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Joined a few hundred of my Shocker friends at Koch Arena today to watch Jody notch her 100th wins as Shocker head coach as her Shockers cruised to an 86-64 victory over Austin Peay State in a game that was never in doubt.
While it was cold and icy outside the Chuck the Shocks warmed up quite nicely as they knocked down 56% of their FG attempts including a very solid 6-13 from behind the arc.
Michaela Dapprich had by far her best game of the year knocking down 7-9 shots including all 3 of her 3-pt attempts and hit all 3 of her free throws as she lead the Shocks with 20 points and 8 rebounds.
Alex Harden with 15 and Jamillah Bonner with 13 were also in double figures. Alex also chipped in 6 assists, 4 steals and a block
Uncharacteristically Alex had no rebounds (or at least wasn't credited with any) but Austin Peay had a big size advantage and outrebounded the Shocks 38-36. When I say they had a big size advantage I mean that literally. APSU had perhaps the biggest woman I have ever seen in a college game. Not height-wise, she was about 6-3, but this young lady looked like an NFL offensive lineman.
The Shocks turned the ball over a little too much with 16 turnovers but Jody played everyone on the roster (except Kayla White who is apparently injured) and she was rotating players and switching lineups pretty much on a continuous basis throughout the game. I will never think of Sir Charles Barkley again when I hear of the Round Mound of Rebound.
Nicest surprise was the play of Briana Jones in her 5 minutes as she scored on a nice interior move around the APSU's BIG girl and cleanly knocked down both of her free throw attempts and grabbed 2 rebounds.
Congrats to Jody on her 100th victory as Shocker head coach.
While it was cold and icy outside the Chuck the Shocks warmed up quite nicely as they knocked down 56% of their FG attempts including a very solid 6-13 from behind the arc.
Michaela Dapprich had by far her best game of the year knocking down 7-9 shots including all 3 of her 3-pt attempts and hit all 3 of her free throws as she lead the Shocks with 20 points and 8 rebounds.
Alex Harden with 15 and Jamillah Bonner with 13 were also in double figures. Alex also chipped in 6 assists, 4 steals and a block
Uncharacteristically Alex had no rebounds (or at least wasn't credited with any) but Austin Peay had a big size advantage and outrebounded the Shocks 38-36. When I say they had a big size advantage I mean that literally. APSU had perhaps the biggest woman I have ever seen in a college game. Not height-wise, she was about 6-3, but this young lady looked like an NFL offensive lineman.
The Shocks turned the ball over a little too much with 16 turnovers but Jody played everyone on the roster (except Kayla White who is apparently injured) and she was rotating players and switching lineups pretty much on a continuous basis throughout the game. I will never think of Sir Charles Barkley again when I hear of the Round Mound of Rebound.
Nicest surprise was the play of Briana Jones in her 5 minutes as she scored on a nice interior move around the APSU's BIG girl and cleanly knocked down both of her free throw attempts and grabbed 2 rebounds.
Congrats to Jody on her 100th victory as Shocker head coach.
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