Women's Basketball Update
Today, the Women's basketball team beat the Western Michigan Broncos in Crisler, 74-47. Some highlights:
Katelyn Flaherty led the Wolverines in scoring with 18 points on 8-13 shooting. She hit shots from all over the floor, also going 2-5 from behind the arc.
Shannon Smith sniffed a triple double, with 7 pts 9 reb and 7 ast. Most of her assists came in transition, after WMU was stymied by Michigan's 2-3 zone.
Cyesha Goree was all-around dominant, with 14 points and 14 boards on 6-9 shooting. She could have had even gaudier numbers had she not been pulled with about 5 minutes to go.
The women's team could be one to look out for this year, as their 5 freshmen (Flaherty included) compose the best recruiting class in program history (no. 23 in the nation), and they return almost all of their main contributors from last year's NIT run. Today's win brought them to 3-1 on the season, and after today they are shooting about 43% from behind the arc on the year- I guess long distance shooting isn't just exclusive to the men.
Just a quick update, in case y'all needed something to brighten an otherwise dismal sports weekend.
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:02 PM ^
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November 23rd, 2014 at 5:35 PM ^
Dude can't be everywhere at once, I guess. Student radio enables me to cover some fringe-y sports from time to time, and I know that if there's any place that truly embraces every Michigan sport it's this blog. So I'll be dropping WBB, baseball, softball, etc. updates from time to time-- that is, when Raoul isn't doing it himself.
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:31 PM ^
November 23rd, 2014 at 8:27 PM ^
it's just that the million points has gone to his head. He's just not the same WD we used to know. -sigh-
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:49 PM ^
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:55 PM ^
1 basket, 1 rebound, 3 assists is pretty close. In the end it's just semantics. Glad you felt the need to comment on it.
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:09 PM ^
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
but man are you a depressing person.
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:44 PM ^
November 24th, 2014 at 2:28 AM ^
to being near to a triple double all the time when someone has similar numbers in three categories.
Source: apparently I watch more basketball than you.
(I've been watching hoops for 30 years plus, and this is definitely not an inapt reference)
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:59 PM ^
That's four straight double doubles for Cyesha Goree to start the season.
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:01 PM ^
Last year's NIT run????
Where's WD with a CC thread for a new women's BB coach?!
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:23 PM ^
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November 23rd, 2014 at 6:40 PM ^
WBB is probably the least successful varsity program at Michigan (not counting lacrosse because that's not fair at this point).
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:42 PM ^
Oh yes. Extremely.
- All-Time Record: 494-640 (.436)
- B1G Record: 172-370
- No winning records against any B1G team. This includes records of 10-50 against OSU and 16-64 against state.
They're heading in the right direction, though. What Borseth started, has carried over with KBA which includes a 5-year long postseason streak that's currently active.
November 23rd, 2014 at 7:38 PM ^
We definitely don't want a CC in WBB, Something good is going on over there and I heard KBA just inked a top recruiting class. She's got to sell Michigan, the facilities and the plans for the future because as said above there are no winged helmets or storied tradition in WBB. I went to a few games last year. What they really need is a crowd to come cheer them on. Crowds are still thin and cheering isn't organized.
November 23rd, 2014 at 7:39 PM ^
Last year Pizza house was giving away a free shake to anyone with a ticket stub which is worth about the price of admission. A good family activity if MBB is sold out or pricing you out.
November 23rd, 2014 at 7:38 PM ^
We definitely need a turn out for that because it was awfully green there last year.
November 24th, 2014 at 12:29 AM ^
Not only was this year's class the highest rated in program history, next year's class is even more highly rated. As high as #5 by one service, and consensus of about #12. It includes a highly rated 6'5" big, the one thing we have really lacked - size. The future is very bright.