After less than 40 hours rest, the Louisville women's basketball squad traveled to Clemson, met the challenged and dispatched the Tigers by 32 points. "Jones for three", Kylee power, going 0 for third quarter and other mischief awaits, so let's grab the feline by the tail and "ride the Tiger" (sorry Jefferson Starship) to today's ...
FIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME
5) Why, yes I am a three-point shooter. Jazmine Jones delivered a perfect three-for-three "three" performance from beyond the arc yesterday as part of her game-high 17 points. She was 3 for 10 for the season prior to Saturday. Yes, we were sending up little prayers for success with Coach Walz each time she released a "trey". I'm not sure who was more stunned -- the scorekeeper, Clemson's defense or the Cardinal coaches. JJ Airlines adds a new feature to her flight plan.
4) If you miss it, I will find it. Kylee Shook grabbed a career high 15 rebounds against Amanda Butler's squad. 14 on the defensive end. She's taken to heart the Walz edict to the team "Go get the ball." Toss in three blocks, numerous shot alternation attempts and a couple of steals and you now know why I "think highly of Kylee" after this contest. Walz preaches each player finding their role on the team. Anyone want to guess what the Colorado Springs native's role is?
3) Pretty sure there's still a rim up there. Clemson's third quarter shooting performance was, well, not a thing of beauty. They tried an assortment of 12 attempts. Nothing went in. Figure that they were 3-26 from the floor in the second half and it doesn't surprise my that the local police are actively searching for a missing rim from Littlejohn Arena somewhere on the campus. Credit the Cardinal defense for creating the "failure to successfully launch", yes, but a few of those were wide open attempts that even Mrs. Wilson's fifth grade cagers at Caruthers Elementary consistently make.
2) Full "treys" delivered. Louisville continued to show they are a team to be reckoned from three point range A dozen of them tickled the nets Saturday (out of 25 attempts) and just about everyone got into the nightclub. Dana = 3, Arica =3, Jazmine = 3, Asia = 2 and Seygan Robins found one in the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter was when the bombardment was the strongest, the Cards going 5 for 10 from "outside". By then, the Clemson squad had turned off the "air raid" siren and gone to the bunkers. Shoving instead of guarding. Hands on hips. Searching for a white flag.
1) Runs are good. Louisville used a couple of runs to open this contest up. An 18-0 blitz in the first quarter and 32-6 sprint over the end of the second quarter to midway through the third quarter. The Cards scored 20 points off 17 Clemson turnovers and showed very little sign of "dead legs" after the huge win Thursday. Clemson, on the other hand, depended on 77 "bench" minutes (out of a possible 200). No doubt they were tired after getting pummeled by Notre Dame Thursday. The 24-12 Cardinal advantage in the final ten minutes featured 60% shooting by Louisville.
Bring on Syracuse.
-- sonja --
FIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME
5) Why, yes I am a three-point shooter. Jazmine Jones delivered a perfect three-for-three "three" performance from beyond the arc yesterday as part of her game-high 17 points. She was 3 for 10 for the season prior to Saturday. Yes, we were sending up little prayers for success with Coach Walz each time she released a "trey". I'm not sure who was more stunned -- the scorekeeper, Clemson's defense or the Cardinal coaches. JJ Airlines adds a new feature to her flight plan.
4) If you miss it, I will find it. Kylee Shook grabbed a career high 15 rebounds against Amanda Butler's squad. 14 on the defensive end. She's taken to heart the Walz edict to the team "Go get the ball." Toss in three blocks, numerous shot alternation attempts and a couple of steals and you now know why I "think highly of Kylee" after this contest. Walz preaches each player finding their role on the team. Anyone want to guess what the Colorado Springs native's role is?
3) Pretty sure there's still a rim up there. Clemson's third quarter shooting performance was, well, not a thing of beauty. They tried an assortment of 12 attempts. Nothing went in. Figure that they were 3-26 from the floor in the second half and it doesn't surprise my that the local police are actively searching for a missing rim from Littlejohn Arena somewhere on the campus. Credit the Cardinal defense for creating the "failure to successfully launch", yes, but a few of those were wide open attempts that even Mrs. Wilson's fifth grade cagers at Caruthers Elementary consistently make.
2) Full "treys" delivered. Louisville continued to show they are a team to be reckoned from three point range A dozen of them tickled the nets Saturday (out of 25 attempts) and just about everyone got into the nightclub. Dana = 3, Arica =3, Jazmine = 3, Asia = 2 and Seygan Robins found one in the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter was when the bombardment was the strongest, the Cards going 5 for 10 from "outside". By then, the Clemson squad had turned off the "air raid" siren and gone to the bunkers. Shoving instead of guarding. Hands on hips. Searching for a white flag.
1) Runs are good. Louisville used a couple of runs to open this contest up. An 18-0 blitz in the first quarter and 32-6 sprint over the end of the second quarter to midway through the third quarter. The Cards scored 20 points off 17 Clemson turnovers and showed very little sign of "dead legs" after the huge win Thursday. Clemson, on the other hand, depended on 77 "bench" minutes (out of a possible 200). No doubt they were tired after getting pummeled by Notre Dame Thursday. The 24-12 Cardinal advantage in the final ten minutes featured 60% shooting by Louisville.
Bring on Syracuse.
-- sonja --
