[chimera]

Not as good an effort as against UCLA and really dumb, no other word for it, turnovers still a big problem, but avoided a letdown and got the job done.  There are some things I don't understand about the offense, one of which is what is the point of getting the ball to our bogs 10 feet from the basket so much?  Kaylee is just not great at scoring from that range and Alanna gets mobbed, which is why she had so many turnovers or part of the reason.  We need to establish better inside position and get the ball to the bigs quicker when they do that.  We are making life difficult for Alanna, who often ends up trying to beat a double or taking a tough shot farther out than is optimal.  I just don't think we are giving our bigs the best chance to succeed right now.  The offense is better aside from the turnovers but still seems to me to be far from where it needs to be and not sure it can get there this season.  I think the Marta/Kiana combo is a pretty good one with two capable ball handlers and a good shooter in Williams.  Wilson did well in her more limited minutes too.  I honestly do not know what the best line-up is.  It is great to play so many, I like that.  I do kinda feel it is still a bit too much of a hodge podge of line-ups though.  I don't want the rotation shorter.  Tough conundrum.  Right now it seems like Romano and Jerome are odd players out.  They had more minutes earlier in the season.  We haven't gotten Carrington untracked since coming back from her injury.  If we could ever get all the pieces or even 3/4 of them all going at once, that would be something.

I'm not a fan of USC.  I thought their players played hard and all that but they were very whiney, and Simon more than deserved her technical.  She was making faces and jawing at the refs all game.  Just did not like the vibe of their team.  I feel the same about their women's volleyball team too.  Maybe something in the water down there...

[chimera]

Not as good an effort as against UCLA and really dumb, no other word for it, turnovers still a big problem, but avoided a letdown and got the job done.  There are some things I don't understand about the offense, one of which is what is the point of getting the ball to our bogs 10 feet from the basket so much?  Kaylee is just not great at scoring from that range and Alanna gets mobbed, which is why she had so many turnovers or part of the reason.  We need to establish better inside position and get the ball to the bigs quicker when they do that.  We are making life difficult for Alanna, who often ends up trying to beat a double or taking a tough shot farther out than is optimal.  I just don't think we are giving our bigs the best chance to succeed right now.  The offense is better aside from the turnovers but still seems to me to be far from where it needs to be and not sure it can get there this season.  I think the Marta/Kiana combo is a pretty good one with two capable ball handlers and a good shooter in Williams.  Wilson did well in her more limited minutes too.  I honestly do not know what the best line-up is.  It is great to play so many, I like that.  I do kinda feel it is still a bit too much of a hodge podge of line-ups though.  I don't want the rotation shorter.  Tough conundrum.  Right now it seems like Romano and Jerome are odd players out.  They had more minutes earlier in the season.  We haven't gotten Carrington untracked since coming back from her injury.  If we could ever get all the pieces or even 3/4 of them all going at once, that would be something.

I'm not a fan of USC.  I thought their players played hard and all that but they were very whiney, and Simon more than deserved her technical.  She was making faces and jawing at the refs all game.  Just did not like the vibe of their team.  I feel the same about their women's volleyball team too.  Maybe something in the water down there...