[2006alum]

Nice to see Jones stepping up under pressure. Conversely, I feel like Belibi's inexperience is really showing. (Btw, is it just me, or do our livestream announcers keep mispronouncing her name??)

This is the difference between raw talent and high basketball IQ. Belibi is great when refs let 'em play, but she's not technically sound to avoid silly fouls and errant passes when everything isn't clicking just right. By contrast, Jones has such a wide arsenal to draw on and can create her own shot, dish terrific disguised passes, and work either in transition or in traffic. She's also a little reticent to draw contact, which is a blessing in a Missy-ref'd game.

And yes, they have botched her name every time they've said it. Which is especially weird because the way they are pronouncing it isn't even internally consistent with the repeated vowels in her name...

[2006alum]

Nice to see Jones stepping up under pressure. Conversely, I feel like Belibi's inexperience is really showing. (Btw, is it just me, or do our livestream announcers keep mispronouncing her name??)

This is the difference between raw talent and high basketball IQ. Belibi is great when refs let 'em play, but she's not technically sound to avoid silly fouls and errant passes when everything isn't clicking just right. By contrast, Jones has such a wide arsenal to draw on and can create her own shot, dish terrific disguised passes, and work either in transition or in traffic. She's also a little reticent to draw contact, which is a blessing in a Missy-ref'd game.

And yes, they have botched her name every time they've said it. Which is especially weird because the way they are pronouncing it isn't even internally consistent with the repeated vowels in her name...