Jan. 31, 2008
The Chicago Women’s Basketball team played three great halves of basketball over the weekend, but unfortunately it was only enough to earn a split in their two road UAA contests.
In Friday’s 60-56 loss at Brandeis the team watched a desperate Judges squad take control early in building a 13-point halftime advantage. The team did respond though coming out of the break in holding Brandeis to only a single field goal in the first 13 minutes of the half.
The Maroons would rattle off a 19-3 run to start the second stanza and take a three-point lead with 8:54 left to play. The teams would battle closely from there and despite not making a field goal over the game’s final five minutes, the Judges would connect on 10 of 14 free throws over that stretch to hold off the visiting Maroons.
Sunday’s game marked a return for the Maroons to NYU and a gym that has not been kind to them in the past, producing only one win in 20 trips to the Big Apple. Despite a valiant first half effort the Maroons again were staring at a sizable halftime deficit against the eighth-ranked team in the nation. That spread would quickly be trimmed as the Maroons would score on their first three possessions of the half to close the gap to one.
It would take until the 11:00 mark before the Maroons would eventually grab their first second half lead, but after sophomore Kaitlin Devaney’s layup produced the advantage the visitors would neve r trail again and held on for a 72-68 win. It was a game the Maroons needed to win to stay in the thick of the UAA race and gives the team momentum going into yet another road UAA weekend.
After a trip to Carnegie Mellon on Friday night, Chicago will travel to Rochester to take on the league leading and ninth-ranked Yellow Jackets.
UPCOMING GAMES SHOWN LIVE FOR FREE ON WEB: Both of this weekend’s games can be seen and heard live for free online. Friday’s game at Carnegie Mellon starts at 6pm EST and can accessed at http://www.cmu.edu/athletics/intercollegiate-sports/webcast.html. Sunday’s game at Rochester is set for a 2pm EST tap and can be seen at http://www.rochester.edu/athletics/sport.php?id=3 –follow the Listen Live or Streaming Video links on the right side of the page. .
RAPIER CLIMBING CHARTS: Senior Nicaya Rapier collected seven rebounds on the weekend to move her into 4th place on the school’s all-time rebounding charts. .
UNDER THE HILL: With the past weekend’s defensive efforts, the Maroons continued its streak in holding its opponents’ field goal percentage under 40% for nine straight games. No opposing team has shot better than 40.4% from the field in any game this season. .
MOJIDI JOINS ELITE COMPANY: Senior Nofi Mojidi has joined two–time All American Kristin Maschka as the only two players in Chicago history to score 1,200 points, collect 200 steals and make 200 free throws. Mojidi has also scored in double digits in six straight games. .
TAKING ADVANTAGE EARLY: The Maroons have yet to lose a game in which they have held the lead at the half (10-0).
THANK YOUS: Thank you to all the alums and supporters we had in Boston and New York City this past weekend. We definitely felt the strong Chicago presence in the NYU gym Sunday afternoon.
ALUMNI GAME: A reminder to all alums that this year’s alumni game will be held next Saturday, February 9th at 2:00pm. A social will follow at SevenTen Lanes across from the Ratner Center after the game. Please let Coach Roussell roussell@uchicago.edu or Coach Dullea mdullea@uchicago.edu know ASAP if you plan on attending. Hope to see many of you soon! |
