WBB Loses to TCU in OT
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UW lost to TCU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament tonight to TCU in OT, 62-59. Sayvia Sellers got the ball left with a few seconds left and got a good look at a 3 point shot and didn’t make it.
My notes are gibberish because I was so nervous during the game, but UW was up 9 points at half over #3 seed TCU. Avery Howell had 11 points going into halftime and UW held TCU to 6 points in the 2nd quarter. Olivia Miles, who averages 36 ppg, only had 4 points at the half. In other words, things were looking bright and shiny for UW going into half.
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UW has tended to disappear in the second half of games and they played better this third quarter than in other close games this year. TCU was able to eek out a few more points per quarter than UW, causing the game to go into overtime.
TCU went on a 7-0 run to start overtime, making things look grim for UW. However, UW pulled themselves together and tied it up. TCU went up again by 5 and UW didn’t back down, getting back to within 3. After calling a timeout, UW ran a play to Sayvia Sellers and she got a clean look at a 3 pointer on the right side of the court. Missing it, UW’s post-season run came to an end.
Some thoughts:
- I don’t know who to lodge my complaint to, but I think it’s tremendously unfair that in the Women’s Tournament the #1-#4 seeds host the games. This led to Iowa hosting a game in their un-airconditioned gym that was 83 degrees. This led to TCU hosting this game when they haven’t lost a home game in 43 games, the longest in D1 right now. If this game were hosted at a neutral site, the crowed with be cheering for the underdog, UW.
- Not sure how Elle Ladine played this last game of her college career and only had 2 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals.
- Not sure how Avery Howell only had 3 points in the second half after burning up the gym in the first half.
- Sayvia Sellers got a quiet 18 points, but still had her usual 5 assist to 4 turnover ratio.
- Brynn McGaughy had 13 points and only 3 rebounds.
- I NEED Tina Langley to get over her “if you have 2 fouls in the first half, you sit” rule. It’s so old school and the refs called stupid fouls and she still made her players sit in the 2nd quarter, when she could have had them in and had a chance to run up the score (McGaughy and Sellers both had two legitimately bad calls against them and therefore they weren’t allowed to play). I think it’s different if your players are hacking people and out of control, but what happened tonight was not that.
- I really loved this team and as I’ve mentioned a million times, Hannah Stines is my favorite (10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals) and I’m so sad she will graduate. She did all the little behind-the-scenes things to make the team run.
- Stoked to have Brynn McGaughy around for the next three years and Avery Howell for the next two year. McGaughy is a very smart player and will only grow in her game because Langley has shown her ability to grow talent over her tenure. Howell has one of the quickest 3 point releases I’ve seen in awhile and she upped her leadership of the team during this post-season.
- This was a big step for the program. I’m excited for next year.