[ljw63]

Demetre looked very good.  Don't understand why no one on this thread has mentioned her. 

But it sure seems that we are simply not as good as our record indicated, and Indiana was not as bad as their record indicated.  There is also a fair bit of "live by the three and die by the three" going on.  Our earlier success was set up by hot three point shooting, and in the last two games we did not start out hot from three and the entire offense became anemic.   Only 9 assists for the game, similar to UC Davis.

My greatest disappointment today was with our defense.  We let Indiana play very pretty basketball.

Indiana has something to do with their own victory, of course, cutting turnovers from 20 to 5 and dramatically upping their shooting accuracy.

We have had some rough losses early in seasons past, and what made Tara such a wonderful coach was the way the team kept improving all throughout the year.  We will see if Kate can do equally well at helping our team to improve.  We have talent, but we may not always have the right talent on the floor in the right combination at the right time playing the right tactics.  Time for Kate to start showing her coaching prowess.

We lost today for three primary reasons:
(1) We do not have enough height
(2) We have no one who is yet ready to take their team on their back and keep them together.  Demetre might be the logical choice but she does not seem to have the competitive personality.  Agara is close but needs a little more confidence.
(3) The referees were inconsistent and frequently wrong.
I wish Demetre would shoot more.  I think she could score 20 a game easily and probably shoot 50%.  She looks for the pass before the shot.
I think the wrong players are getting the minutes.  Ogden, Clardy, and Iwijoye should play more minutes.  Lepolo and Bosgana should play fewer.

[ljw63]

Demetre looked very good.  Don't understand why no one on this thread has mentioned her. 

But it sure seems that we are simply not as good as our record indicated, and Indiana was not as bad as their record indicated.  There is also a fair bit of "live by the three and die by the three" going on.  Our earlier success was set up by hot three point shooting, and in the last two games we did not start out hot from three and the entire offense became anemic.   Only 9 assists for the game, similar to UC Davis.

My greatest disappointment today was with our defense.  We let Indiana play very pretty basketball.

Indiana has something to do with their own victory, of course, cutting turnovers from 20 to 5 and dramatically upping their shooting accuracy.

We have had some rough losses early in seasons past, and what made Tara such a wonderful coach was the way the team kept improving all throughout the year.  We will see if Kate can do equally well at helping our team to improve.  We have talent, but we may not always have the right talent on the floor in the right combination at the right time playing the right tactics.  Time for Kate to start showing her coaching prowess.

We lost today for three primary reasons:
(1) We do not have enough height
(2) We have no one who is yet ready to take their team on their back and keep them together.  Demetre might be the logical choice but she does not seem to have the competitive personality.  Agara is close but needs a little more confidence.
(3) The referees were inconsistent and frequently wrong.
I wish Demetre would shoot more.  I think she could score 20 a game easily and probably shoot 50%.  She looks for the pass before the shot.
I think the wrong players are getting the minutes.  Ogden, Clardy, and Iwijoye should play more minutes.  Lepolo and Bosgana should play fewer.