So the results you saw after our first win? A fever dream that didn't happen (OOC Note: I apparently forgot to save, so it's on to replay we go)
@ Fordham (1-4)
The Rams, like us, won just one game all last season - a fluke victory in the Atlantic 10. They're looking only marginally better this year with the addition of Samantha Sand, a 2* guard #558 recruit from the Bronx who is their leading scorer at 10.4 points and 5.2 rebounds a game. We stick a double team on her from the jump, but she blows right past everyone anyway, scoring 8 of Fordham's first 10 points as they make literally everything and we make literally nothing. It continues that way and we're down by 20+ at the half. I turn it over to the assistants.
Code:
Fordham 64, Wagner 35
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Wagner (1-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Ella Ford C 21 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 2 0
Kelly Bostic PF 20 2-3 0-2 1 3 1 2 4
Abigail Santoyo SF 22 3-6 2-2 0 2 0 4 8
Hannah Isom SG 28 1-4 1-2 0 2 0 1 3
Layla Landers PG 24 1-6 1-2 0 1 2 1 3
Eliška Janousek C 25 2-3 0-0 3 12 1 0 4
Corinne Hovis PG 15 1-3 2-3 0 1 0 0 5
Breanna Jaques SF 12 2-5 0-0 0 0 1 1 4
Olivia Allen SF 12 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 3 0
Maria Ley PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Lexi Boggess SG 6 1-4 0-0 1 1 0 1 2
Rose McCarthy PF 7 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
Jade Sand C 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 18 (K.Bostic 2, A.Santoyo 2, H.Isom 2,
L.Landers 3, E.Janousek 3, C.Hovis 3, B.Jaques 1,
O.Allen 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (K.Bostic 1)
Steals: 3 (L.Landers 1, E.Janousek 1, C.Hovis 1)
3P FGs: 1-7 (H.Isom 0-1, L.Landers 0-2, E.Janousek 0-1,
C.Hovis 1-2, L.Boggess 0-1)
Fordham (2-4, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gabrielle Chester C 28 0-1 1-2 1 6 0 1 1
Lily Kirsch PF 22 1-1 1-1 1 2 0 3 3
Parker Brown SF 26 1-2 0-0 0 2 3 2 2
Samantha Sand SG 28 7-11 2-5 0 1 2 1 21
Vedas Jezek PG 31 5-9 4-4 0 4 0 3 16
E. Kowalski PF 25 2-7 0-0 0 2 1 3 5
Leyla Phipps PG 15 1-2 1-2 0 2 2 0 3
Julia Abell PF 10 1-3 0-0 1 2 1 0 2
Madalyn Hollander SF 9 4-4 2-4 0 1 1 0 11
Kaydence Lunt C 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Laurent Kolly C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 10 (G.Chester 2, P.Brown 2, S.Sand 3,
V.Jezek 1, L.Phipps 1, M.Hollander 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (V.Jezek 1, L.Phipps 1)
Steals: 6 (S.Sand 2, V.Jezek 1, E.Kowalski 1, L.Phipps
1, M.Hollander 1)
3P FGs: 9-18 (S.Sand 5-8, V.Jezek 2-5, E.Kowalski 1-3,
L.Phipps 0-1, M.Hollander 1-1)
Player of Game: SG Samantha Sand (FDHM)
Kelly Bostic is injured, but will be playable off the bench by our next game
vs Army (2-5)
The Black Knights really want revenge after losing to us last year for our only victory of the season.
Layla Landers scores 5 off the jump and we manage to build a small lead, fritter it away, and then come right back to expanding on it. I'm playing with a much shorter rotation than I usually do to see if that solves the problem we've been having with inconsistency, and leaning more into the hot hand approach. It's enough to hand us a 32-24 lead at the mid-buzzer.
Code:
Wagner 68, Army 45
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Army (2-6, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Reese Gerard C 31 1-2 0-0 1 3 3 2 2
Addison Adkins PF 30 1-8 0-0 1 3 0 3 2
Ava Jameson SF 28 2-2 2-2 0 3 0 5 6
Kayden Sheldon SG 17 1-8 0-0 2 3 0 4 3
Chloe Serna PG 32 2-5 0-0 0 3 3 2 6
Lyric Hunter SG 30 3-7 4-5 0 3 2 3 12
Evelin Ellingson SG 13 3-7 2-2 0 0 1 3 11
Vera Costello PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Ava Derry SF 10 1-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 3
Emma Casey C 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Alisa Myer PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 14 (A.Adkins 1, A.Jameson 3, K.Sheldon 2,
C.Serna 1, L.Hunter 3, E.Ellingson 2, E.Casey 2)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 2 (R.Gerard 1, E.Casey 1)
3P FGs: 9-20 (K.Sheldon 1-6, C.Serna 2-4, L.Hunter 2-4,
E.Ellingson 3-4, A.Derry 1-2)
Wagner (2-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Eliška Janousek C 33 3-4 1-2 3 8 1 2 7
Ella Ford PF 28 3-3 4-4 3 6 3 3 10
Abigail Santoyo SF 36 9-12 3-6 1 6 1 3 21
Hannah Isom SG 28 3-5 3-4 1 2 1 2 10
Kelly Bostic PF 16 2-3 0-0 0 3 0 2 4
Layla Landers PG 31 4-11 0-1 0 2 3 1 9
Corinne Hovis SG 20 3-6 0-3 0 2 1 1 7
Breanna Jaques SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Rose McCarthy PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 10 (E.Janousek 1, E.Ford 2, H.Isom 2,
K.Bostic 2, L.Landers 2, B.Jaques 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (E.Ford 2)
Steals: 4 (E.Ford 2, A.Santoyo 1, L.Landers 1)
3P FGs: 3-11 (E.Janousek 0-1, H.Isom 1-2, L.Landers
1-5, C.Hovis 1-3)
Player of Game: SF Abigail Santoyo (WGNR)
Beautiful. That's what complete and total domination looks like. We've now officially won more games this season than we did last year, and I'm 2-0 against Army.
I pinch myself to make sure this is no dream.