Xavier v. Missouri

[eastcoast]

Thanks XU-PA. I was listening to game and as MO was closing the gap at the end i kept thinking it would be nice to somebody to make a key shot which she seems to do

[STL_XUfan]

One play that really showed her talent, took a pass on the far wing in the second half, it was way to high and she dove to tip it back out to about the foul line extended on the side line, she picked her self up got right back in position and took another pass about 3 seconds later way in the corner and buried the 3.

The Missouri crowd (and the 3 X fans that were there) gave her a nice applause and chuckle for that play.

This was my first game of the year so I was impressed by a lot of things on the team. However, there stills seems to be a lack of energy and killer instinct on the women's team. It was very disheartening to watch Mizzou power back in the last 2 minutes to a game that seemed to be over.

Hopefully the energy is normally there and I just caught a bad night.

April may be my favorite player on this team just for the strength and power she uses when attacking the basket.

Overall any night Xavier wins is a good night.

[XU-PA]

Watching this game again, three things strike me.
1) T-Phil is one awesome basketball player. Not only her obvious offenseive and defensive traits, but the other tings she does. She has a vision of the floor and turns into, when needed, a screen machine. If you get a chance to see this again, watch what she does on offense, when she doesn't have the ball.

2) Amber looks a little tentative, maybe it's just one game, or maybe I just haven't seen her play ina long time, but she seems to be protecting herself. I thought of this after her first block, then I looked at stats and can't see the block factory like in her first 2 seasons. I hope she gets a little more comfortable out there and regains that reckless abandon she had in her frosh and soph seasons.

3) A-Phil can really turn it on when needed, she absolutely had a monster game against MO.