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This was my first chance to see the Ponies this year, and let me tell you, I was impressed. Honestly, after losing Janelle Dodds, I figured this team would be a lot less capable, and that our record had been inflated against weak competition. Not true.

We're a pretty damn good basketball team. Wills was sensational. Elliott was unstoppable, but we didn't get the ball to her nearly enough. Hill did a nice job of staring down Jareica Hughes (defending CUSA Player of the Year) and not throwing up with fear - Hughes is the best player on either team, but Hill didn't blink. Severin was awesome with the defense and rebounding and dirty work.

I was sitting with some co-workers (UTEP types, but they came up with the tickets), and to hear them tell it, we beat their JV today, because they had a couple of players out with injuries. Then I found someone who knew the UTEP stats, and he said those injured players are tall but don't do much. Plus, we got very little out of Gillam and Samuels, so it's not like they were any more shorthanded than we were. Plus, this was a win on the road against the defending conference champs -- I thoroughly enjoyed the drive home, and haven't stopped smiling, or BRAGGING, since.

TALK ABOUT OVERCOMING A MINER OBSTACLE .... nice job, Mustangs!

I went to the UTEP football game last year, and there were a couple of local Stang fans around us, was that you?

UTEP let a great player slip through EP when they didnt sign Tammy Acosta last year

Yeah - the Mustangs are really playing well this season.

Once we get our free pitch problem fixed, we will be a force in the C-USA this year.

ALEX LIFESON wrote:I went to the UTEP football game last year, and there were a couple of local Stang fans around us, was that you?

as I recall, one of them was/is in the local El Paso media of some sort, yeah?

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:Yeah - the Mustangs are really playing well this season.

Once we get our free pitch problem fixed, we will be a force in the C-USA this year.

We're already in first place.

Houston beat UCF decisively today, and Southern Miss beat Rice, so first place is now a 3-way tie, SMU, Southern Miss, and Marshall. UTEP, Houston, and UCF are one game behind.

Despite two poor performances at the charity stripe this weekend, SMU still has the best team percentage in C-USA, at 69%. True story.

Lady Mustangs play Houston on Thursday, at Moody. Very important game.

The XtC wrote:Lady Mustangs play Houston on Thursday, at Moody. Very important game.

C'mon, X. Aren't you the one always saying they haven't been the Lady Mustangs for years?

See you at dinner Thursday.

I can't get there Thursday. But the girls and I hope to get there Saturday for Rice.

George S. Patton wrote:I can't get there Thursday. But the girls and I hope to get there Saturday for Rice.

Great. We're in the same place!

Peruna88 wrote:C'mon, X. Aren't you the one always saying they haven't been the Lady Mustangs for years?

It's been over a dozen years. Just MUSTANGS.

Will be at both games. Houston looks like a tough matchup - for some reason I really don't like that game. Another weekend sweep would be nice, though!

GO PONIES!