Lady Dogs vs Missouri Lady Tigers

[RocketDawg]

The game has started. Jordan Danberry scores a quick 2, and nobody has scored since then.

[RocketDawg]

The refs are foul-happy tonight.

[parabrave]

Close physical game so far.

[RocketDawg]

Jacket is off with 4:40 left in first quarter. Score 5-4 our way.

[RocketDawg]

Teaira has been missing a lot of free throws lately. She's in a bit of a slump in that department.

[ScoobaDawg]

Yep.. Damnit. So much for that bet of jacket on till halftime...

[RocketDawg]

Yep.. Damnit. So much for that bet of jacket on till halftime...

Pretty sure I bet the right way on that one. I really can't remember.

[RocketDawg]

I think Howard took a little hop on that 3 before she shot it. Wasn't called though.

[RocketDawg]

17-12 our way at end of 1st quarter.

[Cooterpoot]

Should be about 25-10. Little lazy on offense. MO got a couple lookers.

[RocketDawg]

Cunningham playing pretty well so far. Her illness may have been a ruse.

[Cooterpoot]

Playing like shit on offense. MO trying to post up our guards.

[RocketDawg]

This game is much closer than I expected and closer than it should be. Vic needs to light that fire at halftime. We're up by 1 with about 4 minutes left in the half.

[maroonmania]

We just look really out of sorts tonight.

[Cooterpoot]

Taking a lot of bad shots, missing easy shots, and not rebounding

[RocketDawg]

We are up by 1 at halftime ... 35-34 ... and that was due to a buzzer shot by AEH. Vic isn't happy.

[TNDawg35]

We have a 1 point lead at half after playing prolly one of our worst half’s this yr. Vic fixen to go postal in the locker room!!

[parabrave]

2 bets for BYA. 1 Decibel level of lockerroom at halftime and secondly number of players who foul out by the end of the 3rd qtr,

[mparkerfd20]

We gonna lose tonight playing shit ass defense like this. Bet Vic lights a fire under that ass at halftime tho. 2nd worst half we've played this year.

[Percho]

Did anyone see that last foul on Howard?

[maroonmania]

We are up by 1 at halftime ... 35-34 ... and that was due to a buzzer shot by AEH. Vic isn't happy.

Game definitely in jeopardy given Howard may be limited with foul trouble in the 2nd half. Vic should have pulled her out rather than risk her 3rd foul in the last 2 minutes of the half.

[Percho]

Yep he put it in the strips hand and they answered. About like the push in the back in the Bama football game.

[RocketDawg]

McGowan may not get her double-double if things don't change.

[RocketDawg]

Howard just got her 4th foul early into the 3rd.

[Cooterpoot]

Danberry been terrible tonight

[mparkerfd20]

Missouri shooting lights out and we can't even hit a layup much less a midrange shot

[maroonmania]

Someone is going to have to step up offensively with Howard out. We also need to get out and defend the 3 ball.

[Cooterpoot]

Damn refs are awful

[Cooterpoot]

Holmes is great on defense but gives us nothing on offense scoring wise. With Howard out and Danberry struggling, going to go down to the wire.

[parabrave]

Dam these refs are terrible.

[mparkerfd20]

Worst officiated women's game 8ve watched this year. This is horrendous.

[RocketDawg]

Tightest game we've had this year other than the loss.

[maroonmania]

Foul happy refs for sure. We need Howard to play most of the fourth without fouling out.

[parabrave]

JD needs to get hot in this last quarter, she is 3-11 and 3 turnovers.. Wonder if Scott can get the ball more?

[maroonmania]

Amazing McCowan can look so dominant and then hit a game every now and then where she looks terrible and can't make a shot from 3 feet.

[dawgday166]

Mizzou scrappy. Good game. Cunningham's a player.

[RocketDawg]

Amazing McCowan can look so dominant and then hit a game every now and then where she looks terrible and can't make a shot from 3 feet.

She's being mugged a lot. And with Howard out they can pay her more attention.

