Time to get on a Roll
By John Scognamiglio
Wednesday night's game against the Missouri Western Griffons gave the women's basketball team their first MIAA victory of the season and kept their record above .500.
This is the same women's team that was all but written off by a few as the season got underway. Coach Sloop has always had a good non-conference record, while his teams have faltered in conference. At the beginning of the MIAA season, it looked like it was more of the same. The team ran out to an 8-2 non-conference record, losing only to perennial Great Lakes power Quincy, and the number two team in Div. II, Drury.
Wednesday night, the Bulldogs put the stops to a very talented 13-4 Griffons team. When I talked to sophomore point guard Katie Fowler, she said that this week would be a good week to have the Bulldogs get on a roll. So how did the Bulldogs win this game? Simple, they refused to lose. They never got into an early hole and put the Griffons on notice that the Bulldogs would not simply roll over for anyone. They established a double-digit early lead and never gave it up. Plus, it doesn't hurt when your lone senior goes 10-13 at the charity stripe or have a sophomore guard who has a ho-hum night with 5-9 shooting behind the arc.
These Bulldogs have had the talent all year long to go on a good run in conference, but to sustain this run they have to play the number three team in the country in Emporia State at their homecourt. In the season's first conference game, the Bulldogs were in it to upset the #1 Lady Blues of Washburn. Could Saturday be the game where they knock off a top-5 team in Division II. If this season is any indicator, set your radio dials to listen to your Truman Bulldogs as they roll into Emporia, Kan. brimming with confidence.
Wednesday night's game against the Missouri Western Griffons gave the women's basketball team their first MIAA victory of the season and kept their record above .500.
This is the same women's team that was all but written off by a few as the season got underway. Coach Sloop has always had a good non-conference record, while his teams have faltered in conference. At the beginning of the MIAA season, it looked like it was more of the same. The team ran out to an 8-2 non-conference record, losing only to perennial Great Lakes power Quincy, and the number two team in Div. II, Drury.
Wednesday night, the Bulldogs put the stops to a very talented 13-4 Griffons team. When I talked to sophomore point guard Katie Fowler, she said that this week would be a good week to have the Bulldogs get on a roll. So how did the Bulldogs win this game? Simple, they refused to lose. They never got into an early hole and put the Griffons on notice that the Bulldogs would not simply roll over for anyone. They established a double-digit early lead and never gave it up. Plus, it doesn't hurt when your lone senior goes 10-13 at the charity stripe or have a sophomore guard who has a ho-hum night with 5-9 shooting behind the arc.
These Bulldogs have had the talent all year long to go on a good run in conference, but to sustain this run they have to play the number three team in the country in Emporia State at their homecourt. In the season's first conference game, the Bulldogs were in it to upset the #1 Lady Blues of Washburn. Could Saturday be the game where they knock off a top-5 team in Division II. If this season is any indicator, set your radio dials to listen to your Truman Bulldogs as they roll into Emporia, Kan. brimming with confidence.
posted by Anonymous at Thursday, January 19, 2006
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