03-25-2019, 11:22 PM
BC--
It's not just her defense, though. She's one of the few players on the team, other than Williams and Carrington, who seem to be really comfortable off the dribble. The Hull sisters tonight, cold as liquid nitrogen from outside, and with an immobile if tall center on defense, NEVER looked to drive, or, if they took two steps in, immediately retreated to the three point line. Against the BYU zone, I watched a whole lot of three players standing still on the far side, and only two players moving on offense - the two closest to the ball. Just ugly.
And her defense on Gonzalez was just outstanding. She did commit the first of the spectacularly bad turnovers at the end of the game, but I also was wondering why the hell Kiana didn't retreat further into the backcourt to receive the ball - she was running away from the pass across the halfcourt stripe, under pressure. If she actually had successfully caught it, that was a trap or a backcourt violation waiting to happen.
I think our guards just checked out when we had the 16 point lead late.
VG
It's not just her defense, though. She's one of the few players on the team, other than Williams and Carrington, who seem to be really comfortable off the dribble. The Hull sisters tonight, cold as liquid nitrogen from outside, and with an immobile if tall center on defense, NEVER looked to drive, or, if they took two steps in, immediately retreated to the three point line. Against the BYU zone, I watched a whole lot of three players standing still on the far side, and only two players moving on offense - the two closest to the ball. Just ugly.
And her defense on Gonzalez was just outstanding. She did commit the first of the spectacularly bad turnovers at the end of the game, but I also was wondering why the hell Kiana didn't retreat further into the backcourt to receive the ball - she was running away from the pass across the halfcourt stripe, under pressure. If she actually had successfully caught it, that was a trap or a backcourt violation waiting to happen.
I think our guards just checked out when we had the 16 point lead late.
VG