GW women 62 - Temple 70

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so I went to see the A-10 women's basketball championship game yesterday at the Smith Center, GW versus Temple. It was not a great game for GW, Temple was pretty much kicking butt the first half. GW was taking and missing a lot of wild shots and turning it over a lot, but Temple turned it over a lot too, which kept the score from getting out of hand. Temple was up by 16 at one point, but GW came back in the second half. It was too little, too late though as Temple won 70-62. Two GW players had great games though, seniors Anna Montañana and Jessica Simmonds both scored more than 20. Montañana is amazing, she's a forward but passes so well, behind the back, no-look, etc. It's like watching Magic Johnson or something. Montañana is an All-America candidate too, she's the leading scorer and rebounder on the team, and is second in assists. And even with the loss, I think GW will make the NCAA tournament.

The weird thing about the game was the Temple fans: I have never seen more goofy looking people at a sporting event. I couldn't tell if I were at a Star Trek convention or a trivia bowl tournament. And I used to play trivia bowl at GW, so it takes one to know one. They had a lot of stupid signs too and were generally badly-behaved, tearing up some of the foam tricorner hats they give out to GW fans and so on. But I guess they were Philadelphians, so that comes with the territory.

The halftime show was hilarious too, it was a scrimmage between two girls' teams, maybe 6 year olds, they were little. I think the final score was 3-0, one girl hit a regulation three pointer, which was pretty impressive, especially since most of the other shots didn't make it up to the basket. They must use smaller balls in their games. It was sort of the youth-soccer style of play where everybody swarms the ball then somebody runs out with it out and everybody chases them. But it was fun and I hope the kids enjoyed it. Below is a photo from that game. Not sure where the ball is.