Game 11- American University

[flamesfan710]

Im surprised no one made a thread for this game...so here it is

[Sly Fox]

I'm enjoying the webcast while I work. The girls look sloppy to get things started leading 7-6 about 5:30 in.

[Sly Fox]

They are starting to click on both end of the floor right now.

16-11 LU with 11 minutes left in 1st half.

[Sly Fox]

Now we're beginning to put them away.

[WinthropEagleFan]

I must say, the live FTN online feed is a very nice feature....Very good quality.

[Sly Fox]

Yeah, its a much better stream than what we used to receive on the Liberty Channel site. Big ups to the tech guys .. especially if they are members of our board.

[givemethemic]

40-30 LU with 14 to go

[Stevev]

53-34 with 6 minutes to go. Lets put this thing away.

[Stevev]

I must say the video streaming is great quality. Better than in the past.

[Stevev]

Everyone getting in on the action. A 23 point lead now.

[Stevev]

Dominating performance by LU. Competition similiar to what the Big south will bring.

[givemethemic]

I haven't seen a team grab that many more rebs in a long time. + 31 was the advantage tonight, KP had another double double and so did Megan her 8th of the year. All in all good win 66-42

[flamesfan710]

How about Alex Bream getting the last bucket tonight?

[PAmedic]

that's great for her. Hope she and her family are hanging in there.

[PAmedic]

Double Trouble: Megan, Karolina Lead Liberty in a Good Ol’ American Rout

January 3, 2006 · Lynchburg, Va.

For the second-straight game Megan Frazee and Karolina Piotrkiewicz both recorded double-doubles as Liberty routed American, 66-42, Tuesday evening, in the Vines Center.

The Eagles (3-10) made a game out of it early as they held a two-point advantage, 9-7, after six and a half minutes in the first half.

However, the Lady Flames (7-4) responded, running off an 11-2 run as Frazee accounted for eight of the 11 points for Liberty to put the home team up seven with 9:04 left.

After Katie Hirschler connected on a three to pull American to within four, the Lady Flames reeled off a 12-2 run to give Liberty a comfortable 14-point lead and send them into the half up 11, 35-24.

Coming out of the half Frazee opened up Liberty’s lead to 15 as her tip-in off of a Moriah Frazee miss gave the Lady Flames a 40-25 lead.

American fought back as a layup by Sahar Nusseibeh capped off a 5-0 run to pull the Eagles to within 10, 40-30.

But that’s as close as the Eagles would get as Liberty scored 17 of the next 21 to give them a 23-point cushion and help the Lady Flames cruise to a 66-42 victory.

Liberty used its seventh different line-up in 11 games, but it proved to be beneficial as the Lady Flames outrebounded the Eagles by a season-high 31 boards (61-30), while holding American to just 25 percent from the field (14-56).

The Lady Flames were led by Megan Frazee and Piotrkiewicz as they picked up their eighth and second double-double, respectively. Megan Frazee scored a game-high 15 points and collected 11 rebounds, while Piotrkiewicz had 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Liberty returns to action a week from tonight, January 10, when they host Loyola (Md.) as part of a doubleheader with the men’s team. The game is slated to tip-off at 6 p.m.

[PAmedic]

LU women rout American

By Chris Lang
Lynchburg News & Advance
January 4, 2006

At first glance, Liberty University's women's basketball team looks like one with no set rotation.
Twelve players hit double figures in minutes during the Flames' 66-42 rout of American University Tuesday night at Vines Center. While that may indicate to some that Liberty is a team without a true focus, Flames coach Carey Green sees it differently.

Lots of players filling lots of roles. And lots of lineups he's comfortable with.

"That's good, in my perspective," Green said. "If someone's sick or in foul trouble, we've got people able to step up. It's a positive thing. We're doing some things we want to get done. Everybody is involved in the details."

One of those roles was filled nicely by sophomore Roli-Ann Nikagbatse, a tough-minded swing player who gave the Flames (7-4) a defensive spark midway through the first half when the game was still a minor struggle.

With Liberty down 9-7, Nikagbatse had a steal and a transition basket, three rebounds and a key assist as the Flames quickly took an 18-11 lead and control of the game. They pushed the lead to 11 by halftime and American never challenged in the second half.

"She needs to continue to play as 'MVT,' as we say, or most valuable to the team," Green said. "It is her defensive posi-tioning and her pressure on the ball. As long as she does that, she's going to help our team in a very positive way."

While Nikagbatse didn't pile up impressive stats (five points, four rebounds, two assists), her toughness lifted her team-mates and they responded with their most dominating effort on the glass this season. Liberty outrebounded the Eagles (3-10) 61-30 with Megan Frazee and Karolina Piotrkiewicz each grabbing 11 boards.

The Flames forced the Eagles into 18 turnovers and held American to 14 field goals. Sahar Nusseibeh led AU with 11 points. Guard Tala Hadavi had a particularly brutal night for the Eagles, missing 13 of her 16 field-goal attempts and turning the ball over six times.

"The last couple of games, we've started out real good and played great defense for 30 minutes," Nikagbatse said. "This time, we wanted to make sure we came out strong in the second half and stayed that way."

Frazee scored 15 points to lead LU. Piotrkiewicz added 12. Forward Jamie Feagin (pulled shoulder muscle) did not play.

[thesportscritic]

I was at the game last night. I thought on offense we weren't finishing shots on the inside. If we finish those shots we would have beaten them by 30 maybe 35 points. So offensively it was not pretty. I thought we played really good defense and American couldn't match our intensity on the rebounds. We were all over the place on the boards.

[flamesfan710]

Megan is really makin a name for herself, and frankly I like what Im seeing from Moriah and Molly too. I think LUs run could get up into ODU territory before too long (ODU is gunning fo their 14th straight conference title this year)

[thesportscritic]

I thought it was their 15th that ODU is going for. Well either way they are going for x amount of CAA titles in a row.

[krh44]

I think we should schedule ODU. It would be a great instate matchup.

[thesportscritic]

We should schedule ODU. I just don't know why we don't schedule ODU. It would be a great game.

[flamesfan710]

yeah...last time ODU and LU got together was in the NCAA tournament and they kicked our butt (102-52 in 1997 according to the media guide)

[SCAR]

Those ODU teams were pretty tough and they are almost that good now as well. I think that would be a really, really tough place for us to play but hey we went to UNC and Duke the past couple of years so it is not that much of a stretch to go over to Norfolk and get a money game. I would like to see it.

[thesportscritic]

flamesfan710 said:

yeah...last time ODU and LU got together was in the NCAA tournament and they kicked our butt (102-52 in 1997 according to the media guide)

That was when they were in the top 5.

[thesportscritic]

But they are still pretty good today. Not as good as they were about 10 years ago but still very competitive with any team in the country. They took UNC to overtime before losing and they played Tennessee in Knoxville pretty close too.

[flamesfan710]

yeah...I listened to the UT game on the local ESPN Radio affiliate. ODU has some good players. They are just dealing with a lot of injuries right now