12-12-2021, 02:47 PM
We win 91-62. After an unsteady beginning to the fourth, our bench players got into rhythm, especially Iriafen and we extended our lead, ending up outscoring Pacific by four points in the quarter.
Iriafen was the star at the end of the game going 4/5 and showing some prowess under the basket. It will be nice to have a secondary reliable scoring post option after Brink. I was not very impressed with Belibi on the offensive end, she coughed up the ball once and did not like impressive. On one of her buckets, I thought she got away with lowering her shoulder into her defender too.
Our free throws still need a lot of work, we were 8/14, shooting under 60% again. Brink, in particular, will need to increase her conversions at the charity stripe, given the amount of opportunities she could potentially have this season.
Defensively, we cooled Pacific off to under 40% shooting from the floor, though they shot 45% from long range and converted a much more efficient 13/15 from the FT line.
The offensive star was obviously Brink finishing with 25 points on a very efficient 12/16 shooting from the floor, Nneka-like numbers with the former star in the house. But let's not forget about Lexie who had a very good day too, ending up with 16 points off of 7/11 shooting.
Haley was a solid 4/9 for 11 points, she didn't need to score too much given Brink's and Lexie's great days at the office. Jump was a little off from long range this afternoon, just 3/10 from 3-pt land.
I liked how we got a lot of players the opportunity to participate as we rightly controlled most of the game against an opponent we should overpower. I think we should get one more chance to do so against UC-Davis before our tough road trip to Tennessee and South Carolina.
Iriafen was the star at the end of the game going 4/5 and showing some prowess under the basket. It will be nice to have a secondary reliable scoring post option after Brink. I was not very impressed with Belibi on the offensive end, she coughed up the ball once and did not like impressive. On one of her buckets, I thought she got away with lowering her shoulder into her defender too.
Our free throws still need a lot of work, we were 8/14, shooting under 60% again. Brink, in particular, will need to increase her conversions at the charity stripe, given the amount of opportunities she could potentially have this season.
Defensively, we cooled Pacific off to under 40% shooting from the floor, though they shot 45% from long range and converted a much more efficient 13/15 from the FT line.
The offensive star was obviously Brink finishing with 25 points on a very efficient 12/16 shooting from the floor, Nneka-like numbers with the former star in the house. But let's not forget about Lexie who had a very good day too, ending up with 16 points off of 7/11 shooting.
Haley was a solid 4/9 for 11 points, she didn't need to score too much given Brink's and Lexie's great days at the office. Jump was a little off from long range this afternoon, just 3/10 from 3-pt land.
I liked how we got a lot of players the opportunity to participate as we rightly controlled most of the game against an opponent we should overpower. I think we should get one more chance to do so against UC-Davis before our tough road trip to Tennessee and South Carolina.