[RocketDawg]

Howard comes in and hits a 3, but we're still down 1.

[RocketDawg]

Mizzou scrappy. Good game. Cunningham's a player.

The came to Starkville ready to play, that's for sure.

[maroonmania]

She's being mugged a lot. And with Howard out they can pay her more attention.

No more than usual, she is just off.

[mparkerfd20]

What do they have like 15 3s?

[RocketDawg]

Wonder what was in Sophie's IVs? **

[dawgday166]

The came to Starkville ready to play, that's for sure.

We're going to get everybody's best shot.

[RocketDawg]

We've had some pretty bad passes resulting in turnovers.

[mparkerfd20]

We gonna lose this one boys. Oh well 2 seed it is

[maroonmania]

Missouri killing us with offensive rebounds and we are turning the ball over with lazy passes. We have gotten little to nothing out of Danberry and Holmes and McCowan can't lay it in right under the basket. Bad combination.

[Cooterpoot]

We’ve played terrible in every phase. Not going to end well tonight if we don’t get it together.

[Percho]

Holmes needs to shoot the three.

[Cooterpoot]

No EH? Why? Scott has been a TO machine.

[Cooterpoot]

Nobody is crash the boards. We don’t deserve to win. Pathetic effort.

[maroonmania]

Missouri shooting nearly 70% in the second half.

[Percho]

Shot 80 in the third i think

[maroonmania]

There goes Howard and there goes the ball game.

[Percho]

I have seen Howard foul one time to night and she fouled out

[Cooterpoot]

Put Holmes on Cunningham. Danberry too small. Nobody, coaches included, have done their jobs tonight.

[RocketDawg]

We sorta fell apart at the end.

[CadaverDawg]

Score?

[maroonmania]

Just outplayed and outshot tonight. Guess we can put the 1 seed out of our heads now.

[mparkerfd20]

72-64 Mizzou. Game over

[RocketDawg]

72-64 25 seconds. But we just got a 3.

[maroonmania]

72-67 with 20 seconds to go and Missouri to inbound. Pretty much over.

[CadaverDawg]

Damn. Sucks

[BuckyIsAB****]

Just an off night. This team has earned a bad loss. Im not sure we dont get a 1 seed. I havent kept up with it but Im assuming you all are saying that bc there is like 8 1 loss teams maybe?

[Homedawg]

Zero effort from T tonight none. Go watch. Didn't want the ball. Didn't try. Look like Holman on the defensive end.

[Liverpooldawg]

Zero effort from T tonight none. Go watch. Didn't want the ball. Didn't try. Look like Holman on the defensive end.

Why are we only happy bashing our own?

[PendingTransaction]

Guard play, specifically shooting, is just not good enough.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Even last year Missouri wasnt intimidated by us. They get after it. We didnt match their intensity tonight

[CadaverDawg]

Zero effort from T tonight none. Go watch. Didn't want the ball. Didn't try. Look like Holman on the defensive end.

Seems to happen a good bit this year

[Percho]

We just saw the reason we will lost. Wait until under 1 min to shoot your three ball when they been leaving you open all night.

[Cooterpoot]

We were due a bad game. Howard and EH are the only ones that showed up.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Guard play, specifically shooting, is just not good enough.

We have known since day 1 we dont have guards that cant shoot. Too late for that now. We have been out hustling and out athleting teams but we didnt out hustle anyone tonight. Off night.

It will be ok this is an elite team

[Goldendawg]

T not even shooting the ball again. Just throwing it up there. Oregon exposed this team and Mo really exposed us again tonight. I don't think we will make the Elite 8 even unless we get a real soft bracket.

[Maroonthirteen]

Every game I?ve watched. McGowan gets an offensive foul for just turning around.

This women?s rule of the elbow getting anywhere near an opponent is ridiculous

[msstate7]

Mizzou seems to always have some pretty players.

[Homedawg]

Every game I?ve watched. McGowan gets an offensive foul for just turning around.

