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Women's Hoops Rutgers Women's Basketball rallies from 17-point deficit to defeat Monmouth

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RUJMM78

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Horrendous first half.Rutgers losing 38-26.No continuity on offense with all the substitutions.Rutgers needs some turnovers and fast break baskets to catch up.
 
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First real adversity of the season. Down 26-38 at the half. Monmouth looks really good, and we have nothing for them so far. With the number of shots we're missing, we can't afford to get out- rebounded like this. Let's see how they come out in the 2nd half.
 
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Wow 0 comments in the first half. This place is as dead as the area. Think I counted 10 band members in the first half. Crowd looks less than a high school tournament. By the way, the team is getting blown out by Monmouth. This at one point it was 16 point MU lead. Down to 12 at half.

our team is showing to be very undersized against NCAA tourney competition (Monmouth predicted to win the CAA). At about every position we are 1 foot shorter than opponent. Hard to get any shota off, we are getting layups blocked, jumpshots blocked at a high rate, and getting no rebounds. It appears we have no true center. 2 girls that play center - one can shoot but is not big/meaty, the other is big/meaty but can’t shoot as well. That is not a recipe for success once the Big Ten rolls around. It might not be the turnaround that we thought.

that said, I also attribute it to new coach learning. His first real test. Did not call a timeout when momentum swung in first q, when we were down 4, 6, could have stopped it but MU held momentum the whole half. Monmouth is 2-0 for the first time in 20 years.

MU brought the energy, their bench is up and yelling at every play. They look like they want it more. Coach G meanwhile standing on sideline with hands in pockets. Can’t have your team not wanting it more when you are in game 4 as a brand new HC with a team that is in desperate need of a turnaround, just can’t. Let’s see how they respond in the second half.
 
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ScarletDave said:
Wow 0 comments in the first half. This place is as dead as the area. Think I counted 10 band members in the first half. Crowd looks less than a high school tournament. By the way, the team is getting blown out by Monmouth. This at one point it was 16 point MU lead. Down to 12 at half.

our team is showing to be very undersized against NCAA tourney competition (Monmouth predicted to win the CAA). At about every position we are 1 foot shorter than opponent. Hard to get any shota off, we are getting layups blocked, jumpshots blocked at a high rate, and getting no rebounds. It appears we have no true center. 2 girls that play center - one can shoot but is not big/meaty, the other is big/meaty but can’t shoot. That is not a recipe for success once the Big Ten rolls around. It might not be the turnaround that we thought.

that said, I also attribute it to new coach learning. His first real test. Did not call a timeout when momentum swung in first q, when we were down 4, 6, could have stopped it but MU held momentum the whole half. Monmouth is 2-0 for the first time in 20 years.

MU brought the energy, their bench is up and yelling at every play. They look like they want it more. Coach G meanwhile standing on sideline with hands in pockets. Can’t have your team not wanting it more when you are in game 4 as a brand new HC with a team that is in desperate need of a turnaround, just can’t. Let’s see how they respond in the second half.
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They really are small but it’s more than that. No one is really physical in the paint. I think Kolff was supposed to help with that but she’s been a non-entity.
 
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RUgal said:
They really are small but it’s more than that. No one is really physical in the paint. I think Kolff was supposed to help with that but she’s been a non-entity.
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I didn’t see the game but have a feeling losing Diakhate before the season is going to be costly at times. Doesn’t seem like the team has anyone else with that kind of interior defensive presence.
 
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