Watched game and agree with all the comments - except I do think that Belibi was the right person and wish that she'd played more since the bigs' height advantage was not so beneficial (with Brink playing foularama and Iriafen not finishing as much as we know she can).
Also, on Brink's fouling tendency, I too was wondering during the game if sometimes Tara should just let her foul out but now am wondering the opposite: if in a game like this it would be more beneficial for Brink to get pulled and not play another minute the whole game? If that was good enough for Betts because she could not handle her defensive assignment, perhaps it would be even more effective for the All-American caliber player who will be so much better and contribute more once she can play 35 minutes a game. And she is a junior, so it is far time this is fixed. Yes, it is frustrating to see that Aliyah Boston can run over people and elbow Ashten Prechtel with immunity, but Brink will never get away with that because her fouls are more obvious given her build AND because they are obviously silly reach-in fouls. Fix this and everyone benefits greatly.
Also, on Brink's fouling tendency, I too was wondering during the game if sometimes Tara should just let her foul out but now am wondering the opposite: if in a game like this it would be more beneficial for Brink to get pulled and not play another minute the whole game? If that was good enough for Betts because she could not handle her defensive assignment, perhaps it would be even more effective for the All-American caliber player who will be so much better and contribute more once she can play 35 minutes a game. And she is a junior, so it is far time this is fixed. Yes, it is frustrating to see that Aliyah Boston can run over people and elbow Ashten Prechtel with immunity, but Brink will never get away with that because her fouls are more obvious given her build AND because they are obviously silly reach-in fouls. Fix this and everyone benefits greatly.