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The Daily OrangeWBB | SU game plan doomed by poor shooting
By Kyle Austin
Posted: 3/25/08, 12:57 AM EST Section: Sports
For SU guard Erica Morrow, the game was about being resourceful when her team wasn't making shots.
"We're not just a shooting team," Morrow said. "We have many different players who do different things - shoot or go to the basket. I think it was important that we played at the rim today, just go to the basket and be strong with the basketball."
Q T'd up
Of all the fouls Hillsman disagreed with throughout the game - and there were plenty - none caused a more furious reaction then when he was issued a technical foul with 3:15 remaining in the game.
After Vionca Murray was called for an off-ball, offensive foul, Hillsman went into his usual animated post-whistle demeanor.
When he was issued a technical for his reaction, Hillsman had to be restrained by associate head coach Matt Luneau and director of basketball operations Kornell Battle, as he struggled to make his way toward the official.
After the game, Hillsman was calmer when he looked back on the situation.
"What do you say to that?" Hillsman said. "Somebody gives you a tech in your coach's box. So, it is what it is. She did the best job she could. She thought it was a tech so it was a tech."
After Hartford took the lead by sinking both free throws and adding one more free throw on the ensuing possession, SU forward Fantasia Goodwin bailed out her coach, by making a layup to tie the game and adding two free throws to give her team the lead back.
"I know you can't lose like that," Hillsman said, of losing because of a technical foul. "The basketball gods don't do that to you, so I wasn't worried about that."
This and that
Saturday was the last game for seniors Fantasia Goodwin, Vaida Sipaviciute, Tracy Harbut and Mary Joe Riley. … The game marked Syracuse's fourth tournament appearance in program history and the second in the last 20 years. … Saturday was the first-ever matchup between Hartford and Syracuse.
kbaustin@syr.edu
"We're not just a shooting team," Morrow said. "We have many different players who do different things - shoot or go to the basket. I think it was important that we played at the rim today, just go to the basket and be strong with the basketball."
Of all the fouls Hillsman disagreed with throughout the game - and there were plenty - none caused a more furious reaction then when he was issued a technical foul with 3:15 remaining in the game.
After Vionca Murray was called for an off-ball, offensive foul, Hillsman went into his usual animated post-whistle demeanor.
When he was issued a technical for his reaction, Hillsman had to be restrained by associate head coach Matt Luneau and director of basketball operations Kornell Battle, as he struggled to make his way toward the official.
After the game, Hillsman was calmer when he looked back on the situation.
"What do you say to that?" Hillsman said. "Somebody gives you a tech in your coach's box. So, it is what it is. She did the best job she could. She thought it was a tech so it was a tech."
After Hartford took the lead by sinking both free throws and adding one more free throw on the ensuing possession, SU forward Fantasia Goodwin bailed out her coach, by making a layup to tie the game and adding two free throws to give her team the lead back.
"I know you can't lose like that," Hillsman said, of losing because of a technical foul. "The basketball gods don't do that to you, so I wasn't worried about that."
Saturday was the last game for seniors Fantasia Goodwin, Vaida Sipaviciute, Tracy Harbut and Mary Joe Riley. … The game marked Syracuse's fourth tournament appearance in program history and the second in the last 20 years. … Saturday was the first-ever matchup between Hartford and Syracuse.
kbaustin@syr.edu
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