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Another BG win. Running the streak to 11. Very sloppy game as all starters were out after the first media time out in the second half. The bench and 3rd stringers as you may call them closed out the remaining 14 minutes.

LP had a slow night with only 9 points and also seeing her FT streak come to an end.

The team struggled at the line only making 57%. It was nice to see the bench really get extended minutes and rest the starters. MAC play begins in about two weeks!!!

It is probably good though for the others to get the playing time.....so that they are ready when the need arises...now or in the future.

-MH

Tonite's attendance was a prime example of the student attendance issue. We had 1,400-some attending tonight - - during a break of the university! When the university is IN session, and assuming all the folks who were there tonight game attend - - shouldn't we AT LEAST have 600 students come to the game so that our attendance is AT LEAST 2,000? It is a mystery to me why even 3% of the student body would not attend a women's basketball game while school is in session. We've had 1400-ish attendance for home games DURING the semester. Weird, and perplexing.....

A couple of other observations this evening:

1) Nice show of alumni at the north end of the arena with McDowell, Mann, Horne, Goldsberry, Honneger, Bugher, Breske, Taylor, and Clapper cheering on the Falcons! Great to see them in their BKB shirts!

2) Interesting to note that the officials had to go to the monitor to see who would shoot the free throws with the foul called at the north end of the court during the first half. After around 45 seconds, it was determined that #2 would shoot the foul shots. The first one ALMOST rimmed out, and the crowd quite loudly gasped at the almost-moment. Then the second one DID rim out. Whereupon the entire place stood up and cheered. That was a moment to remember as an homage to Lauren's great feat.

3) Gotta love the audio of Coach Miller during the Canisius post-game press conference. Listen to the VERY end after he wishes everyone a happy holiday - - he gets up, is obviously physically walking OUT of the room, and he says to the media: "Give Lauren hell." That is/was hilarious.

How dare LP miss a FT?!?!? Cut her from the team! LOL. Every time I watch the NBA and see these prima donnas missing FT's, I chuckle. LP smokes all of them.

Way to go BG! 11 in a row...

jburket wrote:Tonite's attendance was a prime example of the student attendance issue. We had 1,400-some attending tonight - - during a break of the university! When the university is IN session, and assuming all the folks who were there tonight game attend - - shouldn't we AT LEAST have 600 students come to the game so that our attendance is AT LEAST 2,000? It is a mystery to me why even 3% of the student body would not attend a women's basketball game while school is in session. We've had 1400-ish attendance for home games DURING the semester. Weird, and perplexing.....

A couple of other observations this evening:

1) Nice show of alumni at the north end of the arena with McDowell, Mann, Horne, Goldsberry, Honneger, Bugher, Breske, Taylor, and Clapper cheering on the Falcons! Great to see them in their BKB shirts!

2) Interesting to note that the officials had to go to the monitor to see who would shoot the free throws with the foul called at the north end of the court during the first half. After around 45 seconds, it was determined that #2 would shoot the foul shots. The first one ALMOST rimmed out, and the crowd quite loudly gasped at the almost-moment. Then the second one DID rim out. Whereupon the entire place stood up and cheered. That was a moment to remember as an homage to Lauren's great feat.

3) Gotta love the audio of Coach Miller during the Canisius post-game press conference. Listen to the VERY end after he wishes everyone a happy holiday - - he gets up, is obviously physically walking OUT of the room, and he says to the media: "Give Lauren hell." That is/was hilarious.

Of course, after looking at an announced crowd of just over 1K for the men's game, it hits me that the women's team might be the 1st to draw more than the men, (Other than perhaps UCONN)...