WBB @ Toledo game notes

Opponent: Toledo

Result: Loss, 69-46

Date:  12/6, Away

Starters: Laila Phelia, Cam Williams, Elise Stuck, Jordan Hobbs, Lauren Hansen (same as last game)

Injuries/inactives: none

• Sollom dressed but did not play
• Brown and T. Woodson did not play until 2 minutes left in the game

Offense:

• Passes going down low to Cam Williams early
  • Assist from Hobbs for layup
  • Got tied up, possession Toledo
• Missing open shots, started 2-9 on shooting until back to back baskets by Phelia and Cam Williams late in the first quarter. After a Phelia miss, Brett followed with an open three from the top of the key to cut the lead to just three at the end of the first quarter.
• Noveroske blocking shots down low, 3 blocks in the first half
• Hansen had a nice drive where she caught one of their other bigs (Garcia) out too far and then got past her with speed for a short jumper 
• Phelia with a nice drive and layup off the high glass to open the second half
  • Followed a minute later with a drive where she picked up the foul from Noveroske
  • Scored 9 in the third quarter before the media timeout
• Toledo stayed stuck on shooters all game, preventing three point shots. Michigan shot 3-14 from three.

Defense:

• Stuck got stuck down low and let Lockett have an open three for their first bucket
  • Toledo getting open threes in general off screens, shooting 3-7 from deep in the first quarter
• Lockett took over the start of the second quarter, scoring 9 straight points, pushing Toledo out to a 12 point lead. 
• Toledo passing the ball well, passing up open shots for  even more open shots and Michigan not recovering well
• Brett went to the bench with 3 fouls in the first half, unfortunately also the only Michigan player to have made a three up to that point
• Toledo scored 38 points in the first half, the most for them in a first half all season. 
• 1-2-2 press in third and fourth quarters
  • Broken three times
  • Trapped a player with a triple team, Toledo called timeout

Notable stats:

• Michigan shot 18-52 (35%) from the field and 3-14 (21%) from three
• Quinesha Lockett finished with 20 points and 4 assists
• Phelia finished with 16 points and 4 turnovers. 
  • So far this season she is averaging 15.4 points per game on 34.2% shooting, both lower than last year’s averages. She is averaging 1.6 turnovers, 0.7 better than last year.
• Michigan committed 19 turnovers and 21 fouls to 12 turns and 17 fouls from Toledo
• The highest Michigan scored in any quarter was 16 points, with a low of 7 in the second quarter

Overall: 

• On a night when Phelia was the only player to score in double digits, Michigan couldn’t get anything going against white-hot three point shooting from Toledo and a loud home atmosphere. Michigan committed too many fouls, too many turnovers, and missed too many shots. Hopefully they can learn from this early season loss. 

Miscellaneous: 

• Last year, Toledo handed Michigan its first loss of the season by 3 points as a raucous group of Toledo visitors easily made it seem like a Toledo home game at Crisler. This year’s roster had some turnover with a couple of seniors having graduated (King, Jansen), four freshmen having arrived (Swedlund, Weaver, Dykstra, Fegan), and a transfer from Rhode Island (Rinat). However, their starting lineup is identical to last year. Here are the starters with their current academic year:
  • #2 Sophia Ward (5th year) Guard
  • #5 Quinesha Lockett (5th year) Guard, Wooden and Naismith watch lists
  • #22 Khera Goss (Senior) Guard
  • #33 Sophia Mikonowicz (Senior) Guard/Forward
  • #34 Jessica Cook (Junior) Forward
• Toledo sold out their arena and did a white out. (did a white out? What is the correct verb here?) Noise was evident on the broadcast, definitely a factor. 
• Toledo won the MAC tournament and went to March Madness last year as a 12-seed, beating 5-seed Iowa State in the first round and losing to 4-seed Tennessee in the round of 32. 
• Subs coming in quickly again. Taylor Williams, Chyra Evans, Greta Kampschroeder, and Elissa Brett all came in before the first media timeout.