The new and improved version of the lady Griz basketball program take their show on the road tonight (1/1/21) to Greeley, Co to begin conference play. The ladies are a little rusty coming off a two week layoff due to a canceled game. If their performance against Gonzaga and Seattle U are any barometer of things to come this should be an exciting year for the ladies.
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Lady Griz tonight
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grizzlyjournal
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Sport said:
I share your enthusiasm for the GrizWBB team under coach Petrino and the entire returning staff from last season. They may be a bit rusty, but I've heard that the team will be at full strength (including Madi Schoening, Kylie Frohlich and Bria Dixson). That means that -- for the first time in five seasons the team will start conference play a legit two-deep (plus) at every position.
Two major questions I was hoping to see addressed -- an improved defense and more confidence on offense -- have already been answered. I still think this team needs to make significant defensive progress to compete in the Big Sky, but Petrino's passing game offense is already paying dividends. I love observing the confidence the players have in taking open shots. A huge bonus is that this team may well be the best perimeter Griz WBB team we've seen in many seasons.
Regardless of potential, the Big Sky shows remarkable balance among the top seven teams, and so any move upward from their projected 7th place pre-season poll predictions will be a plus. There will be some shifting as pre-season favorite Idaho just got whipped by NAU (picked 3-4) and Idaho State has looked very tough. I think ISU and NAU look like the teams to beat with Idaho and Northern Colorado next. I think Montana has already shown it's pretty evenly matched with MSU, but it might take until the end of January to see how far up Montana can move with a young team that will only get better as they play more games.
A split in Greeley would be good for the Griz. I'm hoping for a win tonight. Go GrizWBB.
Lady Griz down by 12 at the half. Bears looking tough from 3 Pt. And strong on the boards. NCU definitely the aggressor and Griz back on their heals. Look for a stronger 2nd half from our ladies. This will be a good test for coach Patrino to see what adjustments he can make. NCU is 50% from 3 Pt line so this will be a challenge as we’re playing off against their outside shooters. We’ve been missing bunnies which seems to be a characteristic of women’s bb in the BSC.
grizzlyjournal
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Pluto sucks. Watch Big Sky TV sucks. No server bandwidth anywhere to be seen.
grizzlyjournal
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That's not exactly how I drew it up... but I'll take it! Switching to a zone D turned the tide, but Kyndal Keller was amazing down the stretch (plus Madi's first trey). What a comeback.
grizzlyjournal
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Griz hold Northern Colorado to 4 fourth-quarter points (1-17). Griz offset 29% from the field by shooting 100% from the free throw line (18-18). Otherwise, Montana was even-with or won all statistical categories.
LivingstonNative
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Nice come from behind win! :clap:
grizzlyjournal
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Coach Petrino quotes from the post-game show.
"We played really well overall in the first half, but we let missed shots affect our energy. We had good looks and missed them and then let those missed shots get to us mentally."
"The momentum switch was no secret. We just switched to our zone in the third quarter. But I credit Karsten Murphey and Jordan Schweyen for key plays at the end of the third that got us back on track."
"We as coaches have a lot of work to do on a lot of things to improve on offense."
Petrino said that no single player was the catalyst in the fourth. Instead, he said that made plays and shots by several players translated to confidence and increased energy in the zone on defense.
"We played really well overall in the first half, but we let missed shots affect our energy. We had good looks and missed them and then let those missed shots get to us mentally."
"The momentum switch was no secret. We just switched to our zone in the third quarter. But I credit Karsten Murphey and Jordan Schweyen for key plays at the end of the third that got us back on track."
"We as coaches have a lot of work to do on a lot of things to improve on offense."
Petrino said that no single player was the catalyst in the fourth. Instead, he said that made plays and shots by several players translated to confidence and increased energy in the zone on defense.
That’s an absolutely incredible win. A 27-4 run to close the game. That’s almost unheard of. This team is playing so much more inspired under Petrino then they ever did under Shannon. A year ago, this team would’ve rolled over and quit, but now they can be down any margin and proven they can come back. I think this win will officially put the rest of the Big Sky on high alert, as if they weren’t already.
