With a couple of Haley's turnovers, it seems like there were miscommunications with her passes. One was a pass I think to Fingall for what Haley thought was an attempted backdoor cut that ended up in a WSU defender's hands and the other one was when Jones grabbed a rebound and tried passing it up court to Anna, but it looked like Wilson had her back turned when the pass was thrown. Hopefully, with more experience playing together and on the collegiate level for Haley, those types of mistakes will lessen.
Haley's versatility is her greatest strength right now. As 81alum pointed out, she fills up a stats sheet pretty easily as she can rebound and she can dish out assists and she can proven she can score. If she can increase her dependability as a scorer, then she can make the leap to potentially getting national recognition. She might not be a triple-double machine like Ionescu, but an average stat line of double digit points with mid to high single digit rebounds and assists is not out of the question in her collegiate career.
At this point, I've given up on the hope that Dodson will be able to play at all this season. Given that she's been in street clothes and no indication that she is progressing towards getting back to playing, I'll be very surprised if we see her in action at all She might take a red-shirt, but then they would claim one of the scholarships in the 2021-22 season and take away a slot from one of the Class of 2021 prospects we have.
With Carrington, the first Oregon series starts less than two weeks from now and if she's just starting to practice this week, I am not sure how much of an impact she can make with the rustiness she'll likely have, having only played in the first couple games. The Oregon schools will definitely be a gauntlet and we'll need to definitely keep up with them point-wise, which we weren't able to do with the Ducks' visit to Maples last season.
Don't overlook Oregon State either. The Beavers are a much more dangerous team than last year in my opinion. Last year, they were heavily reliant on the three because they really didn't have a reliable inside game and you can see when they struggled in the Pac-12 tournament (the loss to UW) and the close wins in the first couple rounds of the NCAA tournament and the blowout loss to Louisville that their 3-point shooting percentage were pretty low. However, this year, they have freshmen Kennedy Brown and Taylor Jones (who is their 3rd leading scorer) who provide an interior presence to worry about, so you can't just focus on the perimeter. And they still have Pivec, Goodman, Tudor and Slocum who are all shooting at least 34% from long range.
We have plenty of weapons too. I believe we are better equipped to deal with the Oregon schools as we are not overly reliant on just one player (Alanna) last year. We can score from multiple positions on the floor as well, especially in a more offensively minded lineup. But we have to make sure to limit offensive rebounds (you cannot let as good of teams like the Ducks and Beavers to have multiple chances at the basket within one possession -- they will score no matter how good your defense is), limit turnovers and just be less streaky in scoring. I don't think we can afford to give half a quarter without scoring in those games.
Haley's versatility is her greatest strength right now. As 81alum pointed out, she fills up a stats sheet pretty easily as she can rebound and she can dish out assists and she can proven she can score. If she can increase her dependability as a scorer, then she can make the leap to potentially getting national recognition. She might not be a triple-double machine like Ionescu, but an average stat line of double digit points with mid to high single digit rebounds and assists is not out of the question in her collegiate career.
At this point, I've given up on the hope that Dodson will be able to play at all this season. Given that she's been in street clothes and no indication that she is progressing towards getting back to playing, I'll be very surprised if we see her in action at all She might take a red-shirt, but then they would claim one of the scholarships in the 2021-22 season and take away a slot from one of the Class of 2021 prospects we have.
With Carrington, the first Oregon series starts less than two weeks from now and if she's just starting to practice this week, I am not sure how much of an impact she can make with the rustiness she'll likely have, having only played in the first couple games. The Oregon schools will definitely be a gauntlet and we'll need to definitely keep up with them point-wise, which we weren't able to do with the Ducks' visit to Maples last season.
Don't overlook Oregon State either. The Beavers are a much more dangerous team than last year in my opinion. Last year, they were heavily reliant on the three because they really didn't have a reliable inside game and you can see when they struggled in the Pac-12 tournament (the loss to UW) and the close wins in the first couple rounds of the NCAA tournament and the blowout loss to Louisville that their 3-point shooting percentage were pretty low. However, this year, they have freshmen Kennedy Brown and Taylor Jones (who is their 3rd leading scorer) who provide an interior presence to worry about, so you can't just focus on the perimeter. And they still have Pivec, Goodman, Tudor and Slocum who are all shooting at least 34% from long range.
We have plenty of weapons too. I believe we are better equipped to deal with the Oregon schools as we are not overly reliant on just one player (Alanna) last year. We can score from multiple positions on the floor as well, especially in a more offensively minded lineup. But we have to make sure to limit offensive rebounds (you cannot let as good of teams like the Ducks and Beavers to have multiple chances at the basket within one possession -- they will score no matter how good your defense is), limit turnovers and just be less streaky in scoring. I don't think we can afford to give half a quarter without scoring in those games.