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The Nova women lost a closely contested contest to St. Joes this afternoon, ending their unbeaten string at 7 and pretty much ceding their two year reign as Big Five champions over to the Hawks.

Both teams were streaky for the first 10 minutes of both halves, then played nip and tuck for the last 10 minutes of each half. Afer opening the scoring with a nifty lane cutter layup by Kendall Burton, St. Joes ripped off 13 unanwered points to cause Harry Paretta to call for a time out, down 13-2. Another St. Joes score and the sixth straight missed Nova shot then had us down 15-2 at the 15 minute mark before the ship got righted.

Three baskets by Taylor Holeman, a three ball by Lauren Burford and a driving layup by Devon Kane, followed by a Kane jump shot and a Emily Leer layup had us all the way back to 19 all at the 6 minute mark. The teams then traded baskets the rest of the way, with another Burford three leaving the scored tied at 28 at the half. Nova shot only 2 of 9 on threes in the half, with Burford getting both of them on 2 of 2 shooting.

The second half started out as a mirror image of the first, with Nova ripping off the first eight points and St. Joes calling for an emergency time out. Emily Leer came out attacking the post, getting two quick baskets and two foul shots. Kane capped that run off with another layup, putting the Nova lead at 36-28 a little more than two minutes into the half. St. Joes then came out and put together an 11-2 run to take a 39-38 lead at the 14:28 mark and from then on it was a dogfight to the finish.

The game came down to St. Joes having one two many fast guards for us to defense. When reserve Ciara Andrews entered the game to play along with starters Natasha Cloud and Erin Shields, we just couldn't stop one of them from attacking the basket for easy layups. Andrews and Cloud wound up scoring 18 of St. Joes last 22 points. Nova actually led by 50-45 after a three pointer by Caroline Coyer but a ten point run got St. Joes back up by 55-45 with only 4:40 to go. Kane and Coyer then ripped in three pointers and Coyer added a pair of foul shots and another basket wrapped around a pair of Cloud baskets and Nova had the lead once again at 60-59 with 2 minutes to play. Andrews got the lead right back with yet another blazing move to the basket and after a missed three by Leer, Cloud ended the scoring with a short jump shot. With one last chance to tie with a three, Coyer's shot with about seven seconds left was off the mark and rebounded underneath the basket by Kane, but instead of passing out to the three line, attempted a layup that missed, and was rebounded on the other side by Kaherine Coyer, who also attempted to put in a layup that missed. After all of that confusion the ball was on the floor and tied up for a jump ball with 8 tenths on the clock, with the posession arrow to Nova. Caroline Coyer got a contested look at the basket from the sideline, but her three attempt was off the mark to end the game at 63-60.

Balanced scoring for both sides. Leer, Holeman and Caroline Coyer all had 12 points. Holeman also had nine boards, doing a nice job boxing out on the defensive end. Overall shooting was 25-57 (46.4%) with only 6 of 19 on threes. Burford (2) and Kane (1) were perfect on their three point shots. Everyone else was a combined 3 of 16. St. Joes defense did not leave many chances for uncontested threes and we were looking to get the ball inside most of the game. Inexplicably after Leer got three early fouls on their big girl (Fairbanks), they switched off and had her guard Holeman instead and we never tried to attack her again to get her out of the game. Game photo gallery is on the Villanova.com website along with the game recap and boxscore.

NovaNation should be embarrassed at their lack of support for the women's team. St. Joes brought in two busloads of students, a bunch of other fans, their entire band, a small contingent of cheerleaders and Santa Claus. They were organized in their cheering and basically owned the Pavilion. Our undefeated team essentially had to play their biggest game of the year as a road game in their own building. The biggest cheer of the night for the locals came when the emcee tried to get everyone to stand to get the free T-shirt tosses from the cheerleaders. Pretty pathetic. The girls deserve better. Nonetheless, the game itself was won by St. Joes on the court. They have a fine team and should be the Big Five champion this year and may very well win the Atlantic Ten conference regular season title. Nothing to be done by Nova except to finish out the non-conference schedule and prepare for the new Big East conference games starting in late December.

Nova is off again until next Sunday when they play at LaSalle, followed by another road game the following Sunday at Temple.

Link added for Mel Greenberg's Game Summary.






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Link to Mel Greenberg's Game Summary

by one with Caroline Coyer leading the way. This is a very good
Owls team. I only wish our family still owned a home in the Philly burbs,
so I could get to a game.

If anyone has one please let me know: stevemk76@gmail.com

Thanks!

