@ North Dakota State Sunday Dec 30

[kiyoat]

Massey gives us a 98% chance of winning, with a typical score of 75-47

The Bison have had a very bad non-conference, with their three wins coming at:
NAIA Mayville State --49-43
#305 New Hampshire 56-51
#304 Valparaiso ------51-48

Their worst two losses were probably their last two games of the non-con:
#270 San Francisco 42-75
#248 Stetson--------59-60

Based on those scores, I think we could possibly beat them by more than the predicted 28, but I doubt that happens.  There is no incentive for overkill blowouts with the RPI, or common courtesy.  The Bison might just play a little better at home, anyway.  If anything, maybe both scores will be lower, like 68-42.

[gopheryote]

Of note: when this game tips off, it will have been 671 days since the last time Coyote WBB lost a conference game.

[kiyoat]

Looks like #22 Soph 5'-11" guard Michelle Gaislerova is their sharp-shooter. She had even better shooting efficiency last year. I'll be interested to see her stats after the game.

[kiyoat]

McKeever with 11 points in the first half. She had a lot of fans in the building, her hometown is only 1.5 hours from Fargo.

She finished with 13 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, and a steal.

[kiyoat]

67-41 final. solid game, they were up by as many as 31 until the last couple of minutes when they had mostly the bench in.

[kiyoat]

The Yotes shot 44/54/67 against 28/20/77 for the Bison.

19-6 points off turnovers

45-26 Rebounding

20-12 fouls

[kiyoat]

Coach P in post-game:

"Our goal is to always hold our opponent to 10 points below their season average..."

"Maddie and Hannah both did a lot of good things for us in this game.... Liv Korngable played well off the bench... Maddie was a good leader..."

"Our offensive goal is to shoot 45% and we were a little short of that..."

(on Denver, next opponent)
"They are a team that can score in bunches, and score fast..."
*I lost the feed after that*

[kiyoat]

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Dec 27, 2018 11:30:25 GMT -6 kiyoat said:

If anything, maybe both scores will be lower, like 68-42.

Spot on, Kiyoat!!

[kiyoat]

Ha! What’s the saying about a blind squirrel? Don’t take my predictions to the bank, ...