[Griffins78]

I didn't appreciate the soccer tackle of Amber by Galdeira being called a foul on Amber (1st 16:22).  But what I noticed is that this seemed to be the start of a period in which Amber didn't play very hard. A lot of walking around, and reaching and watching.  Tara took her out at 13:44 and Amber was better when she came back in.  Ros later commented about this lack of energy.

i agree. I have never seen anyone do that in basketball. I replayed that over and over. The WSU player did a soccer style flop (the same kind of overly dramatic flop later in the game when the WSU player flings herself backwards under the legs of Reuf as shes coming in for the rebound and then grabs Reufs leg to protect herself and Reuf hits the floor and is down in pain). So against Amber, the WSU player flings her head backwards and flops while kicking her legs out in the other direction to trip Amber. Kinda like an OL leg whip.

[Griffins78]

I didn't appreciate the soccer tackle of Amber by Galdeira being called a foul on Amber (1st 16:22).  But what I noticed is that this seemed to be the start of a period in which Amber didn't play very hard. A lot of walking around, and reaching and watching.  Tara took her out at 13:44 and Amber was better when she came back in.  Ros later commented about this lack of energy.

i agree. I have never seen anyone do that in basketball. I replayed that over and over. The WSU player did a soccer style flop (the same kind of overly dramatic flop later in the game when the WSU player flings herself backwards under the legs of Reuf as shes coming in for the rebound and then grabs Reufs leg to protect herself and Reuf hits the floor and is down in pain). So against Amber, the WSU player flings her head backwards and flops while kicking her legs out in the other direction to trip Amber. Kinda like an OL leg whip.