We lead 54-23 after three, as our offense stagnated against the zone and Northridge found their shooting touch late in the quarter to score in double digits in a quarter for the first time in the game.
Fingall picked up an early 3rd foul and Alanna got her 3rd late in the quarter as Kiana remains scoreless at 0/6. After a hot start to the season, she has cooled off considerably and will need to pick up her shooting range heading into Pac-12 play.
We win 69-43 as our bench players, well played like bench players, with 3 turnovers in 90 seconds (3 very ill-advised passes, 2 of them to no one in particular) at one point.
But the gap was too large as Tara used the opportunity to avoid any further injuries to key players and allow our bench players extended minutes of experience, so while painful in the short run, it should pay dividends down the road.
We shot just above 40% as a team with no one with an outstanding game shooting wise. We seemed to miss a lot of easy shots and some by a lot.
Dodson had a career-high 16 points, showing nifty jump hooks, but also forcing it up a couple times when she didn't have position and missing some easy shots as well, but certainly she is much improved and confident in attempting those shots. Now she needs continued experience and work to refine her skill set.
Alanna was 6/10 for 14 points, playing limited minutes overall due to early foul trouble and our large lead later in the game.
DiJonai collected 11 of our 53 rebounds to go along with 5 rebounds
Kiana was scoreless on a frigid 0/6 shooting afternoon
This game was what it was, a warm-up after Christmas break and before Pac-12 play begins in the new year.
The LA schools will pose much more of a challenge coming up and hopefully we'll have reinforcements in 6 days' time.
Fingall picked up an early 3rd foul and Alanna got her 3rd late in the quarter as Kiana remains scoreless at 0/6. After a hot start to the season, she has cooled off considerably and will need to pick up her shooting range heading into Pac-12 play.
We win 69-43 as our bench players, well played like bench players, with 3 turnovers in 90 seconds (3 very ill-advised passes, 2 of them to no one in particular) at one point.
But the gap was too large as Tara used the opportunity to avoid any further injuries to key players and allow our bench players extended minutes of experience, so while painful in the short run, it should pay dividends down the road.
We shot just above 40% as a team with no one with an outstanding game shooting wise. We seemed to miss a lot of easy shots and some by a lot.
Dodson had a career-high 16 points, showing nifty jump hooks, but also forcing it up a couple times when she didn't have position and missing some easy shots as well, but certainly she is much improved and confident in attempting those shots. Now she needs continued experience and work to refine her skill set.
Alanna was 6/10 for 14 points, playing limited minutes overall due to early foul trouble and our large lead later in the game.
DiJonai collected 11 of our 53 rebounds to go along with 5 rebounds
Kiana was scoreless on a frigid 0/6 shooting afternoon
This game was what it was, a warm-up after Christmas break and before Pac-12 play begins in the new year.
The LA schools will pose much more of a challenge coming up and hopefully we'll have reinforcements in 6 days' time.