Games of Interest - November 18

[BeKnighted]

Lots of ranked teams playing tonight.

Big Ten

#4 Tennessee 74 Penn State 66 - Graves went 8-8 plus 8-8 from the line for the Lady Vols
#8 Maryland 105 High Point 50 - Terps scored 35 in the 3rd quarter
#23 Michigan State 66 Georgia 45 - 27-6 Spartan edge after 1st quarter
Drake 89 Wisconsin 70 - Wendell had 20 for the Bulldogs


Other RU opponents

Temple 77 La Salle 48 - within reach until the 4th quarter
South Dakota State 76 Arkansas 69 - Miller had 31 for the Jackrabbits
LSU 57 Arkansas Little Rock 51 - Lady Tigers came back from 6 down at the end of the 3rd


Other ranked teams

#2 South Carolina 67 Clemson 41 - Mitchell led the Gamecocks with 18.
#3 Notre Dame 74 Toledo 39 - Rockets shot just 23.7%
#11 Texas 86 Northwestern State 33 - 25 and 14 for Boyette
#12 Texas A&M 72 #14 Duke 66 OT - a real back-and-forth contest
#13 Kentucky 112 Morehead State 57 - Epps had a triple double for the Wildcats

Also

Arizona 65 Howard 28 - Bison made only 6 field goals in the game
Georgetown 73 Virginia Tech 56 - Hoyas 2-0
Western Michigan 65 Chicago State 56 - only one reason to report this score


Today:
Big Ten 2-2
Other RU opponents 2-1

Year to date:
Big Ten 21-5
Other RU opponents 14-6

There has been no palindromic scores in 47 games completed so far today. That makes 3 palindromic scores in 359 games so far this year.

 

[MC1974]

I watched the entire Penn State-Tennessee game. Sloppy, lots of fouls and turnovers.

Penn State looked good, kept things close by making some tough shots and playing good defense.

 

[ecojew]

Wasn't PSU one of the bottom teams in the conference last season? To lose by just 8 to Tennessee is surprising.

Nice to see Duke go down.

Lots of mismatches. Not good for the sport overall.

 

[BeKnighted]

Lots of mismatches. Not good for the sport overall.

It's the perennial problem. I don't think I'm seeing more of these kinds of scores than the last couple of years, but obviously you want fewer of them, not the status quo.

Part of it is scheduling - teams still feel like they're rewarded for wins early in the year, and so they try to schedule as many games that they can win as possible - but that's not remotely the only factor.

 

[Ewecon]

Had Brianna Banks not gone out of the game early with an ankle injury, Tenn might not have snatched this game from the jaws of defeat. With a couple of exceptions, I thought the Vols looked awful. That said, it's hard to judge/assess any team this early in the season.

 

[MC1974]

Our interior defense will be tested when we host Penn State.