Hi fans!

I am so thrilled to write this week's blog after an awesome weekend of basketball for us! If any of you followed us this weekend throughout our Phoenix Classic tournament I'm sure you agree with me when I say, we have arrived!

We battled two extremely strong teams this weekend, Fordham on Friday from the Atlantic 10, and Troy on Sunday from the Sun Belt conference. Both Fordham and Troy were excellent competition for us to start off the regular season.

First we'll talk about Friday nights match against Fordham. Fordham, who plays in a very competitive conference, came out strong and physical against us Friday night. Although it may have taken us a minute to get adjusted to the game, once we took the lead we never looked back. With about eleven minutes left in the first half it was a tie ball game, but we soon claimed a 15-4 run to put us ahead. We had our largest lead at about 14 minutes in the second half (63-43).

Fordham, being the scrappy team they are, fought back hard but we never let them get closer than nine. What was most impressive was the five players we had in double figures! We also shot a solid 55 percent from the field and 44 percent from behind the arc. This win gave us a lot of momentum heading into Sunday's matchup against Troy.

Two words to describe Troy's basketball team: physical and athletic. Troy was an aggressive and attacking team, and we knew we would have to keep them off of the foul line and the boards in order to win. The key to us winning this game was the 34 turnovers we forced through the press and holding them to only 12 free throw attempts all game. It was a very exciting win, and I'll go ahead and give a shout out to my teammate and roommate Ali Ford and her offensive rebound she worked so hard for. We like to call where we live the "House of Rebounds." I also want to say congratulations to Tiara Gause on an impressive weekend as well. Coach Barefoot and the staff had a great game plan and scout for this weekend so they should pat themselves on the back for that! We had four people in double figures, including our little freshie Kelsey Harris who we also like to call baby Kelsey. I know she loves all her many nicknames!

Also, a HUGE congratulations to the Elon Volleyball team for winning the North Division and claiming sole possession of the conference title Saturday night! Can't wait to see the hardware! Congratulations to the football team for their win against Furman Saturday afternoon as well.

After a great weekend of basketball we will prepare to face ACC opponent Virginia Tech on Thursday night in Blacksburg, Va. We really appreciate all the fans coming out this weekend to see us play, and hopefully we will see you at our future games as well. Thanks for reading!!!

- Big Kelsey

P.S. Want to know Ali Ford's secret to how she became such a great three-point shooter? Her stretching technique...