MBB: Cal Maritime (4-8) at UC Davis (7-5, 2-0)), Saturday, Dec. 28 at 4 pm The talk at the intermission between games was that we got Maritime because the initially scheduled games with William Jessup were pushed off by the NCAA for . . . reasons. Something on the Jessup end was the problem. The only fill-in was Maritime.
I felt badly for the Keel Hauler women who were terribly over-matched. Some very sad faces walked past us at the intermission between games.
On the other hand for both the men and the women we got to see the offense move as intended.
I'm incredibly upbeat on our future women's backcourt: Bennett and Sussex both look really capable. I get the feeling Sussex won't get flustered - there's an air of confidence in her play and Bennett the same. They've adapted to the offense and seem to really "getting" college play. I think they'll both make contributions during conference this year.
Sahana Kanagasabay, even with the knee brace, showed some real quickness and a knowledge of where she was on court. And Fitzgerald definitely showed herself to good advantage. She's an interesting counterpoint to Norris in the center, possibly not as quick but she works for rebounding position well, blocks out, and seems to be coming on well.
Conference is going to be fun.