The Aggies played their best overall game tonight and beat the Tigers convincingly 90-58. They shot 52% overall on 36-69 from the field and 12-23 from 3 for 52%. Morgan Bertsch had 20, Pele Gianotti had 18 and Rachel Nagel had 17. The Ags teamwork showed up in their 19 assists also.

I thought the Ags played well on defense and they won the boards 46-38. Nina Bessolo and Cierra Hall bring energy and quickness to the floor and good defensive play. Hall rushed her shots tonight, especially the ones in close, and was only 2 for 12 overall. I think she'll improve her shooting as she gets more experience and settles into an offensive rhythm but her athleticism is a great addition to this team at this point.

In the post-game interview the Tigers coach said that the Aggies are a post-season team, it just depends on where they end up going. I know the team wants nothing less than the NCAA Tournament.

The unbeaten Ags now head to Cedar City, Utah, to play Southern Utah at 2 pm MT on Friday.

Go Ags!

The Aggies keep it rolling and stretch the lead to 26 points 71-45 at the end of the 3rd.

The Aggies are playing well and extend the lead to 45-30 at the half. Pele Gianotti led the way for the Ags with 16 on 5 of 7 shooting including 4-5 from 3. Morgan Bertsch has 10 on 5-7 from the floor but had to sit with 2 fouls at the 6 minute mark of the 2nd quarter.

The Ags get off to a good start in Stockton and lead 25-16 at the end of the first quarter. 5-9 from 3.

Hahahahah....

Chris Carter was our WR who was the victim of that terrible call after he had made one of the most remarkable receptions of his stellar career.

The bad spot was on the Ags' final series on 3rd down when it appeared that Thomas had picked up a first down. Even the Hornet broadcast team, whom I think are very good and were pretty fair to the Ags, said, "Oh, he didn't get a good spot and I don't think they'll get the first down with that spot." Then we had the false start and failed on the 4th down pass...game over.

Tough draw for Sac getting left out especially after they hammered SUU and SUU pasted NAU.

I think that the Ags probably spoiled Sac's chances by coming back from 31 down to nearly winning the game. If Sac would have rolled up the Ags by a big score, it would have been hard to keep them out of the playoffs.

Coffee then and beer now!

I live in Sacramento. The game was shown on a Sacramento local access channel 17 but only in standard definition. I watched the game on my iMac from the Big Sky TV feed by Pluto TV. It was in high definition and nicer to watch and, at the same time, I was watching the Aggies @ UVU on my laptop with the sound muted. That's about as much multi-tasking that I can do at any one time!

Yes, the block was not crucial to getting him in the open. Thomas is a beast. Why he wasn't getting more PT we'll never know. He has tremendous speed for a kid his size and breaks tackles left and right.

That 90 yard run was a thing of beauty. As big as he is you would have thought that the Sac DB's would have run him down or he would have begun to seize up but, once he got into high gear, he was gone. Great speed! He'll be fun to watch in the years to come if he stays with us.

Great near comeback by the Ags. They showed me a lot of Aggie Pride to come back like that after they were getting run out of the stadium and down 31 points in the 3rd quarter.

Total yards: Ags 659 Hornets 591

Passing yards: Ags 325 Hornets 276

Rushing yards: Ags 334 Hornets 315

Red zone: Ags 6-6 Hornets 4-4

Sacks: Ags 2 Hornets 2; TFL's: Ags 6 Hornets 3

Penalties: Ags 6 for 47 Hornets 7 for 66.

But the 2 big penalties on the Ags really hurt: the one that called back a 90 yard TD run and the false start on the final series when it was 4th and 1.

In just about all the categories the Ags edged the Hornets but lost the game. The first half was all Hornets and the second half nearly all Ags. The Hornets just managed to hang on for dear life.

Proud of this team...they could have laid down or got chippy and they did neither....they played with Aggie Pride and Sac knows they just escaped.

There was a block below the waist that negated that great 90 yard run by Thomas.

The Ags fall to UVU 80-71. The big turning point was with about 7:30 to go in the game with the score 60-58 UVU and Arell Hennings got a technical foul. In less than a minute the Wolverines lead blossomed to 10 points and the Ags never got closer than 8 points after that. I din't see what got Hennings T'd up but suffice it to say it was not smart and influenced the outcome.

For the most part this was a well played game by both teams. The difference in the game was the 3 point shooting by UVU. They hit 10-20 from behind the arc compared to the Ags 6-15.

The Ags' offense had much better flow and rhythm. Chima led the way in scoring with 18 followed by TJ Shorts with 17 and Siler Schneider with 11.

The Ags next game is against Sac State at the Golden One Center next Tuesday at 7 pm.

The Hornets are on pace to score 76 points and put up 800 yards on the Ags...holy crap!

The only question is whether this will be the worst beat down of the Ags by Sac in Causeway history. It's really no contest.

I'm doing the same thing. Ags are in a real battle and are down 58-54 with 10:00 to in the game.

The Aggies take a 37-33 lead into halftime in a well played game by both teams. The Ags shot 52% overall and 50% from 3 with Moneke leading the way with 10 and TJ Shorts with 8. The ball movement by the Aggies has been much better this game so far.

This one was a struggle for quite a while and PSU closed to within one midway through the 3rd quarter. Then Ags started to get the ball into the interior of the zone for a few buckets and that started opening up the perimeter more and the Ags started knocking down their 3's. The lead grew to 18 at 79-61 before the Vikings finished with a 6-0 run.

This a nice win for the Aggies but they need to come out and start the game with more energy on both ends of the floor than they did tonight. They seemed a little flat in the first quarter. They were not really attacking the Vikings zone much in the first half and seemed content to pass the ball around the perimeter. They were trying get the ball to Bertsch but early on she missing shots she normally makes.

I think Jen Gross would like to see her team cut down on the soft passes that are getting tipped and stolen also. The Ags need to pass crisply with a purpose and not hesitant with a soft lob.

PSU had some good outside shooters and they had good ball movement. The Ags play with confidence and maturity though. They seem to know that at some point they'll get it in gear a make a good run and create some separation.

The Aggies won the game from behind the arc canning 15 0f 28 for 54% to PSU's 9 0f 22 for 41%. Morgan Bertsch and Rachel Nagel led the Ags with 20 apiece.

The Ags travel to Pacific for a 7 pm game on Monday evening.

Go Ags!

The Aggies manage to stretch the lead a little 57-45 at the end of the 3rd quarter after the Vikings had it down to one point.