@ St Louis

[sdyotefan]

The Lady Yotes take on the Billikens today for their first ever meeting. St Louis is 1-3 just losing a close one to Green Bay.

[sdyotefan]

If you're wondering what a Billiken is like I was, my research indicates that a Billiken was a popular charm doll in the early nineteen hundreds. A sportscaster commented that their coach at the time looked like a Billiken and the rest as they say is history!

[kiyoat]

Nov 20, 2022 5:51:39 GMT -6 sdyotefan said:

If you're wondering what a Billiken is like I was, my research indicates that a Billiken was a popular charm doll in the early nineteen hundreds. A sportscaster commented that their coach at the time looked like a Billiken and the rest as they say is history!

Here's a vintage Billiken doll..... nightmare fuel.



... and just a little bit racist (not unusual for the time).  Creepy, anyway.  Clown collection-level.

[gopheryote]

Nov 20, 2022 7:31:35 GMT -6 kiyoat said:

Nov 20, 2022 5:51:39 GMT -6 sdyotefan said:

If you're wondering what a Billiken is like I was, my research indicates that a Billiken was a popular charm doll in the early nineteen hundreds. A sportscaster commented that their coach at the time looked like a Billiken and the rest as they say is history!

Here's a vintage Billiken doll..... nightmare fuel.



... and just a little bit racist (not unusual for the time).  Creepy, anyway.  Clown collection-level.

Oof. That is pretty bad.

[yote18]

Our new assistant Ty was on the St Louis coaching staff for several seasons before the entire staff was fired and replaced by this years. Their new head coach had some previous success at Longwood. I expect a competitive game, but our defense will need to be better. I predict a Loss though, 71-63 Billikens.

[kiyoat]

[soofooyote]

Way too many turnovers and very poor defense so far.

[fanatic]

Trailing after 1 quarter. Settle down and they will be fine.

[soofooyote]

The switch to the zone defense really made a difference and helped us close the gap. Still a lot of work to do to get into rhythm on the offensive end. Better ball movement, better decisions, and more experience will lead to good things. They show flashes and great heart. Lot of growing to do though. We’ll get there!

[fightsd]

Nice team win. Defense set the tone and we made the shots we needed to down the stretch.

[soofooyote]

Team played with great energy in the second half. Demers was dominant in the 3rd. Very confusing to not see her in the 4th quarter at all.

[fanatic]

Bench play was impressive today. Nice to see Macy come through in the clutch.

[yote18]

Nov 20, 2022 9:14:04 GMT -6 yote18 said:

Our new assistant Ty was on the St Louis coaching staff for several seasons before the entire staff was fired and replaced by this years. Their new head coach had some previous success at Longwood. I expect a competitive game, but our defense will need to be better. I predict a Loss though, 71-63 Billikens.

Well I had the points almost right but the winning team wrong. Glad to be wrong and for them to get the win.

[90yote]

For those who weren't following, Grange went down with a knee injury late in the game. Didn't look good, so hope for the best. She was questionable coming in to the game with a rolled ankle and she rolled it again earlier in the game and came out momentarily.

[yotewannabe]

Demers is so strong and getting better every game. Great clutch three by Guebert and I didn’t like the look of Madison’s knee injury. Fingers crossed on that one.