I really enjoy tpenter's write ups.. I hope he is OK and/or still hanging with the girls..I completely understand the frustration in fan support but know that there are a few die hards out here and we love reading your insight..great stuff

In the effort of trying to keep this board afloat I will disgrace myself by posting the link to the Villanova site but will wish a fan's heartfelt congrats to Emily Leer for winning Big East POW honors..

http://www.villanova.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/121513aaa.html

Concering Saudi Arabia links with 911 terrorists, inside Sarasota County FL. This info was kept of 911 Commision report








http://www.browardbulldog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DE-029-5-Declaration-of-D.-Robert-Graham_45934770_1-c.pdf

Interesting

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/american-dream-and-scholarship-trail-seems-to-have-run-its-course-1.1619904?page=1
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Nova Women's Basketball commit Alex Louin is a senior at Mt. St. Joseph's H.S. in Flourtown, PA. She is a candidate in the Asic's Ultimate Athlete Award Competition.

Alex is a great, dedicated young woman, a 4.0 gpa student and a top recruit for Nova. She was first team All State, a 1000 point career scorer and a McD's All American nominee. Alex has made it to the Semi Final Round. Voting for this round begins on Monday, Dec. 9th. I believe that the candidates will be broken into groups by alphabetical order but will update you on this as more info becomes available. Please vote for Alex, early and often as you are permitted to vote more than once. You can vote for Alex beginning Monday Dec. 9th at the attached url.

VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN!

Below is the announcement of Alex's commitment to Nova:


Nov. 26, 2013[/B]



VILLANOVA, Pa. - [/B]Villanova University head women's basketball coach Harry Perretta today announced the signing of Alex Louin to a national letter of intent. Louin is a 6-0 guard from Doylestown, Pa., who attends Mount Saint Joseph Academy.
"We are excited to add Alex to the Villanova women's basketball program," said Perretta. "She is a multi-dimensional player who can shoot, pass and dribble. Her skill set will fit in well with our style of play."
During her junior season in 2012-13, Louin averaged 16.1 points per game, 7.3 rebounds per contest, 5.2 assists per game and 2.0 steals per contest, while leading her team to the league championship and a spot in the district finals. For her efforts last season, she was named to the AAAA All-State Team, in addition to earning league MVP honors. She also became the 11th player in Mount Saint Joseph history to score 1,000 career points and she was a McDonald's All-American nominee.
Louin, who is a member of both the National Honor Society and Latin National Honor Society, has garnered the school's 4.0+ GPA award every year during her high school career.
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Vote 4 VU Commit Alex Louin HERE

Another school drops men's track & field. That is another school in the VU region that drops the sports. Seton Hall is the other. Just a comment. I don't think this impacts VU. I would have thought Seton Hall's demise should have meant more, but I am not sure it has. One can make an argument that G'town might have benefited more.

Just seems a little sad that another school drops T&F.

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Just saw this tweet (see link) from Siofra Cleirigh-Buttner -- Marcus is back home and stopped in to see her. Fingers crossed!


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It was not pretty, but Nova managed to come away with a win in the Florida International University Thanksgiving Tournament Chanpionship game today, holding off the host team.

Cold outside shooting by the Wildcats in the first half allowed FIU to hang around and finally take a three point lead about half way through and maintaining it through the half and five minutes into the second half. Nova was only 2 of 14 on threes in the first half, with Lauren Burford canning 2 of 3 shots. We did manage to score enough on the inside to keep the game within reach, trailing by 25-22 at the break.

Still trailing by 31-28 at the 15 minute mark of the second half, Devon Kane hit a three ball, followed by a driving layup by Caroline Coyer gave us a three point lead. Shortly following were another Coyer layup, sandwiched around three balls by Megan Quinn and Burford to push out to a 42-35 lead. The lead swelled to 49-38 as Nova completed a 21-7 run, with a Kane drive, another Burford three punctuated by an immediate steal and layup by Coyer.

FIU got a time out to regroup, but Kane then sank three straight free throws after getting fouled on a corner three attempt and the lead was up to 14 with a 52-38 lead. FIU then scored 10 points in the next two minutes, but mostly offset by nice inside looks for short shots or layups to Kane and Burford (twice). A conventional three point play got FIU back inside of 10 points and from then on it was a foul shooting contest for Nova that had its hairy moments. Kane missed the front end of two one and ones and then the first of two foul shots, and FIU crept within five and then to within 62-58 with 35 seconds left before Coyer hit both of her free throws to essentially put the game out of reach. Nova scored the last nine points from the line.

