Nova hit 15 threes and dominated the boards in doing everything they were expceted to do against Div. II Phila. Univ. According to Mel Greenberg's blog, this was a filler game to make up for what should have been a continuation of the Drexel series. When Drexel was invited to participate in the pre-season WNIT the proposed date for Nova-Drexel became unworkable and an alternate date could not be found.
First ever Div. I game for Phila. Univ.; a long time since we played a Div. II school although long ago we faced off against the locals inlcuding West Chester, Cheney State and Immaculata, all of whom were national powerhouse women's programs in the early days of Nova basketball.
Downside - Lauren Burford did not dress and goes for an MRI to determine cause of leg pain. Pearl Mensah is on crutches and also going for MRI, a real downer for her since yesterday would have been one of the rare opportunities for her to see some PT. Virtually no one came out to the game which is probably understandable given the competition and lots of other things to do on a wonderful Saturday afternoon in November.
Upside - with a reduced roster, Emily Suhey started and saw significant minnutes for a change. For the second straight game she seemed more comfortable out there and banged in four of seven treys. Really need her offense coming off of the bench. Lindsey Kimmell had five threes and only missed on a couple. Kendall Burton came on with the first wave of five subs and canned a three for her first career points. Her father was in town for business and was on hand to see that happen. Of course Harry was yelling at her 10 seconds after stepping onto the court.
Odds and ends (or maybe just odd) - Harry used full court press most of first half. Very strange to see everyone up in the forecourt. Might come in handy later in the year to surprise someone into a turnover after a made basket or use it to try to get back into a game that is slipping away. Can only remember seeing a press a few times over the past ten years and not being very successful at it.
Off to Lehigh for a Wednesday mid-day game and then over to Lasalle for a Sunday afternoon game. Continuing on the road to Providence for the Big East opener next Wednesday and finally home again on Sat. Dec. 10th for an afternoon game with St. Joes.
First ever Div. I game for Phila. Univ.; a long time since we played a Div. II school although long ago we faced off against the locals inlcuding West Chester, Cheney State and Immaculata, all of whom were national powerhouse women's programs in the early days of Nova basketball.
Downside - Lauren Burford did not dress and goes for an MRI to determine cause of leg pain. Pearl Mensah is on crutches and also going for MRI, a real downer for her since yesterday would have been one of the rare opportunities for her to see some PT. Virtually no one came out to the game which is probably understandable given the competition and lots of other things to do on a wonderful Saturday afternoon in November.
Upside - with a reduced roster, Emily Suhey started and saw significant minnutes for a change. For the second straight game she seemed more comfortable out there and banged in four of seven treys. Really need her offense coming off of the bench. Lindsey Kimmell had five threes and only missed on a couple. Kendall Burton came on with the first wave of five subs and canned a three for her first career points. Her father was in town for business and was on hand to see that happen. Of course Harry was yelling at her 10 seconds after stepping onto the court.
Odds and ends (or maybe just odd) - Harry used full court press most of first half. Very strange to see everyone up in the forecourt. Might come in handy later in the year to surprise someone into a turnover after a made basket or use it to try to get back into a game that is slipping away. Can only remember seeing a press a few times over the past ten years and not being very successful at it.
Off to Lehigh for a Wednesday mid-day game and then over to Lasalle for a Sunday afternoon game. Continuing on the road to Providence for the Big East opener next Wednesday and finally home again on Sat. Dec. 10th for an afternoon game with St. Joes.