Not mentioned on GW´s site, but as per UVa´s official website the game will be available on the ACCN streaming service (I think it is part of ESPN).

GW Alum Abroad wrote:

Not mentioned on GW´s site, but as per UVa´s official website the game will be available on the ACCN streaming service (I think it is part of ESPN).

Just to clarify. The game can be live-streamed on ACCNx via the ESPN APP you use on ROKU/FireTV/Apple TV, etc. to stream the ESPN+ games. The "x" version of ACCN is similar "+" version of ESPN (i.e., games not available on the TV (ACCN) network can be streamed on the APP). If you go into the ESPN APP and scroll down to the available sports networks you'll see both ACCN and AACNx availabe to you. As long as you susbscibe to a service that provides ESPN (the network, including ACC), you can stream any ACC game that is available on ACCNx.

 

Last edited by xAC (11/06/2022 2:59 pm)

xAC clearly understands such things better than an old fuddy-dud like me. (In any case, if you are like me and outside the USA and have ESPN´s international streaming, the game might be available. In the good ol´ US of A, you should be able to get it, and it would not be a bad way to spend Election Eve).

If you don't want to pay for ACC Network Extra you can listen to the WRGW broadcast. There's two links, http://gwradio.com and https://www.iheart.com/live/wrgw-district-radio-7294/. We've made the trek down to Charlottesville for the game and it should be a good one!

Side note: Caia Loving and Sheslanie Laureano did not travel to Charlottesville. It's likely an injury for Laureano and it's unclear what the issue with Loving is

Last edited by gwstudent2024 (11/07/2022 1:39 pm)

The fourth quarter was a total disaster,  but before that, we managed to play a pretty good game.

It looks like our transfers have really improved our offensive talent. So much so, that our offensive philosophy seems to have changed from the past few years. The tempo has increased, we are taking shots earlier in the clock, and the players seemed to have been “let loose” to create shots for themselves. I don’t mind this—it worked well for almost three quarters and I liked the aggressiveness of players (especially Essence Brown, who seems to have some new found confidence). The big down side is that our transition defense was terrible, and when our players were gassed after the third, many of our shots were forced (many bricks and air balls), leading to a slew of easy transition baskets for UVA.

With the exception of Taiwo, who didn’t have a big game, but was consistent—our players all showed some positive flashes, but also had negative moments. Lakstigala, Innis, and Thornton all showed some good offensive capabilities, but they all also took some bad shots at inopportune times. Brown was only 2-10, but she worked her way to many good clean shots that didn’t fall. Same for Robertson, who I think is going to be a good one. She was 0-6, but only took one bad shot and I think her shots will start dropping after a little more game time. She has some real hops and quickness, so I think she’ll be an impact player for us in the future. Lok and Webster also had some good (and bad) moments. Blethen didn't have an impact today.

As mentioned before Laureano and Loving are injured, and they may be out for a while. Engel and Gingras were on the bench, but their body language seem to indicate they weren’t going to play tonight (not sure why).

I hope the new offensive philosophy works, but if it’s at the expense of the kind of defense we’re used to, it’s going to be a long year.

 

Last edited by xAC (11/07/2022 11:27 pm)

Really enjoyed seeing the new "free-flowing" offense yesterday. There were certainly fewer moments where we were stagnant on offense. Jayla/Mia gives us a taller/more versatile backcourt offensively compared to Kyara/Sierra. Mia in particular was a lot of fun to watch score in a variety of ways. I don't know if the newcomers are as good on defense though, but it was still the first game of the year. Rebounding wasn't as good as it usually is. The team was clearly gassed in the fourth quarter. The key moving forward is striking the balance between playing faster than last year, but still having the conditioning to play strong defense. I think moving forward we probably slow things down a bit (still mid-tempo).

I think Sheslanie has been out for a while this offseason. I hope that she can make it back before conference play begins. Not sure what the story was on Aurea and Maxine not playing. Aurea needs to shoot the ball better this year, but we could have used her defense for stretches (and give Mia a breather). Maxine would have added size which still remains an issue this year. Caia would have also helped out there.

Virginia was simply more aggressive in the second half. They kept driving to the hoop and we had no answer. When we rotated over, they were always able to make the extra pass to a wide open forward near the hoop. GW, on the other hand, was shooting perimeter shots left and right without trying to get to the line. That caught up to us in the 4th quarter as we only shot 11 FTs all game. If I remember correctly, UVA was in the bonus for much of the third quarter while we did not draw a foul on them until a couple minutes left.

I like Mayowa's effort down low (a very quiet 6 points and 7 rebounds), but our lack of size is still going to hurt this year. We got taller in the backcourt, but we need to get taller in the frontcourt now. Taylor will have to stay on the court for us this year.

Despite the bad shooting numbers, I'm still encouraged moving forward. The new offense has helped Essence's confidence shooting. Asjah Inniss was a pleasant surprise to me offensively. She's a very versatile three level-scorer. Goes to show that you can't just project based off modest numbers at previous stops. I thought Nya Lok was solid, hopefully she can give us those points more consistently this year. Faith played 11 minutes but we couldn't get her a shot? Shooting is one of her strengths.

Despite going for 0-6, REALLY encouraged about Nya Robertson moving forward. She already shows a lot of potential as a freshman. A bit nervous on her shot attempts, but understandable in game 1. Liked her wide stance on defense. She didn't force things either and generally made the right play. She has all-A10 potential down the road (maybe even making the freshman team this year).