, Tierra Simon and Brooklyn Gray both shot 50%, but everyone else… Oh well, on to the next game another road game against a good team in Illinois State. Coach Tillet likes to schedule a tough non-conference schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Lord Elrond said: 87-54 loss. Green Bay entered as the much better team, and proved it. Turnovers ended up 18-15 in favor of Green Bay, with SLU actually getting 3 more points off turnovers, so since they were on a pace to give up over 30 turnovers, they fixed that. Lost the rebounding battle 33-25, but biggest issue is shooting, we shot 36/29/61, not good enough. Julia Martinez shot 57%, Tierra Simon and Brooklyn Gray both shot 50%, but everyone else… Oh well, on to the next game another road game against a good team in Illinois State. Coach Tillet likes to schedule a tough non-conference schedule. Thanks for the recap tonight, I missed this one. When this team is off, they are really off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Pistol said: Thanks for the recap tonight, I missed this one. When this team is off, they are really off. Sadly correct. It was a road game against a tough opponent though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 21-19 SLU after 1 qtr, Billikens out rebounding 12-8, only 2 turnovers, shooting good, got a good game so far on the road against Ill State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 48-42 Ill State, Billikens in foul trouble, 17 fouls called against them so far, despite only committing 8-9 fouls, while only 6 fouls called against the Redbirds. Good to see refs suck outside of Chaifetz sometimes. Billikens shooting well, 14 pts for Brooklyn Gray and 10 for Kyla McMakin, rebounding edge 18-17 for the Billikens, turnovers even at 5. They have a 3 pt shooter who’s hot. Fouls are the difference in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 64-54 Ill State, game looked fairly ugly for both teams in the 3rd qtr. #12 for the Redbirds is hitting some 3’s, already broke her career points record. Billikens need to avoid fouls and shoot better, only 25% in the 3rd, not going to get it done. No more 3 pt attempts by Calhoun Kennedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 87-81 loss for the Billikens. Sent them to the line 42 times on 31 fouls. Billikens didn’t shoot well enough in the second half. 23 pts for Peyton Kennedy, 19 for Kyla McMakin, 18 for Brooklyn Gray. Kennedy Calhoun missed her shots, some of those 3pt attempts looked bad, Camree Clegg also not shooting well tonight, only 2-8. Julia Martinez got 9 pts, 8 rebounds, 9 assists. Not happy with the officiating, but oh well. On to the conference schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Biggest problem for the Billikens in the non-conference appears to be defense. Offensively they are averaging 74.8 points per game, which is #80 in D1 and second in the A10 non-conference. Defense, however, shows they are giving up 76.1 points per game, which is #325 in D1 and last in the A10 non-conference. That’s not going to get the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Still time to head down to Chaifetz for the game, and you can play Billiken Bingo. Get Bingo, go claim a prize. Rhodey is 1-4 on the road this year, but I have a feeling they want revenge for the 59-56 loss that ended their season in the A10 tournament. Looks like the women’s A10 could be a multi bid league this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 SLU should talk to Rhodey about how to get French athletes through the NCAA academic eligibility requirements. They have 6 women listed from France on their roster on the program. Apparently not hard if you know what you’re doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Apparently Abou Magassa’s older sister plays for Rhodey, #4, Tenin Magassa. At least I assume so, same last name and from the same hometown in France. If that’s his sister, then I really don’t know why he had issues, she apparently made it through without issue. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 30 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: Apparently Abou Magassa’s older sister plays for Rhodey, #4, Tenin Magassa. At least I assume so, same last name and from the same hometown in France. If that’s his sister, then I really don’t know why he had issues, she apparently made it through without issue. Oh well. That's correct. Tenin played at Dayton as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 16-10 Billikens at the end of the first quarter, good defense. Kyla McMakin shooting well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 30-22 Billiken's at the half, good defense, forcing Rhodey into making mistakes. Good play all around, Kyla McMakin and Peyton Kennedy making points, Julia Martinez doing her thing. Keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Rhodey 46-44. Billikens started off cold in the 3rd, but Julia Martinez sparked a comeback. Let’s go Billikens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Rhodey 46-44. Billikens started off cold in the 3rd, but Julia Martinez sparked a comeback. Let’s go Billikens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 63-58 Billiken loss. Make a few more shots, stop a couple more.., Oh well At least I won a cup and keychain at Billiken Bingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenbill Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Time to start a grassroots movement for a change of WBB coach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenHudDude Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 9 hours ago, Lord Elrond said: 63-58 Billiken loss. Make a few more shots, stop a couple more.., Oh well At least I won a cup and keychain at Billiken Bingo Tammi Reiss is a very good coach to go up against. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 1 hour ago, billikenbill said: Time to start a grassroots movement for a change of WBB coach? If we didn't catch fire and make the NCAA tournament last year, I would still be saying firing Stone was a poor choice. I like Tillett a lot as a person, but I'm not sure she was the one to elevate the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenbill Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 The upcoming recruiting class/portal additions will be the make or break class for the Tillet regime. Last year’s class of single digit scoring jucos is giving the lack of results one would expect. Recruiting has to improve greatly or it will be back to the drawing board soon. brianstl, TheChosenOne and Dr Bird like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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