The LG could have won this game. Not saying they deserved to win, as they didn't play well enough. Temple came out fired up in the second half, when LG were down 1, and started taking it to the LG. Temple wasn't tall or wide, but they were quick.
LG didn't shoot well. Have missed open looks. Had missed bunnies. The LG needed to knock down and convert on more of those. LG were outrebounded badly, 52-38, but the defensive rebounds were much closer. The problem was that Temple crashed the offensive boards hard, were quick, and the refs allowed Temple to be physical on the offensive boards. 20-11 advantage for Temple on offensive boards. No. 10 had 16 boards, including 8 offensive boards. She scored 17, mostly off of her missed shots on drives.
Selvig and Cole couldn't make a bucket. Rickman didn't have her normal strong game and didn't play as much. Sims and Feller were good off the bench, and each played over 20 minutes.
Temple had a nice full-court zone press. UM handled the ball fairly well, but were forced into some mistakes and made some bad passes. Temple got a few wide open looks for 3's and knocked them down at key times.
Sullivan and 16 points and 11 rebounds, including 6 on the offensive end. Hill had 2 3's, including a very long one. Only 1 turnover in 32 minutes.
I like this team. Have some young players who will improve as the season progresses. Have some quickness and outside shooting. Fairly deep. Lots of potential.
The 3 refs as a group were consistently bad. Inconsistent calls, missed calls, bad calls.