The Aggies travel to the central coast on Thursday for a 5 pm game at Cal Poly. The Ags currently trail first place Long Beach State by 1/2 game and need to keep up their winning ways since The Beach has won both games with the Ags this season. The Aggies have been playing well lately and have won 6 of their last 8.
32-24 Aggies at the half. The Ags were not sharp in their last game and the trend has continued in the first half against Poly. It was primarily the Aggies defense that has kept them in the lead. On the offensive end, Gianotti leads the Ags with 11 on 5 of 7 shooting. Both teams have been careless with the basketball and have 10 TO's each.
I watched a little bit of the first half. Some very careless passes by the Ags, yet we're still a head. Need to make better decisions in the second half.
The Aggies hang on and escape with a 61-53 win over Poly. This was a 4 point game with 20 seconds to go before the Ags hit some FT's to make it an 8 point margin. Morgan Bertsch led the Ags with 20 followed by Pele Gianotti with 13 and Rachel Nagel had 12.
For the second game in a row the Ags managed to find a way to win when they did not play their best. As it was in their last win over Fullerton, the Aggie defense made the difference as the Ags held the Mustangs to 34% shooting and forced 23 TO's. But, the Ags continued their season long struggle on the boards and were out rebounded 46-37 including giving up 14 offensive rebounds.
Poly's defense kept the Ags off balance the whole game limiting the Aggies to 38% from the field. The Ags also struggled from the FT line at 65%.
The Ags will need to play much better at UCSB on Saturday to bring home a road sweep.