Lady Zips

[mes102]

Lady Zips marketing theme for 2013-2014

Here's their media day press conference:

One big note is Sina King is out for the season with an injury. It will be hard to replace her consistent double-double numbers this season, but there's some younger players that can hopefully combine to give the numbers King was projected to get this season.

Expect Anita Brown to start in the Taylor Ruper starting spot in the rotation. I expect Plybon to be contending for quality minutes mid-MAC season. Kest seems to like Scipio, but with Cassell and Barilla at that position, she probably won't see much time this season on the floor.

[ZachTheZip]

What a joke that Kacie Cassel didn't make the All-MAC teams. Not even third team or honorable mention. All she did was lead the entire NCAA in assists per game.

[mes102]

What a joke that Kacie Cassel didn't make the All-MAC teams. Not even third team or honorable mention. All she did was lead the entire NCAA in assists per game.

Exactly, and with the new rules and the 10 second backcourt violation finally in effect for women's hoops, that will help this team score MORE points. They're a very good FT shooting team, and also can pressure at times. With Tecca as healthy as she's ever been, this team can be so scary(if everyone else stays healthy), you may see them scoring 80, 90, and even 100 points on a regular basis this season.

Cassell had complete command of that offense last season, and with one last full offseason for her senior season, I expect her to average close to 10 assists per game, if not more.

[ZachTheZip]

Exactly, and with the new rules and the 10 second backcourt violation finally in effect for women's hoops, that will help this team score MORE points.

Adding the time line will be huge. Too many teams would milk 20 or 25 seconds dribbling around in the backcourt before trying to score. Too many teams that would love to win a game by a score of 2-0.

[UAZipster0305]

Adding the time line will be huge. Too many teams would milk 20 or 25 seconds dribbling around in the backcourt before trying to score. Too many teams that would love to win a game by a score of 2-0.

Charlie Cole would be proud! I miss that guy...he was such a great competitor, sportsman, and "villain."

[legendofzippy]

One big note is Sina King is out for the season with an injury. It will be hard to replace her consistent double-double numbers this season, but there's some younger players that can hopefully combine to give the numbers King was projected to get this season.

Two things: (1) The Sina King loss is tough. Lots of returning starters from last year, and that's a big loss of talent/chemistry for a team hoping to finally get that MAC title. (2) A Google search of "Sina King" yielded an unexpected result.

[Dave in Green]

Charlie Cole would be proud! I miss that guy...he was such a great competitor, sportsman, and "villain."

Amen. The people who've made the biggest impressions on me throughout my life have been the biggest characters, and Charlie Coles was a giant among basketball coaching characters.

[Z.I.P.]

Adding the time line will be huge. Too many teams would milk 20 or 25 seconds dribbling around in the backcourt before trying to score. Too many teams that would love to win a game by a score of 2-0.

Zach, I watch 20-30 NCAA D-1 and D-2 women's games a season (for like 25 years) and I have never seen a team do what you say, except when they have the final shot, under 30 seconds remaining. I just don't see the rule change making much difference -- unless some teams decide to press full-court now. And unfortunately, I suspect it will bring about even more blowouts than in the past -- and the women's game is a lot more troubled with blowouts than the mens game.

[GoZips]

Zach, I watch 20-30 NCAA D-1 and D-2 women's games a season (for like 25 years) and I have never seen a team do what you say, except when they have the final shot, under 30 seconds remaining. I just don't see the rule change making much difference -- unless some teams decide to press full-court now. And unfortunately, I suspect it will bring about even more blowouts than in the past -- and the women's game is a lot more troubled with blowouts than the mens game.

Sina King suffered life threatening blood clots in her legs. Stop the unwarranted rumor mongering.

Since I am on campus nearly every day I had the opportunity to speak with Sina (A most delightful young woman) on many

occasions. Though cleared by doctors to play, a decision in the best interest of Sina was made to medical red shirt her.

Sina gets an opportunity to work toward her Masters on the Zippers nickel. She deserves it.

[MDZip]

So the ladies pretty much equal the men's pre-season prediction with a 1st place MAC East finish (who would have thought the Zips would eventually be the team to eliminate the Bowling Green stranglehold on the East? Kudos to Coach Kest and the team) and two first teamers. Makes the loss of Sina King even more painful, kind of like losing Quincy Diggs from the men's team last year. Still a good team, but had the potential to be a very, very good team. Having lost a senior season to injury once myself, really feel badly for Sina King.

[Dr Z]

BREAKTHROO, I like it.

I might have went gold on the ROO, but still well done.

[mes102]

Lady Zips up 41-19 at the half over DII Lake Erie College. Coach Kest not happy with the defensive effort according to the radio call.

- Hannah Plybon got the start. I knew she was going to be good enough to start as a true freshman, but thought this early in her career that Coach Kest might of went with a sophomore to start. Only exhibition, so possibly just starting her today to see what she could contribute.

