03-24-2017, 10:27 PM
I know they still have skilled players in the post even without Turner, but you can't replace her height, experience and prowess on the inside just like that. So there might be something that Tara will look to exploit with Erica, Kaylee, Brit and Alanna on the inside.
On the flip side, having so many scoring options from Lindsay Allen to Boley to Ogunbowale to Young coming off the bench and being quick and fast will be so hard for Tara to scheme against. Who do you leave open? Besides Bri, who's fast enough to keep up with them?
Also, if we took a lesson from the N.M. State game, when we tried going small, it didn't work. Their small lineup was better than ours. It was our big lineup that won us that game.
N.D. is a whole different level than N.M. State, so the same lessons might not apply and they still have skilled bigs, even without Turner. But I think to keep up with N.D.'s scoring, we will need to exploit the paint and possible mismatches inside.
It might help us that we played Purdue back in November, which could give Tara a better sense of their skill level and ability when watching what they did in the game tape against N.D.
On the flip side, having so many scoring options from Lindsay Allen to Boley to Ogunbowale to Young coming off the bench and being quick and fast will be so hard for Tara to scheme against. Who do you leave open? Besides Bri, who's fast enough to keep up with them?
Also, if we took a lesson from the N.M. State game, when we tried going small, it didn't work. Their small lineup was better than ours. It was our big lineup that won us that game.
N.D. is a whole different level than N.M. State, so the same lessons might not apply and they still have skilled bigs, even without Turner. But I think to keep up with N.D.'s scoring, we will need to exploit the paint and possible mismatches inside.
It might help us that we played Purdue back in November, which could give Tara a better sense of their skill level and ability when watching what they did in the game tape against N.D.
