2022-2023 Season

[Nodak78]

Gordon with 2 3points

[SWSiouxMN]

UND was 3-15 from 3 in the Northern game

2-2 right now, both from Gordon

[SWSiouxMN]

UND is getting killed on the boards.

[SWSiouxMN]

If you are outsized, rebounding fundamentals become so much more important.

They are lacking right now

[Nodak78]

Not boxing out very well.  But shooting 3 very well.

[SWSiouxMN]

1 minute ago, Nodak78 said:

Not boxing out very well.  But shooting 3 very well.

5-6 from 3 is awesome!

Too much standing around, not getting into position, securing the ball.  You name it.

[SWSiouxMN]

UND slapping on some full court pressure.  It is working pretty well so far. 

[SWSiouxMN]

Okay, UND bringing in Vanderwahl 

[SWSiouxMN]

You can't teach 6'7"

[SiouxFan100]

Just now, SWSiouxMN said:

You can't teach 6'7"

She looked ok

i think she eventually could be a force

I liked her free throw motion and touch

[SWSiouxMN]

Just now, SiouxFan100 said:

She looked ok

i think she eventually could be a force

I liked her free throw motion and touch

Agreed, still raw in a lot of areas but if she can grab rebounds, get putbacks and make people think twice about going into the lane.... that's all UND needs right now.

[forksandspoons]

Looking pretty good so far!

[Nodak78]

Refs are taking over the game.

[SWSiouxMN]

Oh that was an awful call on Kacie.

 

[SiouxFan100]

 Anderwahl could solidify a zone defense 

I think we have played man to man the whole time tonight 

[SWSiouxMN]

45-32 at the half

[SWSiouxMN]

55-43 UND near the end of the 3rd

[SiouxFan100]

VAnderwahl isn’t a luxury - she is essential 

[SWSiouxMN]

Unleash the VanderWal!

 

[SWSiouxMN]

Only 7 turnovers for UND so far

 

[SWSiouxMN]

Well that will take a little bit of the sting out of the Northern Loss.

Good to start 1-0

[forksandspoons]

1-0! I’ll take it! Nice win 

[SWSiouxMN]

Better shooting night, forced some turnovers.

They HAVE to figure out the rebounding.  Outrebounded 49-37.

Gave up 20... 20 offensive rebounds

 

[ND-fan]

VanderWal helped tonight but still a lot to work on. McCarthy only played a minute is she hurt or is she in dog house. Beal needs to get more minutes I think sh can become factor before the season is over. Hurst will need to continue to play. I don’t think we’re going to be able to contend relying on small line up in conference season we need to have some size on the floor. The South Dakota schools are just going to eat us alive with their size and especially Jack Rabbits will just control the boards if we don’t develop our big players. This is going to be interesting season if we can develop some players to make run at the end of the season.

[SWSiouxMN]

6 hours ago, ND-fan said:

VanderWal helped tonight but still a lot to work on. McCarthy only played a minute is she hurt or is she in dog house. Beal needs to get more minutes I think sh can become factor before the season is over. Hurst will need to continue to play. I don’t think we’re going to be able to contend relying on small line up in conference season we need to have some size on the floor. The South Dakota schools are just going to eat us alive with their size and especially Jack Rabbits will just control the boards if we don’t develop our big players. This is going to be interesting season if we can develop some players to make run at the end of the season.

You can tell she is still raw (VanderWal) but if she can just do what she did last night consistently, I think UND can live with that for this year. The quicker they can get her up to speed, the more she can play.

The Rebounding is an issue that needs to be dealt with and if you are not going to deal with it in size, you need to really make sure that basic rebounding fundamentals are being applied here.  If you are doing those, that should cut down on a lot of O-boards.  

Now if UND is going to be small, turning people over and getting points off of those turnovers will be a good counter balance to the lack of rebounding.  I liked the full court press they threw up in the 2nd quarter that disrupted Detroit Mercy a little bit.

Beal and Hurst need more than 8 and 6 minutes respectively.  These two need to learn and play.  I can't believe how athletic Beal is.  You can see the offensive skill that Hurst has.

Best stat from Kacie Borowicz last night:  9 assists, 3 turnovers.  This right here, is where she needs to live at this year.  Not worry about the scoring part, but cutting down on those turnovers are crucial. 

10 UND turnovers.  Please stay around there all year please!!!!