Open Thread: As Conference Play Gets Underway, UConn/Notre Dame Headline Saturday's Action - 4 p.m. ET

Michi State vs. Penn State?? (MSU leads18-9; 11:07, 1st half)
or Cincy vs. Rutgers?? (Rutgers leads 17-9; 8:35, 1st half)

Wellll….. hi from Stillwater!! First time here since November & the day before the crash…. #RememberThe4

The Bearcats have 15 points. 9 of them are from their bench, all from Bjonee Reaves. She also leads the team with 3 rebounds and 2 steals. Cincy is only shooting 21.7% from the field. Yikes!
The Scarlet Knights scored 26 in the first half, led by Monique Oliver’s 10 points. April Sykes has 7 boards and 5 points at the break.

Starters for the Pokes:
G Tiffany Bias, G Taylor Schippers, F Liz Donohoe, F/C Kendra Suttles, C Vicky McIntyre

Starters for the Longhorns:
Chelsea Bass, Yvonne Anderson, Ashley Gayle, Ashleigh Fontenette, Cokie Reed

Oh my. OSU 5, Texas 0 – 15:58 ….

Texas started in a 8-0 hole but has been helped by 9 points from Chelsea Bass (2 3-pointers and 3 from the line) to pull back in this one.

No scorers in double-digits, both teams hovering around 30-ish percent (Texas at 26.1% actually). OSU has 10 o-boards compared to Texas’ 2 and owns a 24-18 overall rebound advantage. The Longhorns have committed 12 turnovers in the first half as well…

of the afternoon… Anne Marie Hartung powered in for the layup & converted the 3-point play to take a 35-33 lead. The Longhorns are playing CRAZY AGGRESSIVE to start the second half.

An upset! (of sorts) – AND on TV even :)

For the second time in this game. Wackypants.

I know see how Notre Dame gets to the line as much as they do. They throw themselves into helpless defenders and get the call.

Anytime I say (or write) that she is struggling they play out of their mind.

Surprise

It looked like the scoring for both teams started gangbusters, but now it’s pretty much stopped altogether. What’s the hap?

The last win for OSU over a ranked opponent was March 12, 2010 vs. Iowa State (62-59). Looks like today will break that drought!
If we actually make it that far! Cokie Reed just fowled out for Texas and we’re up to 20 fouls for the half (I think).

take a 1 point lead.

Geno’s fault. He should have taken a timeout when they cut it to 2. He just stood there. Pouting.

Now the crowd is in it.

Bria Hartley hits a 3 and then a lay up in the final 30 seconds.

She has ice water in her veins.

Texas is … not really very great looking. They are tough/fierce/whatever you want to call it (& almost killed our little point guard Tiffany Bias)…but other than that, hmmmmm….

OSU 70, Texas 51 – FINAL

your intrepid blogger went out to Queens College. We did promise…