jkrun80
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01-16-21 02:46 PM - Post#319368
Should be a great match up with Lehigh this weekend. Lehigh leads the NCAA in 3FG per game. Bucknell leads the NCAA in scoring defense. Both come into the game 4-0.
https://bucknellbison.com/news/2021/1/13/womens -ba...
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jkrun80
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01-16-21 05:03 PM - Post#319377
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Great comeback win today. They went nearly 9 minutes without scoring between the 1st and 2nd Q and went down 11 at one point. Uncharacteristically poor shooting from 3 and from the FT line. Chipped away in the 3rd and then held Lehigh to 9 points in the 4th to win 68-60. Tessa Brugler was huge inside at the end, grabbing rebounds and making FTs. She finished with 19 reb, 11 pts. Taylor O'Brien had another big game with 21 pts.
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Bison137
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01-16-21 05:29 PM - Post#319379
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Yes, great games for Brugler and O'Brien. Bison outscored LU 47-28 over the last 20:30 after trailing by 11 points late in the first. Only used one sub (Krsul for Ceppi) in the final quarter. As mentioned earlier, LU was undefeated coming into this game, so it was a huge win.
Brugler's career high for rebounds in a game was 11 before this game. She had 19 today! Not sure when was the last time a Bison had 20+ boards, but I think it's been a long time. The only thing I can tell from the Media Guide is that no Bison has ever had more than 19 rebounds in a game in Sojka.
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Bison137
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01-16-21 07:17 PM - Post#319383
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Highlights:
https://twitter.com/PatriotLeagueTV/statu s/1350569...
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jkrun80
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01-16-21 09:36 PM - Post#319393
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Bucknell highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITdgm_BGeLc
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bison63
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01-17-21 01:09 AM - Post#319398
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Women were solid. Kept their composure when things got tough, hung tough, chipped their way back, and then took over in the 4th.
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01-17-21 08:36 PM - Post#319432
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Today's game was a game of runs, but Bucknell had the last run to win 80-66. Taylor O'Brien and Abby Kapp had 18 pts each despite only playing 20 and 26 minutes respectively due to foul trouble. Tessa Brugler had another double double with 14 reb, 12 pts. The bench played more today due to the fouls and held their own.
Boston lost to Army leaving the Bison as the only 6-0 team in the league.
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jkrun80
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01-17-21 08:38 PM - Post#319433
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https://bucknellbison.com/news/2021/1/17/womens -ba...
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Bison137
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01-17-21 09:38 PM - Post#319437
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One other player who deserves major praise is Autumn Ceppi, who had a career-high 11 assists. I'm not sure when was the last time that a PF/C had that many assists - but I'd guess it's been awhile. I know Mack, Slagus, and DeBoer never came close to 11.
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jkrun80
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01-17-21 10:03 PM - Post#319439
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Ceppi also had 9 pts and 6 reb. They mentioned that the last player to have double digit assists was Shelby Romine in 2013.
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MrPhillie
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01-17-21 10:24 PM - Post#319440
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Very good players and a great coach.
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Bison137
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01-17-21 11:04 PM - Post#319442
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Ceppi also had 9 pts and 6 reb. They mentioned that the last player to have double digit assists was Shelby Romine in 2013.
Yes, Romine had 10 in a game early her senior year. But you might have to go all the way back to Molly Creamer to find someone with more than Ceppi’s 11. And it’s possible that no post player has ever had more than 11.
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bison63
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01-18-21 12:58 AM - Post#319446
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The game was certainly one of runs. I was dropping in on it in breaks in the men’s game. One check it was a tight game, minutes later Bison were up by 15, then next check the lead was 5 and it went on. This team is fun to watch.
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Bison137
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Re: WBB vs Lehigh
01-18-21 12:34 PM - Post#319475
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One other player who deserves major praise is Autumn Ceppi, who had a career-high 11 assists. I'm not sure when was the last time that a PF/C had that many assists - but I'd guess it's been awhile. I know Mack, Slagus, and DeBoer never came close to 11.
Looking at an online site, I see that Ceppi is the only forward or center in the nation this year with 11 or more assists in a game.
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jkrun80
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01-18-21 03:07 PM - Post#319483
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The team's NET rating is 32. They were #22 in last week's mid-major poll, but should move up quite a bit this week.
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01-18-21 10:44 PM - Post#319499
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How in the world does a mid major poll have any relevance this year? This may be the best women’s Bison team ever and I’m not sure how to evaluate them given the lack of OOC.
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Bison137
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01-19-21 01:37 PM - Post#319507
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Brugler was named PL POW. Had double doubles in both games. Unfortunately, due to the idiotic process used by the PL, Taylor O'Brien - who scored around 20 points both games - was not eligible to get honorable mention
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01-19-21 04:08 PM - Post#319521
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Brugler was named PL POW. Had double doubles in both games. Unfortunately, due to the idiotic process used by the PL, Taylor O'Brien - who scored around 20 points both games - was not eligible to get honorable mention
Do they prohibit two players from the same team from being honored like that?
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Bison137
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01-19-21 04:41 PM - Post#319526
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Brugler was named PL POW. Had double doubles in both games. Unfortunately, due to the idiotic process used by the PL, Taylor O'Brien - who scored around 20 points both games - was not eligible to get honorable mention
Do they prohibit two players from the same team from being honored like that?
Yes. Patriot league rules allow a team to nominate only one player for a weekly award. So if you had two players each score 80 points for the week, you could only nominate one of them.
They should make an exception to the rule if two players have very good weeks. It’s not that hard for the patriot league administrators to trim the list before the voting takes place. It might make them earn part of their salary.
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Bison137
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01-19-21 11:03 PM - Post#319539
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The team's NET rating is 32. They were #22 in last week's mid-major poll, but should move up quite a bit this week.
They only moved up to #20 - but deserve to be 3-4 places higher. A lot of the voters don't seem to do much homework.
The PL rep in this poll is HC's new coach Maureen Magarity, who has never faced the Bison as a head coach and likely won't even watch any of their film - since the teams won't meet in the regular season. She replaced Navy's coach, who was fired. The chairman of the committee is Marist's Brian Giorgis, who coached Magarity in college. I presume that is how she ended up as the PL rep before she had ever coached a PL game. (She did serve as an assistant on her Dad's Army staff over a decade ago.) If they aren't going to take a coach from one of the top teams, then I think they should take the longest-tenured coach - which would be LU's Sue Troyan.
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