Ags lead 15-13 after the first quarter in a very evenly matched game so far.

Aggies went cold from the field and turned the ball over too many times and are lucky to be down only 1 at 30-29 at the half. The Ags have done a good job defensively and have found the open look underneath but have missed too many point blank shots. Ags are getting good looks, now the shots need to start falling. Bertsch was only 2-7 inside. Fast paced, competitive game.

Aggies continue to struggle and fall back by 5 48-43 after 3 quarters.

Long Beach took the Aggies out of their offensive comfort zone and soundly beat the Aggies 64-51. They established themselves as the team to beat in the Big West. The 49ers completely shut down Morgan Bertsch who never got into a offensive rhythm and ended up with a season low 6 points on 2-11 shooting. The better team won tonight.

Well watching the ladies game and seeing multiply layups miss and the same with threes that have not happened much this year. I think we all simply saw an example of "regression to the mean" in a sports contest. At the end of the first half after seeing the 6th or 7th missed shot from with in the paint I just knew this game could not be won by the Aggies. No coaching and no new strategy would have made any difference at all. You can only fix this by fixing the mean and that would be better players on our team or, to be fair, more mature an d experienced players which we will have as the season progresses and next year. You might like to read Michael Lewis' (Moneyball, etc.) fascinating new book: The Undoing Project. Two Israeli psychologists delve into how humans make decisions: i.e. "don't ever trust your gut instinct" and why Israeli fighter pilots and army are so good. His best book ever IMHO.