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We are tied at 21.  Watkins has 19 of USC's 21 points.  Ridiculous.  Kiki 0.  Cam 3.

Watkins is really good. Cam is short on all her shots. Bosgana best game in a while. Jump has her shot so far. Refs aren't letting anybody flop.

Some of us are old enough to remember MWB v Wake Forest and Tim Duncan. Stanford won by swarming Duncan, daring others to score. Perhaps a tip for the second half.

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Halftime and it's tied at 31.  This is a brawl.  Juju has 25 points and is making everything she throws up, unless Cam blocks it.  Cam has 6 blocks, 10 rebounds, and 5 points.  She has no fouls, so a triple-double with blocks is very possible.

We have to figure out a way to slow down Juju.  She is going to score, but she cannot beat us herself (right?)

SC has some serious foul trouble.  Marshall and Davis both have 3 fouls.  Juju has 2 and should have more with her flops.

Double or triple team Watkins. Leave Cam and Jump under the boards.

I was at that Wake Forest game, and had a recollection of it tonight as well… except for an entirely different reason. It struck me that Gottlieb’s plan was to absolutely maul Brink (and, to some extent, Kiki) and not care how many fouls were called on their bigs.  That was Monty’s strategy against Duncan. It worked then and it worked tonight. Cam didn’t have a horrible night, but she was clearly rendered much less of a force than she generally is.

Too bad Tara didn’t come up with something anywhere near as effective against their star.

The strategy that works when Curry is going off is to press him with two guys to get the ball out of his hands and make someone else shoot. Tara tried various single defenders on JuJu but she never sent two defenders after her to try to make someone else shoot. Not a very good defensive scheme, IMO. And the single defenders assigned to guard JuJu gave her too much room to get off shots from the perimeter. None of the defenders had anything near the athleticism/agility/quicks to pressure JuJu tightly on the perimeter. Hence, she got off her shots easily, without having to make the defenders pay by faking and taking it to the hoop for a layup.

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We are tied at 21.  Watkins has 19 of USC's 21 points.  Ridiculous.  Kiki 0.  Cam 3.

Watkins is really good. Cam is short on all her shots. Bosgana best game in a while. Jump has her shot so far. Refs aren't letting anybody flop.

Some of us are old enough to remember MWB v Wake Forest and Tim Duncan. Stanford won by swarming Duncan, daring others to score. Perhaps a tip for the second half.

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Halftime and it's tied at 31.  This is a brawl.  Juju has 25 points and is making everything she throws up, unless Cam blocks it.  Cam has 6 blocks, 10 rebounds, and 5 points.  She has no fouls, so a triple-double with blocks is very possible.

We have to figure out a way to slow down Juju.  She is going to score, but she cannot beat us herself (right?)

SC has some serious foul trouble.  Marshall and Davis both have 3 fouls.  Juju has 2 and should have more with her flops.

Double or triple team Watkins. Leave Cam and Jump under the boards.

I was at that Wake Forest game, and had a recollection of it tonight as well… except for an entirely different reason. It struck me that Gottlieb’s plan was to absolutely maul Brink (and, to some extent, Kiki) and not care how many fouls were called on their bigs.  That was Monty’s strategy against Duncan. It worked then and it worked tonight. Cam didn’t have a horrible night, but she was clearly rendered much less of a force than she generally is.

Too bad Tara didn’t come up with something anywhere near as effective against their star.

The strategy that works when Curry is going off is to press him with two guys to get the ball out of his hands and make someone else shoot. Tara tried various single defenders on JuJu but she never sent two defenders after her to try to make someone else shoot. Not a very good defensive scheme, IMO. And the single defenders assigned to guard JuJu gave her too much room to get off shots from the perimeter. None of the defenders had anything near the athleticism/agility/quicks to pressure JuJu tightly on the perimeter. Hence, she got off her shots easily, without having to make the defenders pay by faking and taking it to the hoop for a layup.