[Cider Jim]

Anybody going?

Lady Flames Seeded No. 2 in Big South Tourney

Liberty, which posted a 14-2 Big South record, earned the No. 2 seed for this weekend’s Advance Auto Parts Big South Women’s Basketball Championship. The Lady Flames will face No. 7 seed Radford in the quarterfinals, Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the Millis Center in High Point, N.C.

First Round - Friday, March 12 (at Millis Center, High Point, N.C.)
Game 1: No. 1 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 8 UNC Asheville, Noon
Game 2: No. 4 Charleston Southern vs. No. 5 Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.
Game 3: No. 2 Liberty vs. No. 7 Radford, 5:30 p.m.
Game 4: No. 3 High Point vs. No. 6 Winthrop, 7:30 p.m.

Semifinals - Saturday, March 13 (at Millis Center, High Point, N.C.)
Game 5: Semifinals – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 1 p.m.; TV: SportSouth and MASN
Game 6: Semifinals – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 3 p.m.; TV: SportSouth and MASN

Championship - Sunday, March 14 (at Millis Center, High Point, N.C.)
Game 7: Championship – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 2 p.m.; TV: SportSouth and MASN

http://www.libertyflames.com/index.cfm? ... 90&TeamID=

[ToTheLeft]

Baseball home games will keep me in the 'burg, but I will keep track of the ladies via my phone and hope they make another trip to the dance. Not having to see CSU until the final is a good thing. Hopefully they can knock GWU out, too.

[jcmanson]

Not having to see CSU until the final is a good thing.

[ToTheLeft]

They're a scary team if they hit their shots. They're the VMI of the women's side.

[g-webb1994]

Yep, CSU likes the three ball and up tempo. I see the seeds holding all the way through the tourney, no upsets.

[thesportscritic]

but they don't like full court pressure as against us when we pressed and trapped them in the second half of our game in the Vines Center a few weeks ago.

[SuperJon]

We're playing really, really good right now. With the way Avery and Devon are playing, and Jelena back to being healthy, I fully expect us to win the tournament.

[Cider Jim]

I hope you are right, Super, because beating Coach Reeves would be sweet!

[BJWilliams]

Devon Brown, Avery Warley, Jelena Antic and Kylee Beecher all honored by the conference:

http://www.libertyflames.com/index.cfm? ... 15&TeamID=

[olldflame]

Devon was robbed for POY.

[ballah09]

edit: thanks for the correction

what a joke.

16 ppg and 8 rbp. i mean she did lead the league in scoring and 3rd in rebounding

roundtree

and how does Lindsey Montgomery who put up a solid 12 ppg and league leading 10.1 rebounds get left off any list.?

[BJWilliams]

Looking at straight numbers:

Scoring
1.BROWN, Devon-LIBERTY..... FR 29 178 36 86 478 16.5
6.ROUNDTREE, Margaret-GWU.. SR 29 142 1 74 359 12.4


Rebounding

3.BROWN, Devon-LIBERTY..... FR 29 75 170 245 8.4
7.ROUNDTREE, Margaret-GWU.. SR 29 80 115 195 6.7


FG Percentage

4.BROWN, Devon-LIBERTY..... FR 29 178 365 .488
5.ROUNDTREE, Margaret-GWU.. SR 29 142 300 .473


FT Percentage

7.BROWN, Devon-LIBERTY..... FR 29 86 120 .717
14.ROUNDTREE, Margaret-GWU.. SR 29 74 126 .587


Minutes
4.ROUNDTREE, Margaret-GWU.. SR 29 926 31.93
15.BROWN, Devon-LIBERTY..... FR 29 802 27.66


(Note: these are just the categories where both of them met the criteria...another topic for another day)

[Cider Jim]

Roundtree was SIXTH in the conference in scoring (and SECOND on her own team):

SCORING
## Player-Team Cl G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G
------------------------------------------------------------
1.BROWN, Devon-LIBERTY..... FR 29 178 36 86 478 16.5
2.MOSS, Sydnei-COASTAL..... 27 138 23 103 402 14.9
3.TULL, Katie-CSU.......... 29 133 97 66 429 14.8
4.WASMER, Kelsey-CSU....... 29 126 64 72 388 13.4
5.EPPS, Courtney-GWU....... JR 29 126 55 63 370 12.8
6.ROUNDTREE, Margaret-GWU.. SR 29 142 1 74 359 12.4

And FOY Pietrowski was 12th in scoring:

12.PIETROWSKI, Mariah-PC.... FR 28 115 0 69 299 10.7

http://www.bigsouthsports.com/fls/4800/ ... NFLDRS.HTM

[olldflame]

Under the BSC rules, only true Freshmen can be FOY or on the all-freshman team, As a redshirt, Devon did not qualify.

[g-webb1994]

Under the BSC rules, only true Freshmen can be FOY or on the all-freshman team, As a redshirt, Devon did not qualify.

Good point.....Roundtree had a solid year...POY worthy? Definitely worth a debate.

[olldflame]

We beat Radford 70-52 to advance to the semis. Devon had 23 points and 8 boards and shot 7-11 from the floor and 7-7 from the line. Green played everyone and rested the starters a lot, with noone playing more than 26 minutes Avery and Amber only played 20. Smart move in this format with 3 games in a little over 48 hours. The margin of victory is meaningless.

[olldflame]

In other Tournament games, G-W beat UNCA 77-65 and CCU over CSU 52-44. In the nightcap, HP is leading Winthrop 26-18 with about 3 minutes left in the first half.

[g-webb1994]

That UNCA game was a perfect example of the old adage "survive and advance". UNCA played well, give them credit, G-W didn't put them away until very late in the game.

It will be key tomorrow for both our squads to not look ahead to Sunday....you likely get HPU in their home building, while we get Coastal, who we had to hold on and beat last Friday down in Conway.

[olldflame]

So much for HP having an easy time on their home court. Winthrop has cut their lead to 38-35 with 14 minutes to play.

[olldflame]

Winthrop now leads HP 44-42 with 9 minutes to play.

[olldflame]

HP and Winthrop are going to OT tied 60-60. The panthers hit a long 3 at the buzzer to stay alive. Whoever wins, this works to our advantage tomorrow.

[g-webb1994]

HP 68-65 final in OT.....

[olldflame]

HPU survives with a 68-65 overtime win. Looks like they were lucky, and WU may question their strategy. Up a point and at the line for 2 FT with 3 seconds left, they made both, which gave HPU the opportunity to set up an inbounds play for the 3 that sent it to overtime. If they deliberately miss the second FT, even if HPU rebounds it cleanly and calls an immediate timeout, another second or so is off the clock. More likely, there is a scramble for the rebound and time runs out.

We should go into tomorrows game with a much better rested squad than the Panthers.

[olldflame]

Devon Brown scored her 500th career point last night, joining Elena Kisseleva as the only Lady Flames to accomplish this as Freshmen. In case anyone is wondering, both Katie Feenstra and Megan Frazee missed significant portions of their Freshman year with injuries.

[Cider Jim]

Flame Convert and I were there for the LU game and half of the HPU-WU game. But we never found a BBQ joint or a Krispy Kreme on the drive back. Congrats to the LU ladies on a big win!