Daily Briefing — Dec. 30, 2021: Cancellations continue to soar

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Watch List, Thursday, Dec. 30

Must-watch

None

Good games

#19 LSU @ #13 Georgia, 7 p.m., SEC Network+

#15 Duke @ Virginia Tech, 7 p.m., ACC Network

Also watchable

Nebraska @ Michigan State, 3 p.m., BTN

Sickos games

None

Pac-12 or Big Ten on national television (or national streaming)

With non-conference slates finished, this section is going to be retired for few days each week without conference play.

Wednesday, Dec. 29 recap

#10 Baylor: 86-65 win over North Texas. Big NaLyssa Smith had a 28-point, 11-rebound double-double on 14-for-21 shooting (0-2 3pt.) with four offensive rebounds, three assists and no turnovers in 27 minutes; center Queen Egbo joined Smith with a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds on 4-for-8 FG (4-6 FT) with three steals against two turnovers; combo guard Sarah Andrews fouled out in 29 minutes after going 4-for-15 from the field (3-8 3pt.); combo forward Caitlin Bickle notched 13 points on 5-for-9 shooting (3-4 3pt.), six assists, five turnovers and four fouls in 24 bench minutes; off-ball guard Ja’Mee Asberry shot 1-for-5 from three (0-1 from two) — outside of blowouts over UT-Arlington and Alcorn State, the grad transfer is shooting 33.3% from the field and 24.5% from three, 6.3 and 17.4 percentage points worse than last year, respectively — with seven rebounds, five assists and two steals.

#22 South Florida: 70-57 win over Jacksonville, a team that lost to Florida State by 25, Presbyterian by eight and USC Upstate by 17. Make of that what you will. The Bulls shot 42.9% from three. Combo forward Bethy Mununga had 21 points on 6-for-13 shooting from the field (1-2 3pt.) and a perfect 8-for-8 from the line with 12 rebounds (six offensive) for a double-double with two steals against four turnovers; combo guard Elena Tsineke scored 22 points on 8-for-14 shooting (3-5 3pt.) and added three assists and two steals.

RV* Oklahoma: 89-67 win over Wichita State. The Shockers drew within a point in the mid-third quarter before the Sooners won the final 1.5 quarters 36-15. Off-ball guard Skylar Vann had a game-high 21 points on 9-for-17 shooting (2-5 3pt.), eight rebounds (three offensive) and three assists — career highs in points, shots made and attempted, and assists; combo guard Taylor Robertson scored 19 points on 6-for-12 shooting from the field and 3-for-6 from three, with four rebounds, three assists and two blocks against a pair of turnovers; big Liz Scott had a 14-point, 12-rebound double-double on 5-for-8 FG with three assists and three blocks against five turnovers; point guard Kelbie Washington notched her first career double-double with 11 points (4-15 FG, 1-8 3pt.) and 13 assists, plus six rebounds and five steals against five turnovers — career highs in assists, rebounds, steals and turnovers.

Oklahoma’s third-leading scorer Ana Llanusa will miss the season after suffering a knee injury two weeks ago, according to… herself. Ranking in the 73rd percentile nationwide in true shooting percentage, 93rd in usage (per CBB Analytics), 62nd in pick-and-roll handling and above 80th in both spot-up shooting and off-screen actions on a very depth-less team, Oklahoma will dearly miss her.

Buffalo: 92-75 win over Central Michigan to open their MAC seasons. Big Summer Hemphill tied a career high with 28 points on 11-for-18 shooting (2-4 3pt., 4-6 FT), with seven rebounds (three offensive) and three assists against two turnovers and four fouls; point guard Dyaisha Fair had 26 points on 7-for-12 shooting from the field (2-2 3pt.) and 10-for-14 from the line with four rebounds and steals. Central Michigan point guard Molly Davis had a triple-double with 23 points (10-17 FG, 2-4 3pt.), 12 assists and 10 turnovers while fouling out in 39 minutes — just the 14th points-assists-turnovers triple-double in the Her Hoop Stats era.

Charleston Southern: 67-54 win over Winthrop. Finally! A win for the previously 0-11 Buccaneers. Did it take playing the sixth-worst team in the country? You bet it did. But a win’s a win, baby.

Cancellations

Let me know if this seems like a healthy, sustainable trend to you:

• #11 UConn vs. Marquette
• #12 Texas vs. Alcorn State
• RV FGCU @ Fordham
• Princeton vs. UCF
• West Virginia vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore
• Dayton vs. Howard
• VCU vs. Delaware State
• Texas Tech vs. Incarnate Word
• TCU vs. Davidson
• Houston vs. SE Louisiana
• Cincinnati vs. Lipscomb
• Miami (OH) vs. Ohio
• Ball State vs. Western Michigan
• Northern Illinois vs. Akron
• Campbell vs. Hampton
• Nicholls vs. Alabama A&M
• Samford vs. Kennesaw State
• Temple vs. La Salle
• Long Island vs. Sacred Heart
• Fairleigh-Dickinson vs. Mount St. Mary’s
• Bucknell vs. Boston
• St. Francis (Brooklyn) vs. Merrimack

The size of this list will increase tomorrow.

*Receiving Votes