ESPN's Take on the Techsters

[GermDawg]

Don't know how many of ya'll have seen this, very good write up found interesting that our bench leads the nation in points contributed.

ESPN's Take Louisiana Tech has played in all 25 NCAA Tournaments and won the very first NCAA championship game against Cheyney State in 1982.


Coach Chris Long and the Lady Techsters survived a crazy Western Athletic Conference Tournament, which saw the second, third and fourth seeds bounced in the quarterfinals.


But top-seeded Tech beat New Mexico State in the WAC final to ride a 15-game winning streak into the NCAA Tournament.


Senior guard Tasha Williams was the WAC Tournament MVP, shooting a tournament record 68 percent from the field. Williams led the team in assists and steals while scoring 12 points per game this season. She attempted more than 200 free throws.


La. Tech was great at taking the ball to the basket and getting to the line. Three players shot more than 100 free throws as the team averaged 18 makes on 25 attempts per game.


Senior guard Aarica Ray-Boyd led the team in scoring with 14 points per game while knocking down 84 3-pointers. Shan Moore had her best game of the season in the WAC final, notching her first double-double.


Inside, La. Tech looks to Ty Moore and Tamika Kursh. The Lady Techsters go eight deep and the bench contributed to a league-leading 73 points per game this season. Many of those points come from a defense which forced 21 turnovers on 11 steals per game.
-- Beth Mowins

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/clubhouse?teamId=2348

[bjude64]

73 ppg from the bench? Something cannot be right about that stat.

[GermDawg]

73 ppg from the bench? Something cannot be right about that stat.

If ESPN say's its true then it is :icon_wink , and it's not that hard to believe that's a total for all season.

[bjude64]

I understand that they are trying saying the Techsters averaged 73 ppg this season. But that is an awful sentence. What bench does not contribute to the total score? This is a poorly constructed sentence. That sentence says absolutely nothing about how good our bench is. It just says that 8 people play and bench players contribute to the total score. Heh heh.

[DocMarvin362]

TECH SURVIVIED????? Was there even a close game in the tourney??? GEEZZ... I wouldn't consider that SURVIVING... wasn't it more like... DOMINATING??

[cgraves562]

I understand that they are trying saying the Techsters averaged 73 ppg this season. But that is an awful sentence. What bench does not contribute to the total score? This is a poorly constructed sentence. That sentence says absolutely nothing about how good our bench is. It just says that 8 people play and bench players contribute to the total score. Heh heh.

After re-reading that passage , I agree with your interpretation. However, the way that it is written (I agree that it is a poorly constructed sentence) at first glance it sounds like the bench scored 73 ppg.

[cgraves562]

TECH SURVIVIED????? Was there even a close game in the tourney??? GEEZZ... I wouldn't consider that SURVIVING... wasn't it more like... DOMINATING??

I think she made a valid point. She went on to say that Tech survived a crazy WAC tournement that saw the second, third and fourth seeds bounced in the quarter finals. She just meant that we survived a tournement where the other higher seeded teams fell.

[champion110]

I think that we all agree that the article is not worthy of any more attention.

[aubunique]

Oh, come on, let's wear this one out.

Actually, I was terrified until late in the final game!

[champion110]

Oh, come on, let's wear this one out.

Actually, I was terrified until late in the final game!

OK, you win.

I was more nervous against Nevada than NMSU. Even though NMSU started out strong, you could tell that we were the better team out there. They were just hitting some hot tres early. Nevada scared me, though.