Women's bball vs. Hampton

[PonyPower]

Hampton is really quick.

SMU 21-19
7:41 left in the half

[PonyPower]

SMU 29
Hampton 24
3:38 left in first half

Gilliam leading Ponies with 9 first-half points.

[PonyPower]

Severin also has 9.
Ponies up, 39-26.
This freshman, Filmore, looks pretty good.
Halftime

[PonyPower]

BG is up to 15 points

53-32, SMU

15:22 to go

[PonyPower]

62-36
BG has 19 points, 8 rebounds

[PonyPower]

80-70 - ridiculous run by Hampton. They're hitting 3s from everywhere and getting a lot of steals.
1:29 to go

[mustangbill67]

Ponies win 84-71. Hampton threw up 25 threes and hit 8 of them.

[indianmustang]

congrats on the win

[PonyPride]

It seemed like all of those 3s were in that second-half run PonyPower mentioned. The Mustangs had a few turnovers and Hampton started heaving in 3s, cutting the margin to as little as nine points, I think.

The Ponies are going to have to play better Saturday in the final of the Hoops for the Cure tournament. SMU will face Boston College, which has a 6-foot-6 center who can run. I don't have a stat sheet in front of me, but I it seemed like the offense was more perimeter-driven than usual. SMU got the ball inside, but it would pop back out and Samuels, Gilliam, Filmore, etc. took over. Inside, Severin was solid and Elliott had her moments, but overall, the inside play was very inconsistent last night, and needs to improve Saturday night for the Ponies to have a chance at improving to 6-0.

[indianmustang]

when do we start receiving votes or top 25 ranking

[ponyscott]

when do we start receiving votes or top 25 ranking

They got 8 votes in the ESPN/USA Today poll this week ( as below) and if they were to win their tournament tonight they will be getting even more recognition nationally, which hopefully moves them closer to the top 25. Keep going Rhonda!

ESPN/USA Today Poll ( November 23rd)
1. Connecticut (31) 3-0 775
2. Stanford 4-0 741
3. Ohio State 5-0 709
4. North Carolina 3-0 662
5. Tennessee 3-0 641
6. Notre Dame 3-0 608
7. Texas A&M 3-0 553
8. Baylor 2-1 527
9. Florida State 4-0 496
10. Xavier 3-0 482
11. LSU 4-0 429
12. Duke 3-1 406
13. Arizona State 2-1 356
14. Texas 2-1 338
15. California 2-1 281
16. Vanderbilt 3-0 278
17. Oklahoma 2-1 270
18. Virginia 3-1 253
19. Georgia 3-0 244
20. Pittsburgh 2-0 183
21. DePaul 4-0 142
22. Mississippi State 4-0 126
23. Kansas 3-0 113
24. San Diego State 3-0 74
25. Michigan State 2-2 63
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Louisville 56, Maryland 41, Dayton 37, Middle Tennessee State 33, Iowa State 23, Syracuse 23, Temple 22, Gonzaga 19, Hartford 10, TCU 9, Vermont 9, SMU 8, East Carolina 7, Rutgers 6, Georgetown 4, Western Kentucky 4, Houston 3, Oklahoma State 3, Georgia Tech 2, Nebraska 2, West Virginia 2, Auburn 1, Purdue 1,