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ChantillyCat · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 3969 Location: Chantilly, VA

Saturday, 2 pm.

#239 at #324. 53%. 68-66. Both teams have lost their last three games.

UMass is led by Hailey Leidel, 15.5 ppg, 41% from deep. PG Bre Hampton-Bey can get to the rim and create, 11.6 ppg, 4 apg. Pre-season 3rd team all-A10 Maggie Mulligan averages a double-double. Genesis Rivera is also in double-figures.

Leidel, Hampton-Bey, and Mulligan all fouled out in our double-OT win back in January. Mackenzie scored 31 in that game wearing Andrea's jersey.

Aggressive 2-3 zone out of which they will trap. Various presses -- 3/4 court, full court. They can get out and run. Their pressure can give up a lot of what seem like good opportunities, but they're not always the shots you're used to taking and you'll pay if you don't convert on the backend.

Go Cats!
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ChantillyCat · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 3969 Location: Chantilly, VA

Video coverage begins at 1:45 pm...

Video: http://bit.ly/1SNOORi
Audio: http://bit.ly/1lTtgFq
Stats: http://bit.ly/2sCivSI

Davidson game notes: http://bit.ly/2obo6tC
UMass game notes: http://bit.ly/2CsXysV
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ChantillyCat · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 3969 Location: Chantilly, VA

Starters... Katie, Saadia, Justine, Ally, Mackenzie.

2:29 left, 1st qtr, 17-16, UMass. Both teams getting great looks. Cats in man-to-man. UMass in their 2-3 zone, and full court pressure early on. Six Wildcats have scored already. Mulligan has 8 for UMass.

End of 1st qtr, 20-19, UMass, who are 4-9 from deep. Cats are plus 10 on the boards, minus 5 in turnovers. Saadia has 5 assists. Mackenzie has 5 boards. Shot selection good so far.
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ChantillyCat · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 3969 Location: Chantilly, VA

2nd qtr, 5:09, 29-25, UMass. Cats opened the period with a 6-0 run, UMass now on a 9-0 run, timeout Cats. Still getting great looks, just missing 'em.

2:56 remaining, 32-31, Cats. Leidel has 3 fouls.

Halftime, 35-34, Cats. UMass is 6-14 from deep. Much better D from us those last 5 minutes. Only 6 fouls total in the game, and Leidel has half of them.

Mackenzie with 10 and 7. Katie and Kianna each has 6. Three other Cats with 4 apiece. Ally with 4 blocks.
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ChantillyCat · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 3969 Location: Chantilly, VA

3rd qtr, under 5 timeout, 48-43, UMass, they're making shots. 2-2 from deep for them this qtr.

1:45 remaining, 58-48, UMass. 3-4 from deep this qtr, 9-17 for the game. Offensive looks not coming as easily for us. Timeout, Cats.

End of 3rd qtr, 58-52, Sarah with the 4 important points late for us, she's in double figures now with 10. Another double-double for Mackenzie.
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ChantillyCat · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 3969 Location: Chantilly, VA

4th qtr, 9-1 run for the Cats, who now trail 59-57. We are pressing full court after makes to "speed them up". Katie now in double figures with 12, on 4 triples.

4:11 left, 67-66, Cats. Katie has 6 threes, 3 this qtr I think.

3:14 left, tied at 68, timeout, UMass to inbound.

Same score, 1:25 remaining, UMass ball.

1:06 left, Mulligan scores for UMass, they lead, 70-68.

Cats miss, UMass uses clock at their end, Cats finally get the steal, but then turn it over. 4 seconds left, UMass ball after the timeout. They are in the bonus, thankfully.

3 seconds, UMass to the line... miss, miss, but 2 seconds run off.

Timeout, Cats, 1 second left, we will inbound in the front court, down 2.

Justine inbounding, nothing there, Cats call timeout again.

** Final, 70-68, UMass. Had our chances.
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ChantillyCat · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 3969 Location: Chantilly, VA

Katie led the way with 18 on 6-11 from deep.

** Katie now has 66 threes this season. That ties her for #2 on the single season list with Wildcat great Ashley Lax in 2008-09. Wow.

Mackenzie had 14 pts, 12 rebs, 3 asts, 2 blks and 2 stls. She's getting close to another rebounding milestone.

Justine with 11 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asts, and 2 stls. She's nearing the 1000-pt mark.

Kianna had 10 pts, as did Sarah, who also had 8 rebs.

Next up... a visit to La Salle.
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ChantillyCat · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 3969 Location: Chantilly, VA

http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/news/2018/2/17/womens-basketball-davidson-has-tough-setback-at-umass-70-68.aspx

https://umassathletics.com/news/2018/2/17/womens-basketball-mulligans-late-basket-gives-minutewomen-70-68-victory-over-davidson.aspx?path=wbball
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bvgerd · Joined: 17 Jul 2012 Posts: 2783 Location: Anchorage

Tough loss, sounds like UMass just made too many three pointers today.

ChantillyCat · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 3969 Location: Chantilly, VA

With 3:40 left, Kianna split a pair to tie it at 68. Our remaining possessions...

Sarah missed jumper
Kianna turnover
Justine turnover
Mackenzie missed layup
Kianna turnover
Kianna missed desperation 3-ptr

Despite their hot shooting, we put ourselves in position to win. Just didn't execute offensively down the stretch. At least that's how I saw it.
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