I was busy for most of the game so just caught bits and pieces. We’ll need to come out at the beginning of the game with the same energy as we do after half. A win on Sunday would be nice.

Well, looks like not stream for this game either. From the Arkansas St facebook page:

Tonight’s game will tip off at 7:52. Due to technical difficulties we will be unable to provide a live stream

I guess I just assumed based on the fact that we didn't see her at either of the first two games. But yeah, if she was out because of her illness, then she might still be in the plans for this year. We'll know more tomorrow.

Wow, 5'10", 6'1", and 6'2" to go along with current redshirts of 6'3, 6'5" and 6'6"! I know height alone is everything, but you know Coach Gross wouldn't be after these players if they didn't fit the Aggie mold.

Not to get too inside b-ball here, but I've rewatched the last two plays a couple of times now and it's amazing how the little things can be the difference between winning and losing. For our last bucket, after running the offense, Manjon backs out for the last shot. He gets a Neufeld screen, but the big man guarding Neufeld doesn't show - meaning he doesn't get high up on the screen. He sits back and allows Manjon to come around the screen with momentum towards the basket. A high show (which the Ags do...more on that in a bit) would have forced Manjon to go a couple of steps further to his left to get around the big guy, giving his original defender time to get off the screen and back into position. Plus once Manjon made the turn towards the basket, the week-side defender (guarding Mooney) just stands there. He needed to come over and force either a tough shot, or a drop pass to Neufeld. We might still have scored, but that's terrible defense on both the big guy and the week-side guy and allowed our true freshman to win the game on an easy layup.

Now, on our last defensive play the ball handler uses a screen (more of a running screen) to go to his right and to get a shot off. BUT Peppers shows high, cuts him off and forces him back to Adabayo who gets the game saving block. Perfect smart defense! And the best part, the three guys that made the crucial plays are all true freshman. If they can continue this effort, and expand it to 40 minutes and not just minutes here and there, we've got ourselves the makings of a great Aggie team.

Look like great additions

Manjon is a star and only a freshman. As marsh said after the Jessup game, he’s tj shorts with a jump shot.

Mooney was the man down the stretch. Very nice second half. Wish it was being streamed

Ags up by one with 1:13 to go

Mooney starting to heat up. Let's Go Ags!

Down by 8 at half. And that is actually better than what it could have been. TO's and sloppy defense. Fueller seems to be more aggressive on offense, but Mooney and Neufeld are struggling again. Les will need to light a fire at half.

Looks like the starting lineup against William Jessup was an anomaly. We are back to Squire, Manjon, Fuller, Mooney and Neufeld. Let's go Ags!

Looks like this one will be a battle of the guards. UI started 6'1", 6'2", 6'3", 6'4", and 6'8" last game with not much size off the bench. Hopefully that bodes well for Neufeld and Koehler. And one of these games Manjon and Pepper are going to break out on the offensive side. It's interesting that UI barely snuck by an NAIA team in their opener before pushing UCR (at Riverside). We are favored by 4 but this feels like a game we could win by double digits, if our defense is locked in. Go Ags!

Made it official today

well that was better. Still need to tighten up the offense as we turned the ball over way too much. And Hall is still looking rusty. But overall a better effort. Plus Konrad is quickly becoming my favorite player. Just love the way she hustles and her shot is so much better this year.

their frequent replays is driving me nuts though. We almost miss entire offensive plays because they’re showing us a straightforward layup again

Yeah they did miss quite a few open shots.

much better intensity from the Ags. Up 17-8 after 1

Seems like a great opportunity for Svanholm to get time on the court in meaningful games during her mandatory red shirt year. Hopefully that international experience will help her step right into a high contributing position next year for the Ags.

Of course this is nowhere near a must win game for the ags (last year's squad lost to Montana and Port St early on and was still arguably the best team in aggie wbb history), but it is important to see some improvement from opening night. Fresno is coming off a clobbering of SLO by 27 (although SLO lead at half), lead by freshman twin guards. The ags need a leader to step up, perhaps Toole and/or Hall, to take control of the game when things start to go a bit south. The Eaton's were excellent at that last year.

Go Ags!

so one of the blue devils qb is Luke Carrell, whose dad Scott is a faculty adviser for UCD athletics ( and an Econ professor). And his older brother Zach plays baseball at UCD (or at least he committed to UCD coming out of hs). After following a lot of tough seasons while both my kids went there it sure is nice to see them get some success