[TheFarm07]

Alanna was once again the offensive savior, with 19 points on 8/12 shooting.  She also snagged 11 rebounds for a double/double, and a whopping 6 blocks.  We are seeing next year's superstar.  In addition to a trey, I think she took nearly all of her shots from the right block, and they did not seem to be able to stop her.  We should have started feeding it to her earlier, but the fronted her some of the time to prevent the entry pass.

Conclusion:

We have a pattern of our defense not playing well in the first quarter--for several games in a row now.  Tonight, it didn't start playing all that well until the second half.  Our offense has not looked like a juggernaut all year, so we absolutely must find a way to get our defense going from the first minute if we expect to advance very far in this tournament. 

Meanwhile, I wonder if it is time to dust off the triangle again to start feeding Alanna the ball down low.  I wonder if she can score from the left block?  The next game should be interesting....I suspect Drake is going to give KSU a major challenge.  Not sure which team I would rather face--probably KSU after seeing what a small, quick accurate team like New Mexico State can do to us.

Alanna looks like our star player for her junior and senior years. Her versatility and range will make her so dangerous, because if she has an unfavorable match inside, Tara can scheme her further out and she can hit jumpers, including the three pointer.

I wonder why we come out so badly defensively (besides the Washington State game), it feels like opponents can't miss early on.

Hopefully, we can chalk it up to the early start and not playing for a couple weeks. I'm sure this game has put some scare in the team and some urgency to come out on Monday, better prepared. It would be key especially if we are playing against Kansas State on their home court with a partisan home crowd.

[TheFarm07]

Alanna was once again the offensive savior, with 19 points on 8/12 shooting.  She also snagged 11 rebounds for a double/double, and a whopping 6 blocks.  We are seeing next year's superstar.  In addition to a trey, I think she took nearly all of her shots from the right block, and they did not seem to be able to stop her.  We should have started feeding it to her earlier, but the fronted her some of the time to prevent the entry pass.

Conclusion:

We have a pattern of our defense not playing well in the first quarter--for several games in a row now.  Tonight, it didn't start playing all that well until the second half.  Our offense has not looked like a juggernaut all year, so we absolutely must find a way to get our defense going from the first minute if we expect to advance very far in this tournament. 

Meanwhile, I wonder if it is time to dust off the triangle again to start feeding Alanna the ball down low.  I wonder if she can score from the left block?  The next game should be interesting....I suspect Drake is going to give KSU a major challenge.  Not sure which team I would rather face--probably KSU after seeing what a small, quick accurate team like New Mexico State can do to us.

Alanna looks like our star player for her junior and senior years. Her versatility and range will make her so dangerous, because if she has an unfavorable match inside, Tara can scheme her further out and she can hit jumpers, including the three pointer.

I wonder why we come out so badly defensively (besides the Washington State game), it feels like opponents can't miss early on.

Hopefully, we can chalk it up to the early start and not playing for a couple weeks. I'm sure this game has put some scare in the team and some urgency to come out on Monday, better prepared. It would be key especially if we are playing against Kansas State on their home court with a partisan home crowd.