HSU Wins in Overtime

Newcombe MVP and Allen on the all-tournament team. Check the web site in about an hour for the story and boxscore.

It's Over

84-75 Cowgirls.

82-75

33 seconds to play seems in hand now.

Steal and Bucket Again By Bo

79-73 with 1:01 to play

Cowgirls up 79-73 on two Brawner FTs.

I think that was the 35th walk called in this game

Has to be an NCAA record. Make that 36 before I could type it.

HSU Up 77-73

Newcombe jump hook. Then an illegal screen by Babson. Timeout Babson 77-73 - 2:36

Cowgirls up 4

Steal and layup Bo, stop and layup by Newcombe 75-71 3:30 to play.

Overtime

No shot! Overtime.

Steal Kristen

5.1 to play timeout Cowgirls.

Another Timeout Still 8.4 to play

Kristen Lay-up

Tie game with 8.4 to play. Kristen with a layup and timeout Babson.

Block by Kristen- LAyup Kenzie tie game

Babson then scores with 22.1 seconds to play HSU ball trailing 71-69.

69-67

Babson ball with 1:02 to play - timeout.

69-67

Kenzie with a three

67-64 Babson

2:45 to play.

Cowgirls Trailing with 5:06 to Play

Cowgirls trail 61-58. It has been an ugly last 10 minutes from the field.

55-53 Babson on a 7-0 run

Babson converts four straight HSU turnovers into eight quick points tied at 55 with 7:37 to play.

Different Look

The Cowgirls lead 53-43 with 10:00 to play and have a lineup of Hayleee Allen, Angels Newcombe, Kenzie Tarpley, Sarah Sides and Lara Colsman. The group has pushed out the lead.

Sarah Sides Scores And One

Sarah Sides is playing much more of late and she just had an old-fashioned 3-point play to give the Cowgirls a 51-42 lead with 11:07 to play.

Bo Warm has been out about six minutes and has gone back to the locker room with what appears to be a shin or ankle injury. Dot Fero is warming her up now.

Playing Really Well Out of The Break

The Cowgirls are playing really well out of the break and now lead 44-32. Newcombe and Bo have been hot since halftime.

Cowgirls Lead 34-28 At Halftime

Cowgirls have 11 assists on 12 made baskets, but Babson is outrebounding HSU 31-16 on the boards, including 15 on the offensive end. They had 16 turnovers we had 11.

Scoring
Haylee Allen 9
Mollie 7
Kristen and Lindsey 6 each
Bo, Jasmine and Kenzie have 2 points each.

Cowgirls Are Ice Cold

HSU has missed five straight FTs and even more easy shots it could be a 15-point lead or more but it is now 28-20 with 3:39 to play.

24-15 - 7:55

Newcombe has come back and been a force and Haylle Allen has run the floor well to get to the foul line.

Cowgirls looking good.

Haylee Hits A Three

She is 4-for-4 on the tournament. HSU up 16-11 with 12:16 to play in the half.

Newcombe Goes Out

Newcombe just went out with her second foul with 13:30 to play in the half. Babson has cut it to 14-11. They are a very big and also athletic team.

Hot Early

Mollie is 3-for-3 early with seven points. Newcombe has the other four and the Cowgirls lead 11-5 with 14:49 to play in the half.

Championship Game

We are at the gym and getting ready for the championship game. The third-place game has about eight minutes left. I have posted a photo gallery from different things during the trip. I will have some more pics of the game tonight. Send me an e-mail at cgrubbs@hsutx.edu if you have any questions you want answered on the blog.

HSU 75, Gettysburg 61 (Final)

Played through a physical game. Haylee Allen had 18 points in the second half and 21 in the game. All five starters were in double figures.

Check the main site for a complete recap in an hour or so.

Haylee Allen On Fire

Haylee has 11 of the Cowgirls last 13 points HSU leads 56-43 - 5:53 to play.

45-32

11:15 to play

36-23

17:18 to play. Newcombe just picked up her fourth foul. Looten coming in.

Halftime

We played a lot of players during the first half, but we are in foul trouble. Haylee and Lindsey Newcombe have three each. Bo has two fouls.

First half numbers.

