North Dakota @ Gonzaga

[bincitysioux]

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8:00 Tip off

Gonzaga was 27-7 last season, and made the NCAA tourney. They've won like 5 consecutive WCC conference titles.

[bincitysioux]

Ledger not playing, injured in New Mexico..............

Roebuck says concussion, Shyla Kuel will start.

[bincitysioux]

13 North Dakota

27 Gonzaga

~8:00 left 1st half

[bincitysioux]

16 North Dakota

27 Gonzaga

3:52 1st Half

[bincitysioux]

19 North Dakota

40 Gonzaga

Halftime

UND went on a mini-run to get back within 9, then Gonzaga went on a run to go up by 21 at half.......all with under 3:00 to go. Gonzaga's bench has been huge.

[bincitysioux]

Scoring off of the bench: 28-1 in favor of Gonzaga.

[bincitysioux]

Field Goal %: UND 23%, Gonz 45%

3 pointers: UND 28%, Gonz 28%

Rebounds: UND 24, Gonz 22

Turnovers: UND 14, Gonz 4

Points off turnovers: UND 0, Gonz 20

[Shawn-O]

Well*, no one said it was going to be easy.

*In best Ronald Reagan accent.

[Shawn-O]

60-29 Zag.

http://twitter.com/UNDWBasketball

[bincitysioux]

29 North Dakota

66 Gonzaga

11:00 2nd Half

[Shawn-O]

The Lady Jackbunnies beat them at home in overtime 75-71, just as an interesting point of reference.

[bincitysioux]

Very interesting..............Jackbunnies are quite good.

Injuries, defections, youth, and ineligilble players seem to have an overall negative effect on a collegiate athletic program.

[bincitysioux]

28 turnovers for the Sioux.............

[bincitysioux]

38 North Dakota

78 Gonzaga

5:31 2nd Half

[bincitysioux]

Bergan and Smart are the only players shooting 50%. The rest of the team is 9-40 on field goals.

[Shawn-O]

Zag 85, UND 46 Final.

[bincitysioux]

Bench Points: Gonzaga 56, North Dakota 13

[UND92,96]

I guess we won't know for sure how bad things are/aren't until we start playing similarly situated programs, i.e Great West opponents, but I honestly never expected a Roebuck team to be this uncompetitive. I know the competition has been pretty strong, but I don't believe for one minute that the team from a few years ago with Boese, Langen, Kimbrough, etc. would be getting hammered like this. And certainly not the Crouse/Pudenzes/Richards teams. We are in serious need of a talent upgrade.

[NoDakSt]

Gonzaga will make a lot of teams look silly. Their point guard is one of the best in the nation.

Not many teams will make the transition to Division One as seamless as SoDakSt. But it helps to play these tough foes as it gives your young players a chance to see what it will take to win at this level.

[Shawn-O]

Western Kentucky 71, UND 46

http://twitter.com/UNDWBasketball

[NoDakSt]

Western Kentucky 71, UND 46

http://twitter.com/UNDWBasketball

WKU actually beat the Bunnies in Brookings.

[UND92,96]

UND shot 11% from the field in the first half against WKU, and 21% for the game.

[oldskool]

UND shot 11% from the field in the first half against WKU, and 21% for the game.

Basketball is different at the DI level. I hope our players and coaches are not getting down, this transition is tough.

[UND92,96]

Basketball is different at the DI level. I hope our players and coaches are not getting down, this transition is tough.

As I've said before, we won't know for certain exactly where the team stands until they start playing Great West opponents. We're unfortunately quite overmatched against the most of the teams we've played so far, but perhaps not so much so against Great West teams. But regardless of the level of competition, the shooting has been poor, and that's probably largely a function of not having a low-post scorer and having to rely too much on outside shooting.

[Shawn-O]

This is new territory for Roebuck, I hope he can stay patient with them.