This women?s rule of the elbow getting anywhere near an opponent is ridiculous

That was an obvious foul. Sorry

[Big4Dawg]

McCown is lucky she's tall. She's just not that skilled. Missed multiple shots 1 ft from the basket

[Goldendawg]

Outscored in the paint.

[maroonmania]

Even last year Missouri wasnt intimidated by us. They get after it. We didnt match their intensity tonight

When you are outshot as badly as we were tonight (something like 35% to 65%) there isn't much you can do. We did leave some shooters open but they buried them one after the other.

[Dawg2003]

We were due a bad game. Howard and EH are the only ones that showed up.

True. That's why going undefeated in SEC play has only happened twice. You're gonna have a bad night. Our lack of perimeter defense and T's disappearing act sealed our fate.

[3rdGen]

Well Fuuuuuuuccccckkkkkk Valentine’s Day. It is obvious some of our ladies didn’t feel the love today!!!!!***

[Homedawg]

When you are outshot as badly as we were tonight (something like 35% to 65%) there isn't much you can do. We did leave some shooters open but they buried them one after the other.

There's a whole lot you can do---- try. We didn't. Effort was awful. T was beyond terrible and I'm. It talking missing shots.

[Percho]

That was an obvious foul. Sorry

It was a foul for no reason than it was a dumb play by T. Throw it back to your three shooter. Three people on her means we have two open.

[maroonmania]

True. That's why going undefeated in SEC play has only happened twice. You're gonna have a bad night. Our lack of perimeter defense and T's disappearing act sealed our fate.

Well we are already without Bibby and then if Howard only gets to play about 2/3rds of the game it puts us in a bind offensively when Big T is off. Just don't have that many offensive weapons which is weird to say for a team averaging as many points as we are.

[Homedawg]

True. That's why going undefeated in SEC play has only happened twice. You're gonna have a bad night. Our lack of perimeter defense and T's disappearing act sealed our fate.


It's pronunciation we didn't give the students the good seats ****

[Goldendawg]

We really miss Bibby, her shooting and her D.

[mparkerfd20]

Hate calling her out , but T had a horrible game. That sealed it.

[Ari Gold]

McCown is lucky she's tall. She's just not that skilled. Missed multiple shots 1 ft from the basket

Lucky she is tall??? I guess Shaq was lucky he was tall too..
come on.. Dont be dumb. She Might be the overall number one pick in the draft . No one has ever said she is as athletic as AHoward ..

[Dawg2003]

Well we are already without Bibby and then if Howard only gets to play about 2/3rds of the game it puts us in a bind offensively when Big T is off. Just don't have that many offensive weapons which is weird to say for a team averaging as many points as we are.

We have a good offense. We just had a bad night tonight.

[parabrave]

Hate calling her out , but T had a horrible game. That sealed it.

Well since this is a TEAM sport it was a total Team effort tonite. JD was just somewhere but at the hump tonite. AH getting into early foul trouble was a huge problem and cunningham getting away with thuggery tonite didn't help. OH BTW shooting 39% isn't going to win very many games either.

[Liverpooldawg]

I don't get it. T is the BEST individual player we have ever had in any sport, except possibly for Bailey Howell, and every time we don't measure up she sucks? Our folks say she is only good because she is tall. Well, HELLO, HOWELL WAS GOOD BECAUSE HE WAS TALL. So was Shaq, if Shaq hadn't been as tall as he was he wouldn't have made his Jr high team. We have the worst INTERNET fans in the world.

[Dawg2003]

Victoria is better than T.

[TimberBeast]

Well since this is a TEAM sport it was a total Team effort tonite. JD was just somewhere but at the hump tonite. AH getting into early foul trouble was a huge problem and cunningham getting away with thuggery tonite didn't help. OH BTW shooting 39% isn't going to win very many games either.

Howard should have been taken out of the game when she got her second foul, you could see that third one coming from a mile away. It was stupid to leave her in. Cunningham got her second foul in the second quarter too and guess what? She was immediately taken out of the game.

