Shay here, to tell you guys how big of a week we have had since Thanksgiving. Going hard and beating each other up in practice has been our emphasis in practice through out the week. By doing that we exceeded expectations and got two very very huge road game victories over our cross town rivals College of Charleston and yes the ACC Clemson Tigers. Well I'll start off by saying WE ARE THE CITY CHAMPS for two straight years. We hit the Cougars hard with our defensive pressure the entire game which means we pressed them the whole game. By pressing them, we forced 32 mistakes and in turn 36 points for us. We held the Cougars to 45 points, which is a big deal for us. We really proved to ourselves how defense can win games. Also, with Coach Lambert being a former player ,and graduate of The College, it was pretty awesome for her to sit on the CSU bench and beat her alma mater -lol.
Moving forward to the big time win over Clemson. Boy it feels so good to beat an ACC team! I don’t think they had any idea what we were capable of! We started the game focused and determined to come out with a W. WE LEAD THE GAME THE ENTIRE first half. The second half was an exhausting battle and we lost the lead a couple of times, but that did not stop us as we tried to capitalize on every offensive possession we got. Winning the last four minutes of the game was crucial in helping us come out victorious. It was teamwork that won the game, but a huge part came from our “too legit to quit” post player, Lakeitha Alston, who scored 31 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Her awesome performance was recognized by our conference as well as she was named the Big South Player of the Week. This was also a big time win for Coach Calvert who graduated from Clemson and also worked with the women's team. To beat both of these teams in the same week, was an awesome accopmlishment for our coaching staff who had personal relationships with both universities. (I think Coach Newland and Coach G were pretty happy too)
Well hope we are making you guys proud and anxious to come watch. All is left to say is BIG SOUTH WATCH OUT AND DON'T LET THE SIZE FOOL YOU!!!
Shay Jones #5
