ChipperF1
02-21-2002, 03:16 AM
Same old Huskers. Same old sorry Huskers.
Same old start to the game. Oklahoma State gets an early run, Nebraska digs a hole. The Huskers try to fight back this night, however. They didn't quit the way the usually do, but they did something else they usually do.
Turnovers, 19 turnovers compared to 8 from OSU.
ABOUT OKLAHOMA STATE
The Cowgirls won this game in two areas. First was the amount of turnovers they forced. Second was in that on a night where Nebraska marked their best weapons, someone else stepped up.
Some phantom 5-8 guard named Thia Willis comes in and hits 6-for-11 from three point range on her way to career high 22 points. She took advantage of many oppotunities on Nebraska's feckless perimeter defense tonight. Another night of chuck and chase from Keasha Cannon, Shannon Howell and Jina Johansen, while none of them was effective offensively either.
Willis also spearheaded a game OSU defensive effort the forced 8 first half turnover and held Nebraska to 29% shooting in the first half.
WHAT WORKED FOR NEBRASKA.
1. The Charos
After a one game suspension, junior forward Stephanie Jones and freshman forward Katie Robinette came back like gang busters. Robinette had 18 points, 7 rebounds. Jones had 16 points, 13 rebounds.
Both played well offensively and played a serious part containing Trisha Skibbe inside.
It was a shame the performances were wasted.
WHAT DIDN'T WORK FOR NEBRASKA
1. Turnovers.
Nebraska outshot Oklahoma State, but when you commit 18 turnovers resulting 21 points the other way, you are going to get beat.
2. Perimeter Play.
Keasha Cannon had 9 points, 9 rebounds, but fouled out and was under wraps offensively. She didn't play very well defensively at all.
Shannon Howell played sissified defense and missed 11 of 16 shooting attempts.
Jina Johansen played 21 minutes, had 0 points and committed 4 turnovers. Has she been taking shooting lessons from K.C. Cowgill?
3. Shooting.
Yeah Stephanie Jones had 16 points, but missed 13 of 20. Many of them inside. Overall the team shot 40 percent tonight, but in the games first 8 minutes as OSU forged a 12 point lead, the Huskers shot about 23%.
Overall Outlook: Congratulations Cornhuskers, you just kissed the postseason goodbye. Two straight years of double digit losses in conference. Two straight losing seasons. Two straight years of no postseason play.
Next is Texas Tech at United Spirit. The Lady Raiders are looking to the NCAA tournament, they need some wins. Maybe we can spoil it a little. Maybe we can beat a team better than us at a tough place to play.
Wait a minute. I cheer for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. I should know better by now. They don't win games on the road against ranked teams.
---ChipperF1
Same old start to the game. Oklahoma State gets an early run, Nebraska digs a hole. The Huskers try to fight back this night, however. They didn't quit the way the usually do, but they did something else they usually do.
Turnovers, 19 turnovers compared to 8 from OSU.
ABOUT OKLAHOMA STATE
The Cowgirls won this game in two areas. First was the amount of turnovers they forced. Second was in that on a night where Nebraska marked their best weapons, someone else stepped up.
Some phantom 5-8 guard named Thia Willis comes in and hits 6-for-11 from three point range on her way to career high 22 points. She took advantage of many oppotunities on Nebraska's feckless perimeter defense tonight. Another night of chuck and chase from Keasha Cannon, Shannon Howell and Jina Johansen, while none of them was effective offensively either.
Willis also spearheaded a game OSU defensive effort the forced 8 first half turnover and held Nebraska to 29% shooting in the first half.
WHAT WORKED FOR NEBRASKA.
1. The Charos
After a one game suspension, junior forward Stephanie Jones and freshman forward Katie Robinette came back like gang busters. Robinette had 18 points, 7 rebounds. Jones had 16 points, 13 rebounds.
Both played well offensively and played a serious part containing Trisha Skibbe inside.
It was a shame the performances were wasted.
WHAT DIDN'T WORK FOR NEBRASKA
1. Turnovers.
Nebraska outshot Oklahoma State, but when you commit 18 turnovers resulting 21 points the other way, you are going to get beat.
2. Perimeter Play.
Keasha Cannon had 9 points, 9 rebounds, but fouled out and was under wraps offensively. She didn't play very well defensively at all.
Shannon Howell played sissified defense and missed 11 of 16 shooting attempts.
Jina Johansen played 21 minutes, had 0 points and committed 4 turnovers. Has she been taking shooting lessons from K.C. Cowgill?
3. Shooting.
Yeah Stephanie Jones had 16 points, but missed 13 of 20. Many of them inside. Overall the team shot 40 percent tonight, but in the games first 8 minutes as OSU forged a 12 point lead, the Huskers shot about 23%.
Overall Outlook: Congratulations Cornhuskers, you just kissed the postseason goodbye. Two straight years of double digit losses in conference. Two straight losing seasons. Two straight years of no postseason play.
Next is Texas Tech at United Spirit. The Lady Raiders are looking to the NCAA tournament, they need some wins. Maybe we can spoil it a little. Maybe we can beat a team better than us at a tough place to play.
Wait a minute. I cheer for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. I should know better by now. They don't win games on the road against ranked teams.
---ChipperF1