[CadaverDawg]

T is the BEST individual player we have ever had in any sport.

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[Pit Bull]

Think we lose one more in the regular season. Would be nice to win 2-3 in the tourney and maybe make the finals, but I/'m not sure of it. Hunter never arrived as the player I thought she would be.....very streaky 3 pt shooter and that's about it. If T doesn't show up, and Howard has foul trouble, plus we lost our best 3 shooter in Bibby, we become a lower level SEC team real quick. Next year, IMO, should be a better year to make a Final Four run.

My tentative 2020 Starting Lineup

PG Nyah Tate 6'0" / Myah Taylor 5'7"
SG Chloe Bibby 6'2" / Andra Hunter 5'11"
SF Rickea Jackson 6'3" / Xaria Wiggins 6'1"
PF Jessika Carter 6'5" / ???
C Promise Taylor 6'5" / ???

[Dawg2003]

I think we'll have too much youth next year to make a Final 4. After that, I think the class he signed this year will get us back to the NC game. AEH is a freshman basically. I want to see what kind of jump she can make over the summer.

[dawgday166]

I don't get it. T is the BEST individual player we have ever had in any sport, except possibly for Bailey Howell, and every time we don't measure up she sucks?

I'm not on the "blame T" train for this game but ... she's hardly the best individual player we have ever had in any sport. She's very good in a lot of ways and keeps working to get better but she still has some limitations.

[dawgday166]

Just outplayed and outshot tonight. Guess we can put the 1 seed out of our heads now.

I didn't figure we'd end up a 1 seed anyway. I thought we'd lose 1 more at least and maybe 2 or so. Probably end up a 2 seed. We're an Elite 8 team IMO.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

My tentative 2020 Starting Lineup
PG Nyah Tate 6'0" / Myah Taylor 5'7"
SG Chloe Bibby 6'2" / Andra Hunter 5'11"
SF Rickea Jackson 6'3" / Xaria Wiggins 6'1"
PF Jessika Carter 6'5" / ???
C Promise Taylor 6'5" / ???

Nyah Tate is not a PG and probably won?t see much more than Limited playing time...
PG JaMyA Young, Myah Taylor, Aliyah Marthura.. Vic signed 2 PG?s this year...
SG AEH, Jayla Hemingway,Tate
F/W Rickea Jackson, Scott
F Bibby, Esmery Martinez, Scott, Wiggins
C Promise Taylor, Jessica Carter,

[fader2103]

When T wants to be unlike last night she can be in the same class if most dominant players in the game

[Dawg2003]

We basically had a terrible all around game. It reminded me a lot of the SEC Tournament game against South Carolina last year. It's not reflective of who we are as a whole. All teams have a few bad games in them.

[Scared_Hitless]

we become a lower level SEC team real quick.

The above is just garbage we do not become a lower level SEC team. It was a bad night but good grief this loss may help us long term. Appears we were reading our press clippings. Jazz and Jo are not going to have double digit turnovers again the rest of the season that is why we lost. Big T needs to dominate games we are struggling that has always been the case, last night she was not good enough.

[ScoobaDawg]

If I have faith in any coach in MSU history, to get this turned around and quick. It's Vic.
I don't know if it was the top 5 ranking finally. the #1 seed projection... the destroying of Tenn in our last game...

But they didn't play well. We will rebound and beat TAM on Sunday and be prepared for the rest of the season.
I still believe Vic when he says this might be his most talented team ever.

[Commercecomet24]

If I have faith in any coach in MSU history, to get this turned around and quick. It's Vic.
I don't know if it was the top 5 ranking finally. the #1 seed projection... the destroying of Tenn in our last game...

But they didn't play well. We will rebound and beat TAM on Sunday and be prepared for the rest of the season.
I still believe Vic when he says this might be his most talented team ever.

Vic has definitely EARNED the benefit of a doubt. He wasn't pleased about the play last night either(just like us). He'll get em ready for the rest!

[TNDawg35]

This is Joe Mooreheads fault... (Is that how it works)