Newcombe 10
Harris 8
Warm 6
Brawner 5
Allen 3
Lewis 2

We held them to 23 percent shooting and forced 11 turnovers. Outrebounded them 29-20.

Getting Sloppy

Lots of turnovers and fouls for both teams and Haylee has three fouls and Bo has two. Harris and Newcombe lead the way with eight each.

18-5

Running them out of the gym. Harris two breakaways she has six. All five starters have scored it is 18-5.

All Cowgirls

Cowgirls dominating early 9-2. Timeout GC. We are way faster.

What We Came Here For

The Cowgirls are in the locker room and about five minutes from the tip.

Checking In

The Cowgirls had a good day in the Bahamas. The team went snorkeling and also mixed in a practice. We will play at 11 a.m. (CST) on Friday and I will try to blog from the gym.

I don't have any pics from the snorkeling trip, but I have attached some from the area that we are in. It has been a very relaxing day and the weather is nice, but not all that warm. 70's with a sea breeze can actually feel chilly when the sun is behind a cloud.

Hello From Nassau

Greetings from Nassau.

Well the Hardin-Simmons Cowgirls and the traveling party have made it safely to the Bahamas. We had a relatively uneventful day on our flights and everyone’s bags made it safe and secure.

It has been a long day as the girls left Abilene at 5 a.m. and after a quick stop to drop some cars off at the Newcombe’s house in Keller it was on to DFW and a flight that finally left around 12:15. We arrived in Miami at 4:20 and then on to our connecting flight (a turbo prop) and then to Nassau.

It was dark when we got here so we have not actually seen the ocean yet but our hotel is really nice. We had a quick buffet meal.

To show how small of a world it is, we met a Hardin-Simmons alum and relatives of John and Tina Hunter in line checking in at the international section at the Nassau airport. We also saw former Cowgirl Rachel Cisneroz at dinner as she is here with the UT-Arlington women’s team, where she is the director of basketball operations.

Everyone is getting their bearings tonight and tomorrow is a relative free day until a 6 p.m. practice.

Send in your questions to my e-mail and I will try to answer them in this blog over the weekend.

Just to answer a question I have received – we will not be broadcasting the games. I will try my best to update the game score frequently on the main HSU athletics site during the game, depending on our internet access at the gym.

This and That

I apologize it has been so long since I blogged. The crossover season is a really hectic time, but I wanted to mention a few odds and ends.

Basketball season is in full swing and both teams look to be contenders in the ASC again.

The men came away with an exciting win over Mississippi College on Saturday. That is the first time the Cowboys have ever defeated MC and they did it on a night when MC played really well. MC shot 48 percent in the game and had only 15 turnovers. HSU countered by hitting 15 3-pointers. This is a really fun style of play to watch, especially when the 3’s are going in.

The women are off to a 3-1 start and are a last-second shot from being 4-0. The Cowgirls definitely have the meat of the conference schedule at the front end. HSU plays MC, Louisiana College, UT-Tyler and McMurry in the first four games and that is probably four of the top five opponents in the league this year. If they can get through the gauntlet, they will be in good shape going into ASC West play.

I am really looking forward to the games at UT-Tyler on Thursday and then on the Monday after finals (Dec. 15) the two teams will play at home against McMurry. Both games should be great games and we encourage as many students to stay around for those games as possible. It is always fun to play in front of the big crowds for our players. Both teams are exciting to watch, so come out and cheer on your teams, you will not be disappointed.

Just a quick reminder that all of the games can be heard on the Internet at www.hsuathletics.com. Jay Ashby will bring the call of all of the home games and either him or I will call the road games at least until ASC West play begins.

Congrats go out to Justin Feaster as he was named the ASC player of the year and also is one of 10 finalists for the Gagliardi trophy, given to the top player in Division III.

I just wanted to give a congrats to all of our fall sport seniors. You all had great careers and to make it four years is a special feat. Hopefully, all will finish their degrees and look back on the great times they had at Hardin-Simmons. If you see one of these seniors around campus or anywhere be sure to tell them how much they are appreciated, because they really do take a lot of time and personal sacrifice to not only be at Hardin-Simmons, but to also represent the school on their respective teams.

I hope everyone will remember the reason for the season as we hit Christmas time. Be sure to enjoy the time with your families.