Burford was the savior today, shooting 7-9 with 5 of the 7 Nova three balls, finishing with 19 points, six boards and 3 assists. Kane finished with 17 points and 10 assists with no turnovers. Coyer had 11 points and three assists with no turnovers.
Both played over 36 minutes in this one. The team only had 6 turnovers for the game, with 5 blocks and 5 steals. Overall shooting was 24-54 for 44.4%, three point shooting was 7-28 (28%) with almost all of that coming from Burford's 5-7 shooting. Kane made the only three by a guard. The other three came from Samatha Wilkes. Rebounds were in favor if FIU by 39-35.

Jordan Dillard got a start in her home state, but did not attempt a shot in our five minutes on the court. Kane was selected as the tournament MVP with Burford joining her on the all-tournament team. The team is now off until the St. Joes game next Saturday at the Pavilion.

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Poe, "Hear the Sledges with the Bells".

At the Florida International University Thanksgiving Tournament, Nova took control of a close sloppy game in the last seven minutes of the first half, taking a 40-26 lead at the half. The three point shooting was still suspect early on, only 2-10 at the break. Taylor Holeman led the late charge in the half, scoring 11 points on 5-5 shooting.

The second half started with Nova raining threes at the start, hitting 6 of their first seven, outscoring Montana by 23-4 to blow open the game at 63-30 at the 14 minute mark and coasted the rest of the way. With Emily Leer and Kavunaa Edwards both getting into foul trouble, Holeman had a sparkling game shooting 8-8 for a career high 17 points. Everyone got more than a few minutes of playing time in this one. Jessica Wamala got lots of radio air time as the announcers were gushing over her Rhodes Scholar designation and she then knocked down a three pointer to put an exclamation point on the conversation.

Nova shot 52% for the game, 64% in the second stanza, including 7-11 on threes.

Nova will attempt to get to 7-0 against the tournament host Florida International on Sunday at 3 p.m. FIU won the opening game over Valparaiso in a game between two winless teams. However, FIU features Jerica Coley, the eighth leading scorer in the nation who netted 30 points in that game. As far as I can tell, I believe only one other Nova team started out 7-0 or better, the 1979-80 team that I think won their first 14.

Keep on Rollin' Nova!

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The NCAA released their first weekly Division I national stats leaders today through Sunday's games and Nova was well represented:

Nova leads the country in least turnovers per game (9.4), least personal fouls (11.6) and is one of 42 undefeated teams.

Nova is second in three pointers per game at 11.6, trailing Sacremento State who is knocking down 14.5 per game.

Nova is third in Assist to Turnover Ratio at 1.83, 20th in defensive points allowed (54.0) and 42nd in Assists with 17.2.


Team leaders - Leer has a 12. 4 scorring average, Kane with 11.2, Burford and C. Coyer with 10 each. Edwards is averaging 8.4 boards a game. Leer has 12 triples, Burford 11. The twin Coyers both have each knocked down 13 of 14 fouls shots (92% - tied for 36th nationally), Kane is 17 of 20 (85%). C. Coyer has 23 assists and a 3.29 Assists to Turnover ratio (30th nationally) while Kane has 15 assists and only 4 turnovers for an A/TO ratio of 3.75 (21st nationally).



Going into Tuesday nights schedule, Nova was one of three undefeated Big East teams. However St. Johns went down to Florida and DePaul lost at Notre Dame, so on Thursday, give thanks for and a toast to our top of the heap Nova Women Hoopsters!

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Terrible move by the senate, unless you happen to be a friend of the President. Will only harm everyday Americans who want to operate in the center politically. Really good for the extremes on both ends. Trust me, Republicans will love this one day. There was a point to all of this. It was to make keep the government honest, and push policies toward the middle, and build consensus. This just blows that principle out of the water. Thanks very much Harry Reid. Just another example of politicians changing the rules instead of trying to compromise. Leadership 101.

Lady Cats only gave up 5 points in the 2nd half to Lafayette? Are you serious?

Followed the game on twitter and I could not believe what I was reading.

Sounds like Soph. Edwards is a rebounding machine. Double-double for her today. Balanced scoring by the team overall today as well.

I don't care who you are playing, 5 points in a half is impressive.

Shut- down defense

Men finish 18th and women 19th. Lipari finishes 5th overall and tiernan is 8th. Great runs by both of them. Gotta be honest though a few disappointing runs by some of the kids. Piccirillo and Williamsz both appear to have had tough days. Overall, not a great team day but congrats to lipari and tiernan.

Offensively challenged the whole game, Nova escaped with an overtime win on the back of Devon Kane, scoring 20 points, almost all in key points at the end of regulation and in overtime. A perfect 10-10 from the foul line before missing her last shot, her driving layups and foul shooting made up for the lack of offense from the rest of the squad.

