Game 12: Gophers host Jackson State (12-11-24)

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THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW
(and then was a lot more interesting)​

Last season Jackson State head coach, Tomkia Reed, lead the Tigers to an 18-0 conference record (26-7 overall), a SWAC tournament championship and an NCAA opening round face off with Gino Auriemma’s UConn Huskies. Spoiler Alert: UConn won 86-64. Nevertheless, Gino said this about Reed:

“I wanted to commend her on her season, going undefeated in your league. I don't care what league you play in. I don't care who you play against. You play, 18 conference games and you win them all and you win your conference tournament. That's a hell of a job and it's not like the first time, right? I mean, she's been doing this for quite some time now there and a lot of these coaches that work like that and you have tremendous success and put together great teams and have put together a terrific program. Nobody knows about them. They certainly don't get on TV enough. They certainly don't get enough recognition. And I wanted to let her know that and that I wanted to I wanted to put myself out there and for her. And I think we need coaches like her to be celebrated.”

“And bigger schools need to not keep recycling coaches that are let go by other power five schools, whatever you want to call them, that they should start looking outside the box a little bit because there's a lot of great coaches out there and she's one of them.”

In six years at the helm of JSU, Reed won 5 consecutive SWAC regular season titles, three SWAC tournaments and nearly authored an upset of LSU in the opening round of the 2022 NCAA tournament. Here’s a quick recap of the game:

A technical foul on JSU head coach Tomekia Reed sparked a second-half explosion. Trailing 47-30 with 8:44 to play in the third quarter, JSU outscored LSU 28-10 the remainder of the period to take a 58-57 lead at the end of the period. JSU extended the lead in the fourth quarter, as a pair of Miya Crump free throws gave Jackson State a 74-64 lead with 4:54 remaining. However, LSU outscored Jackson State 19-3 in the remainder of the game.

And now you can wipe the Jackson State University slate clean. Last April Tomekia Reed agreed to become head coach at UNC Charlotte.

Reed was replaced in Jackson Mississippi by former Nebraska player (1999-2004) Margaret Richards. She was an assistant at Mercer following an eight-year run as Alabama A&M’s head coach.

Richards will oversee a newly hired coaching staff and an entirely new roster consisting of transfers and freshmen. The Reed to Richards transfer may not go as well as the Coach Prime to T.C. Taylor transfer did in JSU football.

The Tigers are 1-7

JSU opened the season with a loss at Clemson 44-78 and a win at East Tennessee State 55-48. Then came six losses at: Tennessee Tech 56-84, Ole Miss 44-76, Tulane 37-77, Bellarmine 59-67, Morehead State 57-87 and Arkansas State 65-76.

Players to know:

5’8” senior guard Taleah Dilworth from Kentucky State averages 13.9 points and 1.4 rebounds in 27.5 minutes.

5’9” senior guard Diaka Berete from USAO averages 7 points and 3.8 rebounds in 20 minutes.

5’11” graduate forward Zoe Cooper from New Orleans averages 4.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in 31.1 minutes.

5’6” junior guard Jaleyah Cotton from East Tennessee averages 4.4 points and 4.8 rebounds in 29.0 minutes.

5’9” senior guard Rakisha Ballinger from Wagner averages 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds in 20.8 minutes.
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Looks like Rose is in street clothes. Hopefully nothing too serious. But I also got bad eyes lol
 











What are some questions you want me to ask the players in the press conference?
 


Future non-conference games are we gonna play more regional teams like Drake, SDSU, NDSU, St Thomas, Wisconsin Green Bay, South Dakota? Might draw more fans.
 




McKinney was kept in the game much longer than the rest of the starters. Was that to give her experience at the point? With Rose out, would it otherwise be Senden? Woodson's injury didn't look good, hopefully not serious.
 


Always good to get a bounce back win in the books. Way to go, Gophers!! Amaya's shot was off tonight. I know she and the rest of the team put in the work with shooting, especially on the 3-point shooting. I just wish that it would translate to the actual game. McKinney with a nice game. We will gladly take the win and get ready for PV and then Penn State.
 

Gophers112233 said:
calling it now.. Tori will end up on the ALL-Freshman team.. and I wouldn't be shocked if she gets on the All- Defensive team.
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Will be interesting to see if the All Defensive and All Freshman teams remain 5-player teams, now that the BIG has 18 teams. If they stay 5 player teams, will be really hard for McKinney to make the All Freshman team, and highly unlikely to make the All Defensive team this year. In the future I’m a yes on All Defensive team, but not this year with a 5-player team.
 

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