PSU 71 Aggies 62 - Final.

After trailing 41-20 at the half, the Ags came to life in the second half and cut the lead to 4 with 53 seconds left but a PSU 3 pointer with 24 seconds to go sealed the deal for the Vikings. The Aggies just dug themselves too big a hole in the first half but made a gallant effort.

This half for the women is like a mirror image of the men’s first half…awful.

The Ags are bewildered by the PSU zone.

22-12 PSU at the end of the first quarter. Jen isn’t happy with what she is seeing…turnovers, porous defense and getting out-hustled.

The first and second halves were like night and day for the Aggies. TY came alive and inspired the team. One of the biggest comebacks that I can remember from the Ags in a very long time.

Ags win 79-78!!!

If you thought the first half against Jessop was bad, I hope you didn’t see this half…this team is totally out of sync.

- No offensive punch other than Pepper
- Johnson and Milling ice cold again
- Multiple missed layups
- 42% from the line
- Out rebounded 19-11
- Lots of defensive breakdowns

This is just bad basing the Aggies.

Super small crowd too!

Yikes..I was hoping to see Mani today too. Super small ball!

I thought so too. I remember Les saying that it was Kansas head coach, Bill Self, that told him to never let your team become thin at guard. It certainly has worked for him!

I think that's a very generous spread. We'll need to play much better to than we did against Jessop to win this one. I'm hopeful that we show a lot of improvement today.

I watched a good portion of the game and it was a close battle between to evenly matched teams. Poor 3 point shooting, 2-12, hurt the Anteaters.

Irvine lost their two top scorers from last year via the transfer portal. Their leading scorer, Dawson Baker 15.3 ppg, transferred to BYU and DJ Davis 15.0 ppg transferred to Butler. Both were good 3 point shooters also. They do have a 7'1 post, Brent Leuchten, returning. He led them in scoring last against SJSU and they have a very good looking true freshman 6'4 G from Istanbul, Derin Saran, who showed a lot of talent and poise last night as well.

How so? I watched the women's game live and the replay of the men's game on ESPN+ and the video seemed just fine to me.

Tuesday, 11/07 games:

Riverside 76 UC Merced 69
San Jose State 72 Irvine 64

It's a great look! They did a great job on the new floor. They eliminated the step up to the main court level so it's entirely one level now. The also put in new baskets and shot clocks. Now all we need to do is win a bunch of games and fill the place up!

You don't even want to go over to and read about the Causeway on the Hornets forum when the few members they have over there start posting about the game. It gets crude and nasty fast. Heck, they're even nasty with each other over there!

The Big West Conference is getting better and better which is a good thing. The big question to me is how will our continued reliance on being guard heavy be able to match up with the best Big West teams that are bringing in talented big men?

Santa Barbara may have one of their best teams ever as Coach Pasternack continues to bring is highly rated players through the portal that have Power 5 experience. Long Beach is loaded with athleticism and length and Irvine has always been known for developing good big men. CSUN looks to be totally revamped and talented and it looks like Fullerton just reloaded.