Nova trailed by as much as 7 late in the second half, coming back on the three point shooting of Emily Leer and Kane's heroics, including making all three foul shots after getting knocked down shooting a three.

Not a pretty game to watch, but once again a Nova player stepped up to take charge and pull out a victory.

Next up is 4-0 Lafayette at home on Sunday. Nova wiped out Lafayette at their place last year, but look to have a much improved team this year. Never going to be easy for the Nova team this year if we struggle making the threes.

Don't know who won yet, but Nova went 1,2,9,10,12. Princeton near the front also

This guy went ahead and did just what he was talking about in the article (i.e. the classes are based on individual rankings) but it's worth pointing out that NOVA is getting no love in the recruiting class world..seems like this would be unacceptable for the men..this needs to turn around and recruits need to know the women's ball is big time at NOVA..

That being said I think Louin was a big time 2014 recruit for NOVA..and she by herself would put NOVA in the Top 50 based on NOVA's needs and style of play...a significantly under ranked individual player..

http://www.bluestarmedia.org/index.php/component/k2/item/615-2014-early-class-rankings

Mel Greenberg, aka Womens Hoops Guru, said Harry got an early XMAS present today! He may be right but good teams find a way to pull it out at the end. Way to stick it out and get the W!

http://www.prospectsnation.com/story/what-we-learned-2014-kmb-showcase

Lets keep this going! For all you top talented recruits out there pay attention to this guard combo coming! It could be the making of something special if we can add a couple more pieces. For those elite forwards and/or centers out there being recruited you should start paying attention. With Megan Quinn (Top 100 fwd 2013 class ) already there Harry is really building something! There also is 2015 verbal wing Grace Stant!

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With the real biggies (UConn, Louisville, Rutgers) gone, why don't we just win the first new Big East championship.

The Women's basketball team spotted Drexel two points and ran off fifteen straight to set the tone for a 63-52 win over Drexel in the Championship game of the Toledo Glass City Tournament on Sunday afternoon. Nova reached the tournament final with a resounding 87-53 thumping of Mississipi Valley State on Saturday, canning a school record tying 18 treys.

After all of the Saturday threes, Sunday's quick start was fueled by a decision to push the ball inside early, with Emilly Leer getting four lane scores and immediately getting Drexel's big in foul trouble. With Drexel trying to fill the lane, the outside shots opened up and threes were deposited by Kendall Burton, Kavaunaa Edwards, Devon Kane, Lauren Burford, Caroline Coyer and 2 by Katherine Coyer. At the 5:40 mark, two free throws from Katherine Coyer pushed the Nova lead out to 31-10 for their largest lead of the game.

From that point forward, Drexel seemed to gain their footing and slowly chipped away at the Nova lead. It was 35-19 at half-time, but looking unlikely that Drexel would be able to mount a comeback. The second half started with Nova continuing to try to get the ball into the lane, with much less scoring success, but still managing to pick up some fouls, getting Drexel in the bonus with over 13 minutes to play. Drexel managed to cover the outside pretty well, and no more threes were going up uncontested. Unfortunately, the free throw shooting was not good so Drexel continued to eat into the huge Wildcat lead.

Drexel finally got inside of 10 points at the 10:40 mark and made a run to cut it to six with 8:30 to go and seemed to have all the momentum going their way. A huge long three from the top of the key by Leer stopped the bleeding there, and after a Drexel three neutilized that to get it back to a six point game, the Nova defense stiffened and Caroline Coyer took control, first with a drive and beautiful dish to Jordan Dilliard for a layup, a driving layup and then two foul shots off another drive, all helping to keep Drexel at bay. The game got real sloppy at that point with a lot of missed shots and fouls, ending with an 11 point Nova win. After starting out 7 of 12 on threes, Nova only made 1 of 9 the rest of the way. Leer finished with 18 points, the Coyer twins had 12 each and Devon Kane added 9.

Devon Kane made the all tournament team along with Emily Leer who was awarded the MVP award. A good start to the season for the women, jumping out to large early leads in both games and hitting 26 three pointers, with limited turnovers and fouls in each game. The foul shooting needs to improve. The three freshman are getting valuable court time and doing well. Kavaunaa Edwards got two starts in fornt of her family in her hometown area and was impressive, especially on the defensive boards in the opening half of each game. We seemed to be getting all of the rebounds and loose balls this weekend until the second half of the Drexel game. Getting Taylor Holeman back for the Lehigh game should take some pressure off of the front line.