[81alum]

This has been a strange Fall, with 2 fewer home games for the women than we normally have.  Outside of exhibition games, we have 4 home games total before the new year.  Last year we had 6.  I imagine the difference is that the trip to Hawaii gave us 3 games in 3 days.  Anyway, it seems that we have barely seen our team....

....but that changes Saturday evening, when we have a rare home game.  The opponent is Pacific. 

At first I thought that Pacific would be just another weak team for us to practice on before a tough road trip to South Carolina and Tennessee.  But Pacific turns out to be a very good team this year.

Consider:

Pacific beat Arizona State in the WNIT last year by 15 points.  We bludgeoned our way to a 13 point victory over ASU last year.
This year, Pacific beat Fresno State by 10 points; we beat Fresno State by 11.
This year, Pacific beat Santa Clara by 27; we beat Santa Clara by 35.

We will have a big size advantage, and I doubt they have faced a defense like ours.  However,  Pacific looks like it might put up a better fight than Gonzaga.  I even worry a little about overconfidence against a team like that (maybe WVB against Michigan has me running scared!)  They have some three point shooters, they spread their scoring fairly evenly among their starting 5 players.  It should be a good game.

[81alum]

This has been a strange Fall, with 2 fewer home games for the women than we normally have.  Outside of exhibition games, we have 4 home games total before the new year.  Last year we had 6.  I imagine the difference is that the trip to Hawaii gave us 3 games in 3 days.  Anyway, it seems that we have barely seen our team....

....but that changes Saturday evening, when we have a rare home game.  The opponent is Pacific. 

At first I thought that Pacific would be just another weak team for us to practice on before a tough road trip to South Carolina and Tennessee.  But Pacific turns out to be a very good team this year.

Consider:

Pacific beat Arizona State in the WNIT last year by 15 points.  We bludgeoned our way to a 13 point victory over ASU last year.
This year, Pacific beat Fresno State by 10 points; we beat Fresno State by 11.
This year, Pacific beat Santa Clara by 27; we beat Santa Clara by 35.

We will have a big size advantage, and I doubt they have faced a defense like ours.  However,  Pacific looks like it might put up a better fight than Gonzaga.  I even worry a little about overconfidence against a team like that (maybe WVB against Michigan has me running scared!)  They have some three point shooters, they spread their scoring fairly evenly among their starting 5 players.  It should be a good game.