Games of Interest - December 22

[BeKnighted]

Starting to wind down towards the Christmas break.

Big Ten

#15 Northwestern 80 Missouri Kansas City 38 - Wildcats had 27-8 margin in 3rd quarter
Iowa 89 Drake 76 - 35 for Wendell in a losing effort
South Dakota 85 Illinois 76 - Ilini 7-3, but have lost to every decent team they've played


Other RU Opponents

St. John's 73 Fairfield 54 - Red Storm bounces back from Duquesne loss
Green Bay 66 Belmont 62 - closer than I would have expected

Other Ranked Teams

#2 South Carolina 78 Elon 63 - 1-point game at the half
#12 Stanford 83 Cal State Bakersfiedl 41 - McCall had 15 and 10 plus 4 blocks for the Cardinal
#16 Texas A&M 69 Arkansas Little Rock 39 - 29 for Walker to lead the Aggies
#23 Miami (Florida) 83 Florida International 55 - 51-28 rebounding edge for the 'Canes


Also

Sacramento State 126 California Irvine 78 - most points I recall seeing this year
North Dakota State 64 NJIT 59 - One of the Highlanders is the daughter of a high school classmate of mine*

*I know, that's digging pretty deep for a comment.


Today:

Big Ten 2-1
Other RU opponents 2-0

Year to date:

Big Ten 109-36
Other RU opponents 73-39

There were no palindromic scores in 36 games today. That makes 14 palindromic scores in 1,786 games so far this year. It's been 2 days since the last palindromic score.

 

[Abro1975]

Wow, I'm impressed by your efforts here. Good fan. Happy Holidays to all.

 

[MADHAT1]

>"One of the Highlanders is the daughter of a high school classmate of mine*
*I know, that's digging pretty deep for a comment.<
Not deep enough since I have a Grandson ready to enter HS
You still a youth :D