The Lady Shocks (18-2, 9-0) go for consecutive wins #18 and #19 this weekend against Bradley (5-15, 2-7) and Loyola (9-12, 5-4).
I suspect that neither Shocker women nor the Shocker men want to be the 1st ones to blink as both continue to nurture long winning streaks including undefeated starts-to-date in Valley play. The Shocks have a 2-game lead over 2nd place Indiana State heading into the 2nd half of conference play.
The Shocks found themselves in deep foul trouble when they played Bradley in Peoria a month ago as they had 4 players (Jamillah Bonner, Michaela Dapprich, Kelsey Jacobs and Michelle Price) foul out of the game and had 2 other players, Alex Harden and Valerierose Agnello, each saddled with 4 fouls. As a result the Shocks ended up hanging on for dear life to pull out a 74-72 victory in the only Valley game the Shockers did not win by double digits in the 1st half of conference play. Let's hope we don't have a repeat of that kind of foul trouble at home this Friday evening and let's hope Kelsey Jacobs is able to go in this weekend's games. Kelsey sat out the Shockers last game against Evansville reportedly due to a strained leg muscle.
On Sunday, the Shocks take on Loyola at 2:00 pm. The Shocks beat the Ramblers 71-58 in Chicago last month and that was the 2nd closest game of the Valley slate so far behind the Bradley game. Loyola is lead by 5-11 Sr. F Troy Hambric who is averaging 18.0 PPG and 7.2 RPG for the season. At this point I would say that Hambric is Alex Harden's primary competition for Valley POY.
The Lady Shocks were not at their sharpest in last weekend's victories over SIU and Evansville as they did not shoot the ball real well. I'm sure they would like to get that part of their game back on track as they open the 2nd half of Valley play.
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I suspect that neither Shocker women nor the Shocker men want to be the 1st ones to blink as both continue to nurture long winning streaks including undefeated starts-to-date in Valley play. The Shocks have a 2-game lead over 2nd place Indiana State heading into the 2nd half of conference play.
The Shocks found themselves in deep foul trouble when they played Bradley in Peoria a month ago as they had 4 players (Jamillah Bonner, Michaela Dapprich, Kelsey Jacobs and Michelle Price) foul out of the game and had 2 other players, Alex Harden and Valerierose Agnello, each saddled with 4 fouls. As a result the Shocks ended up hanging on for dear life to pull out a 74-72 victory in the only Valley game the Shockers did not win by double digits in the 1st half of conference play. Let's hope we don't have a repeat of that kind of foul trouble at home this Friday evening and let's hope Kelsey Jacobs is able to go in this weekend's games. Kelsey sat out the Shockers last game against Evansville reportedly due to a strained leg muscle.
On Sunday, the Shocks take on Loyola at 2:00 pm. The Shocks beat the Ramblers 71-58 in Chicago last month and that was the 2nd closest game of the Valley slate so far behind the Bradley game. Loyola is lead by 5-11 Sr. F Troy Hambric who is averaging 18.0 PPG and 7.2 RPG for the season. At this point I would say that Hambric is Alex Harden's primary competition for Valley POY.
The Lady Shocks were not at their sharpest in last weekend's victories over SIU and Evansville as they did not shoot the ball real well. I'm sure they would like to get that part of their game back on track as they open the 2nd half of Valley play.
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