Game 7 SMU

[givemethemic]

Big game for the ladies, even though SMU (C-USA) is only 3-5 this is a must win game. With a win we can move to 4-3 and get some mo going into Monday's game at Norfolk.St. For those of you that get a chance to listen we will have Katie and Kristal on after halftime to talk about being inducted in the hall of fame.

[flamesfan710]

Big ups to Katie for getting her number retired! She earned it.

Pic I got while at a volleyball match (Katie is on the right):

[fsn32]

flamesfan710 said:

(Katie is on the right):

I'm sorry ... still laughing at that caption.

[flamesfan710]

fsn32 said:

flamesfan710 said:

(Katie is on the right):

I'm sorry ... still laughing at that caption.

Yeah...you can file that one under "The further adventures of Captain Obvious, defender of the free world"

[PAmedic]

and a flattering angle as well.

[flamesfan710]

Ok ok so I could have set that up a little better...

[givemethemic]

LU 17 SMU 11 (11:58) left 1st half Megan has 9 already

[tallyw]

Liberty Wins! 71-61

[krh44]

Nice win against a bigger name school. Hopefully should roll against Norfols ST

[thesportscritic]

Well it wasn't pretty with too many turnovers in the first half but we did play a good team in SMU. I think they will be in the top half of their conference when it is said and done. I thought that LU took a step backwards in terms of breaking fullcourt presses. This team has been working on that in practice and actually done quite well in breaking presses up to this point. I think it is fundamentals that LU is not doing when it comes to other teams pressing us in the full court. But SMU is a good team from the Conference USA. I was really impressed with SMU. Their guards are quick and can cause some problems especially if teams don't get back on defense. Other than porous ball handling and free throws which we hit some to put SMU away, I thought we did everything else right tonight.

[thesportscritic]

Plus SMU has been to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT postseason for the past few years so this is a good win for LU.

[Stevev]

Missed the broadcast. It is nice to know LU has one basketball team on campus that can compete. Nice win against a big name school and hopefully blow out Norfolk State and get ready for Florida.

[Sly Fox]

Here is Chris' recap:

Flames corral Mustangs

By Chris Lang
Lynchburg News & Advance
December 17, 2005

A month from now, Liberty University’s women’s basketball team might look at Friday night’s game against SMU as a defining point of the season.

Down 10 points at home to a struggling team playing its third straight road game, the Flames suddenly awoke. They started attacking the basket, getting SMU’s post players into foul trouble. They turned that deficit into a 10-point lead in no time, and beat the Mustangs 71-61.

“I think we took a step forward in maturing a little bit today,” LU coach Carey Green said.

The change in Liberty’s offensive philosophy to open the second half caught SMU forwards Janielle Dodds and Sarah Davis off guard, and to compensate, they started hacking away at LU forwards Megan Frazee, Moriah Frazee and Karolina Piotrkiewicz.

Two minutes into the second half, SMU (3-5) had picked up four fouls, altering the Mustangs’ defensive game plan.

“Sarah got her third and fourth foul just like that,” SMU coach Rhonda Rompola said. “When we had them out, (Liberty) went up 10. That was the biggest difference.”

Still, SMU led 41-35 after Kendall Shead hit a layup with 16:55 left. The Mustangs didn’t score another field goal until Katy Cobb hit a jumper with 6:49 left.

By then, the Flames (4-3) had wrestled control of the game away from the Mustangs, leading by as many as 10 points during that 10:06 span in which SMU failed to score from the floor.

“Especially with us being so young, you want to be able to look back and say, ‘hey, we’ve been down before, and we can come back,’” LU guard Allyson Fasnacht said.

“We’ve got that experience now.”

Dodds, who played her prep basketball in Fairfax and leads SMU in scoring, picked up all five of her fouls in the second half and fouled out with 4:10 left.

She finished with eight points, more than eight points below her season average.

The 6-foot-2 Davis hit four 3-pointers in the first half but was shut out in the second.

Instead, it was Liberty’s frontcourt that dominated. Megan Frazee led the Flames in scoring for the seventh game in a row, finishing with 25 points, 11 rebounds and four assists.

She was dangerous from all areas of the floor, muscling down low for layups, hitting mid-range jumpers and drilling two 3-pointers.

“She’s hard to defend,” Rompola said. “You know she’s going to make shots, but … I’m not so sure how hard we made her work.”

Piotrkiewicz had her best showing of the season offensively, scoring 10 points. She drew a charge that sent Dodds to the bench for good and showed her excitement by yelling after pulling herself up from the floor.

“KP is an emotional player, so she has to be playing up and have positive emotional energy,” Green said.

“When negative things happen, she can’t let herself get flat and get down. … We need some big games out of her, and she did a tremendous job.”

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[ATrain]

stevev said:

Missed the broadcast. It is nice to know LU has one basketball team on campus that can compete. Nice win against a big name school and hopefully blow out Norfolk State and get ready for Florida.

We can't overlook Rhode Island either...while C-USA and the A10 aren't quite on the same level as the ACC and SEC, they are still quite a big step above the Big South. Last time LU faced an A10 team, it was Richmond at home, and we lost.

Norfolk St. got beat by Winthrop, so we shouldn't have any trouble there. But the matchups at the Florida tournament should be interesting...

[PAmedic]

Megan Frazee led the Flames in scoring for the seventh game in a row, finishing with 25 points, 11 rebounds and four assists.

I'm too lazy to look: how many double-doubles is that for her this year?

[krh44]

Not sure but I would say close to 7 since she is averaging 21.4 pts and 10.4 rebounds a game. Wow.

[PAmedic]

maybe she could suit up for Dunton!