ISU-UNC Women's action

The battle-seasoned Space Fortress Reed silently drifts in space after a Greelian raid

What a game this was! It was an ugly win but ISU now owns a season sweep over Northern Colorado. Michelle Grohs exploded in the first half, pretty much nailing everything in sight with lethal accuracy and Oana Iacovita dominated post play, rolling and crushing all in her path to ensure Bengalian and Romanian domination. This helped ISU to a solid 25-12 lead (the Bears, however, would whittle that lead down to just 5 by halftime, making it 28-23). ISU came out a-firin' in the second half right up to the 10:46 mark, and that's when the game got downright ugly. The shots started clanking off the rim/backboard/The Broadside of a Barn. ISU hit a major bucket drought and UNC started rallying with a 15-2 run (we couldn't hit a shot for about 3-4 minutes) to pull within striking distance. ISU still held the lead for the entire game but almost lost composure in the face of a desperate Greelian onslaught on Space Fortress Reed's Line 3 defense zone, with Kevorken (refrain from endless euthanasia jokes, please) and Kaisha Brown firing a massive barrage of 3 pointers that made everybody present nervous as hell. However, some cool, calm measures taken by Sheila Adams and Jenna Brown ensured that the Greelians' rally would fall short. This victory is significant for a few reasons, as it gives the ISU women the 3rd place spot in the conference (awesome), and they have done this with only 8 players (Mega-Awesome). Great job to the staff for getting the team ready to play and hang on in an ugly win (at least, the 2nd half was ugly...how the agricultural, earth-bound Greelians managed to master space combat in such a short period of time is beyond me).

Keep 'Em Playing, Miss Holly!

Idaho State must now travel to the Pacific coast to do two things: show EWU who they REALLY serve and avenge the gut-wrenching loss to Portland State and their ever-clever coach, Sherri Murrell. The former should be easier (but not taken for granted), as ISU thoroughly dominated the last meeting, with a 71-54 victory for us. Portland State is a far different story, however. Sherri Murrell has turned that program around, making them an unbelievable power in a short period of time. From doormat to Montana-Challenger, PSU has stunned all in their speedy rise to glory. Winning at Portland State would be the Era 'd Soboleski's biggest coup to this date (we're all expecting more awesome victories in the future) and, given the parity this year in the Big Sky, would shake things up a bit (we can hope for that to happen...ahhh...sweet chaos...)