[81alum]

My write-up done at the top.  Not our proudest defense on Hristova and Molina, but it sure was good to see our offense clicking better and Fingall and Williams getting going.

I thought our defense was pretty good.  The score was 77-50 with 1:19 seconds left in the game.  Molina scored 8 points in the last 1:19 with the likes of Jump and Moschkau guarding her.  I don't think those last 1:19 seconds with the game already out of hand are representative of our overall defensive effort.

Good point on Molina making a bunch of points in garbage time.  I guess you could say we slightly controlled her earlier in the game--holding her to 19.

It was an interesting defense.  About midway through the 3rd quarter (when the lead was well in hand) I noticed that other than Hristova and Molina, not a single other WSU player had scored a single point--not even a free throw.  Those two were 100% of the WSU offense.  Others got some points late. 

And yet we had players working hard against Hristova and Molina.  Williams in the first half and Wilson in the second in particular tried to contain Molina, even though she got open for 5/8 three point shooting.

WSU uses Princeton-like elements but does more with screens than we do, so we needed to do a lot of switching.  When Molina would dribble across the top of the arc, trying to lose Williams as she passed by 1 or 2 screening players, we would switch.  It make the perimeter defense look almost like a zone at times.  Often the switching seemed successful, although there were mismatches created from time to time.  I thought if was pretty clear we were well prepared for this level of switching which I had not seen us do so much this year.

[81alum]

My write-up done at the top.  Not our proudest defense on Hristova and Molina, but it sure was good to see our offense clicking better and Fingall and Williams getting going.

I thought our defense was pretty good.  The score was 77-50 with 1:19 seconds left in the game.  Molina scored 8 points in the last 1:19 with the likes of Jump and Moschkau guarding her.  I don't think those last 1:19 seconds with the game already out of hand are representative of our overall defensive effort.

Good point on Molina making a bunch of points in garbage time.  I guess you could say we slightly controlled her earlier in the game--holding her to 19.

It was an interesting defense.  About midway through the 3rd quarter (when the lead was well in hand) I noticed that other than Hristova and Molina, not a single other WSU player had scored a single point--not even a free throw.  Those two were 100% of the WSU offense.  Others got some points late. 

And yet we had players working hard against Hristova and Molina.  Williams in the first half and Wilson in the second in particular tried to contain Molina, even though she got open for 5/8 three point shooting.

WSU uses Princeton-like elements but does more with screens than we do, so we needed to do a lot of switching.  When Molina would dribble across the top of the arc, trying to lose Williams as she passed by 1 or 2 screening players, we would switch.  It make the perimeter defense look almost like a zone at times.  Often the switching seemed successful, although there were mismatches created from time to time.  I thought if was pretty clear we were well prepared for this level of switching which I had not seen us do so much this year.