That’s common in many sports, not just women’s basketball.
Posted on 01/26/2024 5:46:06 PM PST by Red Badger
First came a tangle and then came the tempers before two players were ejected Wednesday night in an NCAA women’s basketball game between the Maryland Terrapins and the Michigan Wolverines.
Maryland, which held a 15-point halftime lead, ended up on the short end of a 79-77 score in a game that went into overtime, according to The Washington Post.
Maryland’s lead was in the process of unraveling with about three minutes left in the third quarter, when the incident took place, as noted by the New York Post.
Video of the incident shows Michigan’s Lauren Hansen and Maryland’s Bri McDaniel getting intense in a struggle for a loose ball.
Hansen, in yellow, appeared to come away with the ball, but McDaniel, in blue, was not about to let up trying to slap and pry the ball loose.
Flailing and flying arms continued after the referee whistled the play down.
Players from the two teams separated Hansen and McDaniel. Referees gave each player a technical foul and ejected them.
“Some hands were kind of thrown,” one broadcaster said in the video.
“It’s disappointing. I thought it was going to motivate us,” Maryland coach Brenda Frese said, according to The Washington Post.
“I thought it was going to turn when we had a sluggish start to the third quarter, but it didn’t really rally us in any way. Michigan was just a lot more inspired.”
Maryland ended regular time down two starters after Brinae Alexander fouled out in the fourth quarter. The team lost Shyanne Sellers in overtime when she fouled out.
“We punched first,” Frese said. “We were the more aggressive team on the glass. … Michigan was the more aggressive team in the second half. This one really hurts with a lot of adversity on the road.
“The foul trouble, the ejection by both players definitely changed the game. Michigan just played much more poised and [with] a lot more composure throughout the second half and into overtime. It’s disappointing to give up a 15-point lead when you’re on the road,” she said.
Maryland forward Lavender Briggs said the loss that put Maryland in a three-way tie for seventh in the Big Ten was “definitely frustrating.”
“Honestly, just looking forward to next game. We just let this slip through our fingers. Right now, it’s kind of make it or break it, and we’re right on the breaking point. We’re just trying to stay together as a team so we can get over that hump,” she said.
Too bad Don Imus is no longer around to give his commentary on this.
:-)
I hope both teams were diverse.
Meh. Two players not backing down from a held ball. Happens all the time. Looked like the Maryland player hooked the Michigan player’s arm and yanked it, and the Michigan player did an open-handed backhand semi-swing to free it.
Refs did good to throw them both out. Cool everyone out, let them know who’s in charge. No big deal. Let’s not make more of it than it was - nothing.
That’s common in many sports, not just women’s basketball.
No one watches women’s basketball, so basketball takes a cue from pro wrestling.
Were they even biological women?!
I’m sure he’d comment on them nappy headed ho’s with more testosterone than a transgender on a football field taking it down the center!
Flailing and flying arms continued after the referee whistled the play down.
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Sounds like football.
Only one of the two players was a NHH.
I remember when they used to joke about having the right camera angles for women’s basketball so as to prevent people from seeing the empty seats.
Take a look at 1:02 on the clip and you’ll get a look at what they worry about.
Yep....................
Caitlin Clark from Iowa is the only female player who can fill an arena.... Home or away. If she goes to the WNBA next year...it will go back to half or more empty seats. I’ll watch when Iowa plays because of her ability to shoot from everywhere. Probably making more money now than she ever will in the WNBA. Other than the Iowa team? Nope.
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