UND battled shorthanded but fell against Weber. After returning home for a few days, they then hit the road again to head down south to Texas, to take on UTEP. While UND was able to get a couple more players back, they still were without 3 of their starters. A rough first quarter doomed UND to an 89-69 setback to fall to 0-2 on the season.
Score By Quarter:
1st: UTEP 28. UND 10
2nd: UTEP 53, UND 30 (Score By Quarter: 25-20 UTEP)
3rd: UTEP 73, UND 45 (Score By Quarter: 20-15 UTEP)
4th: UTEP 89, UND 69 (Score By Quarter: 24-16 UND)
The Good
-2 point Shooting: Take the 3 point shooting out of the equation and UND shot very well from 2, going 55% and an overall shooting percentage of 47.5%. This is something that can work going forward (along with some improvement from 3.)
-Clair Orth: One player who has done well for UND to start the season has been the Senior from Lino Lakes, MN. She put up a 17 point, 6 rebound, and 4 steal performance to back up a solid first game against Weber.
-Jodi Anderson and Sammiyah Hoskin: Two newcomers also stepped up. Jodi Anderson had another solid performance off of the bench with 9 points. Hoskin, the transfer from Detroit Mercy, had a great first game in an UND uniform (missed the Weber game), scoring 10 points on 5-6 shooting.
-Maggie Manson: After a rough night at Weber, it was good to see Manson bounce back with a 15 point performance, hitting 3-8 from 3 in the process. UND is going to need more of that this season.
The Bad
-1st Quarter Turnovers: UTEPs pressure really put UND behind the 8 ball, as they coughed it up 11 times in the quarter. Teams usually try to have that many turnovers in a game. This really hurt UND as UTEP scored 10 points off of those turnovers, which put them in a deep, deep hole that they just couldn’t climb out of.
-3 Point Shooting: With 5:38 to go in the 3rd quarter, Deja Davis hit a 3 for UND. At that point of the game, UND was 4-8 from 3, which is pretty good. UND then proceeded to not make another 3 in the game and finished 4-16 from the field. It also didn’t help that UTEP made 11-25 from 3 on the other end of the floor. This needs to be a number that improves going forward. This should improve once they get some of their regulars back again.
-Missing players: Another game without Olivia Lane, Kacie Borowicz, and Juliet Gordon. 3 players who would be in the starting lineup and would be making a difference.
After two tough road trips, UND gets to head back home for the first time and take on the Griz on Montana in a Thursday afternoon game (an afternoon game because of VB in the evening).