grizzlyjournal
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There's a lot more to be said about the Montana Griz WBB team (6-2)... now in second place behind EWU and NAU tied for first with 6-1 records.
But tonight my focus is on Dani Bartsch, who just logged her second double-double of this week in Montana's 84-57 win over Sac State today. Possibly because she's such a "team-first" player, I think she often gets overlooked. But she shouldn't. Her stats indicate she shouldn't.
After scoring 13 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, a block and a steal in Thursday's 87-46 win over the Vikings, Dani took things up several notches today.
Today, vs. the Hornets, Dani scored 15 points (5-11... all of them treys) and pulled down 14 rebounds. But it was what else she did that really impressed me: Ever in the middle of the mid-paint battles, Dani had 4 blocks and three steals, and was in on at least 3 jump ball tussles. Oh, and... add two assists to Dani's box score stats.
And, oh... about Dani's Big Sky Conference stats: REBOUNDING -- first (1st) with 183 for a 9.6 pg. average... 26 ahead of the second place rebounder; BLOCKS -- fifth (5th) with 20; and STEALS -- sixth (6th) with 30,
I don't know if any other Big Sky player had a similar week, but in my book as a long-time fan, I'm hoping Dani gets consideration for the Big Sky POW award. Go GrisWBB.
But tonight my focus is on Dani Bartsch, who just logged her second double-double of this week in Montana's 84-57 win over Sac State today. Possibly because she's such a "team-first" player, I think she often gets overlooked. But she shouldn't. Her stats indicate she shouldn't.
After scoring 13 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, a block and a steal in Thursday's 87-46 win over the Vikings, Dani took things up several notches today.
Today, vs. the Hornets, Dani scored 15 points (5-11... all of them treys) and pulled down 14 rebounds. But it was what else she did that really impressed me: Ever in the middle of the mid-paint battles, Dani had 4 blocks and three steals, and was in on at least 3 jump ball tussles. Oh, and... add two assists to Dani's box score stats.
And, oh... about Dani's Big Sky Conference stats: REBOUNDING -- first (1st) with 183 for a 9.6 pg. average... 26 ahead of the second place rebounder; BLOCKS -- fifth (5th) with 20; and STEALS -- sixth (6th) with 30,
I don't know if any other Big Sky player had a similar week, but in my book as a long-time fan, I'm hoping Dani gets consideration for the Big Sky POW award. Go GrisWBB.
