great interview with Mo. Long flowing blonde locks of yesteryear have gone, but he still seems to have the drive and energy to coach - good for him. I can attest that he was a very good pitcher and a good basketball player although with like “hops”. The baseball team would play hoops on rain days in lieu of practice - column have fielded a pretty wicked IM team.

Still on the same side as a team that swept us...UCSB. And the long minutes for Ryann, Nya, Megan & Avery are exacting a toll on their shooting. For the season, we shoot just under 31% from beyond the arc; last 3 games: 20.3%. Tired legs IMHO.

Santa Barbara has the best 3-pt defense in the conference, holding opponents to 26.1%. They've held us to 16.8% in the 2 games this season. Assuming UCSB beats Riverside, we'll play them on 1 day less rest than we're used to. Definitely don't like that matchup.

Also, not real optimistic about us playing games on consecutive days at this point. Not that Gross had an alternative to the long minutes if we were going to stay in contention, which we did until the last game.

‘the curse of Niko’. Didn’t get to play down there; never loses to them!