Monday Morning Update

Hi All,

Just a quick update on things here in Hanover. We had a good game yesterday at #25 Syracuse. You can find the full recap and boxscore here. We really hung tough against the Orange, who are still undefeated at 9-0, losing 56-42. They average 79 points per game so we were very proud to hold them 23 points below that and to force them into a season-high 26 turnovers. While we would have liked to score some more, it was definitely a defensive struggle on both sides and our players continue to take a lot of pride in their defense.

Betsy Williams deserves a ton of credit for her effort off the bench, scoring 13 points in 22 minutes. Brittney Smith went the distance, playing a full 40 minutes and posting 13 points, 10 rebounds and four steals. Overall it was a team defensive effort and we gave Syracuse its second-closest game of the season (they beat Binghamton by 13, 87-74).

It's awesome to see how everyone has been coming along both individually and as a team. These trips that we take during the school break are such good times for team bonding.

That's it for now. Team will do some light work today to keep their legs. Then we're off to California for the Univ. of Southern California's tourney on Wednesday (12/16). First game in Cali is on Saturday at 4:30 PST against the Trojans. We'll be in touch before then!

- Dara