Minutes/Points/Rebounds/Assists in first half:

Luburgh -16/16/1/2

Tecca- 15/14/4/2

Cassell- 15/0/0/3

Plybon- 14/4/1/1

Young- 10/1/4/1

Gibson- 10/0/2/2

Brown- 7/2/2/2

Nunan- 5/2/0/0

Barilla- 4/2/0/0

Ricketts- 4/0/0/0

Guyton- 0/-/-/-

Simone- 0/-/-/-

Scipio- 0/-/-/-

[ZachTheZip]

Really not much we can learn from this game. It mostly serves coach Kest by giving her film to make the players work harder on defense.

[zippy5]

Sina King suffered life threatening blood clots in her legs. Stop the unwarranted rumor mongering.

Did I miss something? I didn't see any rumor mongering going on

[mes102]

Really not much we can learn from this game. It mostly serves coach Kest by giving her film to make the players work harder on defense.

You can still get an idea on what the rotation could be for the regular season in these exhibition games. Also gives you a chance to see the true freshmen play that most likely will get red-shirt to give you what the future holds for the program as well.

[LZIp]

Sina King suffered life threatening blood clots in her legs. Stop the unwarranted rumor mongering.

Since I am on campus nearly every day I had the opportunity to speak with Sina (A most delightful young woman) on many

occasions. Though cleared by doctors to play, a decision in the best interest of Sina was made to medical red shirt her.

Sina gets an opportunity to work toward her Masters on the Zippers nickel. She deserves it.

Did I miss something? I didn't see any rumor mongering going on

this. what?

[mes102]

Lady Zips defeat Lake Erie College 97-43.

Player-Total Points- Best other stat

Luburgh- 22 points in 24 minutes- 6 rebounds(4 assists)

Tecca- 20 points in 23 minutes- 8 rebounds(5 assists)

Plybon- 14 points in 25 minutes- (6-10 FG)

Brown- 9 points in 16 minutes- 3 rebounds(2 assists)

Ricketts- 8 points in 16 minutes- 5 rebounds

Young- 7 points in 17 minutes- 4 rebounds

Nunan- 6 points in 14 minutes- 3 rebounds(2 assists)

Gibson- 5 points in 21 minutes- 7 rebounds(3 assists)

Cassell- 2 points in 18 minutes- 4 assists

Barilla- 2 points in 10 minutes- 1 assist

Scipio- 1 point in 11 minutes- 2 rebounds(1 assist)

Simone- 1 point in 6 minutes- 1 steal

[mes102]

GoZips was mentioning something Z.I.P. said in his post. Z.I.P. has edited his post and is no longer in his post. That's why it looks like GoZips was stating something about nothing.

[Z.I.P.]

GoZips was mentioning something Z.I.P. said in his post. Z.I.P. has edited his post and is no longer in his post. That's why it looks like GoZips was stating something about nothing.

Z.I.P. made an off-the-cuff remark without thinking how stupid it might end up sounding. Z.I.P. wishes the very best to Sina King, especially considering that Z.I.P.'s father died from complications of blood clots following heart surgery. Z.I.P. also thanks mods for thinking in his place and editing.

[mes102]

Lady Zips play a really good Tennessee Tech team on Tuesday at a weird tip-off time. Overall, just a weird tip-off time for both Akron basketball teams that morning(MBB: 3am ET, WBB: 10:30am ET). Need a solid outing and win on Tuesday to get the momentum when playing #14 Dayton that Friday.

[Hilltopper]

Z.I.P. made an off-the-cuff remark without thinking how stupid it might end up sounding. Z.I.P. wishes the very best to Sina King, especially considering that Z.I.P.'s father died from complications of blood clots following heart surgery. Z.I.P. also thanks mods for thinking in his place and editing.

Way to man up Z.I.P.

[GoZips]

The Lady Zips opened their season with a "cream" puff; blowing them out 98-69 (Florida Atlantic).

Our neighbors to the south choked on this tough cookie, barely escaping with a 91-88 win.

Yep, the Buckeyes flattened Florida Atlantic, the same Florida Atlantic, by three points.

You still think the Lady Zips aren't worth your time and a few shekels?

[mes102]

The Lady Zips opened their season with a "cream" puff; blowing them out 98-69 (Florida Atlantic).

Our neighbors to the south choked on this tough cookie, barely escaping with a 91-88 win.

Yep, the Buckeyes flattened Florida Atlantic, the same Florida Atlantic, by three points.

You still think the Lady Zips aren't worth your time and a few shekels?

Oswho is in a whole rebuilding phase down in Cowlumbus. Someone told me their current coach would of recruited Plybon really hard, but he wasn't there during her recruiting, and Foster wouldn't even consider DIII or DIV players in Ohio. They're trying to broaden their recruiting in Ohio, but the MAC schools are stepping up.

There's another recruit that Akron is going after that may be as good of a recruit as Plybon was for Akron.

[Sean]

The Lady Zips are destroying Tennessee Tech 60-26 at Halftime.

[legendofzippy]

The Lady Zips are destroying Tennessee Tech 60-26 at Halftime.

Anyone else watching the live stream? Audio not working for me, but I'd say that's a decent crowd for an early season women's game.