GAME THREAD: RU @ Michigan, 7pm, BTN+, FloHoops :

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3rd place in Big10 RU takes on red hot, 4th place Michigan in Ann Arbor at 7pm. Michigan has reeled off 6 straight wins, and is tough at home w an 11-1 home record. RU broke a 3 game skid recently at Indiana. RU sits at 10-4 in Conference play, 18-7 overall. Michigan is 9-6, 18-9. RU lost a fairly certain OOC win when it's early season game against Charlotte was cancelled because bad weather, otherwise they'd be going for their 20th win.


Last games heroics were provided by Tekia Mack w 24 points. RU will need stars Stasha Carey and Ciani Cryor to stay out of foul trouble in order to log more minutes. Still no word about suspended Caitlen Jenkins, RU's top Rebounder, who will be sorely missed. In the Big Ten, the Wolverines lead the league in rebounding defense holding opponents to 32.1 rebounds per contest and are second in rebounding margin at +8.4. This will be an extremely tough road game, to say the least.

For more info and links to online radio, notes, stats, etc :

https://scarletknights.com/news/201...s-meets-michigan-on-the-road-on-thursday.aspx

 

[RC66]

Uhhh ... Charlotte would not have been a B1G win.

 

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Tip off in 15 minutes.

 

[bac2therac]

CVS has had Kim Barnes Arrico's number of late

 

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First time out RU trails 9-8. Giving up easy layups, and being out rebounded, no surprise without Jenkins.

 

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1 MIN LEFT IN First Qtr RU pulls ahead 18-15

 

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End of first qtr Mich 19 RU 18.

 

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End of first qtr Mich 19 RU 18.

5 min to go in half , RU down 28-21. Cold Shooting blues.

 

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T Mack leads w 9 points, Wilson w 8. Carey picked up 2 fouls in 5 minutes. Needs to play much much much smarter.

 

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T Mack also leads in rebounding w 3. RU losing the battle of the boards w no Carey or Jenkins. Very disappointed in Carey's lack of courts smarts.

 

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Thought Wilson drew the foul.

 

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Wallace w 2 in a row bit Michigan scores right back in the paint and draws the foul. RU not benefiting from the calls. Again and again

46-40 Michigan up. 7 min left in third

 

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We give up layup after layup.

48-43 Michigan

 

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More turnovers. Ugh

 

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Give up another easy layup. I don’t understand

 

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50-43 Michigan. Game almost out of hand.

 

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Give up yet another layup and foul to boot. Ugh

53-45 Michigan 4 minutes left in third

 

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Was Jenkins that good and important that RU just can’t beat a good team without her. ?

I guess so

 

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T Mack can’t do it all by herself. Having a nice shooting game

 

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Michigan has some BIGGG players!

 

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Nice play by Cahoun, old fashion 3. RU trails 55=51 w 3 min to go in third

 

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Top scorers Carey and Giurantes have wilted. dang. It's up to the other players now.

 

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RU gives up about it's 20th layup of the game. RU losing 59-51 and getting CRUSHED on the glass, as expected.

Down 59-51 w 2 min left in third.

 

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Harris and Carey have disappeared, both w early fouls and no offense. Jenkins being suspended has turned out to be a dagger in the heart of the program. Giurantes has also disappeared.

T Mack and Wilson stepping up in the absence of the older players.

 

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End of third, RU losing 61-53. Still a game. Without Jenkins, and early foul trouble again of Carey and Harris , and Giurantes again losing her touch, it's great our younger players keeping it close. Cryor not much offense and LOTS of turnovers, but providing assists.

Need some 4th qtr Magic again !!

Go RU !!

 

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RU gives up its umpteenth open layup

Down. 63-56

Missing Vivs coaching a lot.

 

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Carey misses her foul shots. Geez.

 

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Yep, RU gives up yet another open layup, and then fouls. Just mind boggling awful. Game almost over 67-57.

 

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This game was almost unwinnable once Jenkins threw herself off the team, but to give up about 25 wide open layups , has just made Michigan's job much much easier. RU still playing hard, just not smart or efficient.

 

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3 more wide open Michigan layups. Can’t make this up.

71-66 Michigan

 

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just a few seconds agovia MobileVIP
Yet another open easy Michigan layup that draws a foul

74 -66
Michigan 3 minutes left

 

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Another wide open. Michigan layup.
76-68

 

[dmd78]

Another wide open. Michigan layup.
76-68

Most of us are in the other game thread.

 

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3 more open Michigan layups.


Bewildering.

 

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Final Michigan 86 RU 76.

Not unexpected, this is a very good Michigan team, that plays great at home. RU without it's best rebounder Jenkins, and Head Coach Stringer home sick, was at a Huge disadvantage. Plus it's other rebounders Carey and Harris, mystersiously aren't playing smart, and pick up very early , very fast fouls , which render them impotent the remainder of the game. RU gets crushed on the glass from the 2nd qtr on, giving up about 30 easy layups as a result. The team played Extremely hard, but couldn't overcome the handicap of an outmanned and foul proned front court.

RU has 3 more Big 10 games left, home against Wisconsin and Minn, and away at Ohio St.

I see 2 more wins and 1 more loss getting to 21 wins, and 3rd or 4th place , getting a first round Big10 bye. Maybe wind up with 22 or 23 wins by end of Tournament, getting a 5th or 6th seed.

Still a lot of good things to look forward to this year, but Jenkins suspension for Domestic Violence, has put a HUGE Hole into the team's post season chances.

But the remaining team has A Lot of HEART, so let's see what unfolds.

Not too many RU teams ever make a post season. This team will.

 

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Final stats :

https://mgoblue.com/sidearmstats/wbball/individual;team=away

 

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MD made up an 11-point deficit in the 4Q to avoid a loss at home to Minnesota (71-69).

Ohio State just beat Michigan State in E. Lansing (77-70). Michigan scores 86 (RU 76). Penn State beat Purdue (72-61). Two other games still going on. Do these seem like high scores for B1G teams tonight? Even the losing teams are putting points on the board.

I guess today is leave defense at home day.

 

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MD made up an 11-point deficit in the 4Q to avoid a loss at home to Minnesota (71-69).

Ohio State just beat Michigan State in E. Lansing (77-70). Michigan scores 86 (RU 76). Penn State beat Purdue (72-61). Two other games still going on. Do these seem like high scores for B1G teams tonight? Even the losing teams are putting points on the board.

I guess today is leave defense at home day.

It's tough to play defense, especially from your forwards and center, when 1 is suspended and the other 2 best ones pick up numerous fouls in the opening minutes of the game. I still am shocked how a terrific senior like Carey isn't playing more strategically and getting herself benched early with fouls, every single game since Jenkins has been suspended. I just don't understand it.
Harris too , to a degree. Wallace and Giles try hard, but they don't have the skills that Jenkins, Carey and Harris have.