11-17-2019, 11:11 PM
The good - Prechtel saved our bacon in the first half, Jones showed out in the second half, Lexie Hull put the game away in OT with some gritty scores, and Williams overcame a slow start to lead the team well in the second half. The team hung in there and persevered despite struggling to shoot well.
The bad - Carrington had a very uncharacteristically bad game with stuff she did when she was a freshman like driving into traffic wildly and getting called for charges. I assume that is an anomaly and she will be back to usual next game (if she is not hurt or ill and did not look hurt). Rebounding is still not close to where it needs to be, both positioning and hanging onto the ball. Got rebounds stripped away way too often. FT shooting? Ugh. Three-point shooting - double ugh.
I do wonder what is going on with Williams' layup finishes. She does great work to get to the basket and then misses the shot, which would seem to be the easy part after getting there. Not a new thing but worrisome. Fingall does not seem back to even 90% yet. Not much can be done but wait and hope she regains her form and that her knee is really ok.
I think if we shoot at all well this game is a blowout. Can't shoot much worse from deep or at the FT line.
I am really pleased with the frosh. They are inconsistent, which is to be expected, but each has had moments of great play as well. They will learn and improve and it speaks well of them how much time they are getting in this sort of game. The big issue to me in this game was the upperclass(wo)men. We need Williams, Carrington, and Jerome to do more early to set the right tone in a game like this one. Jerome has played well but not so much the last few games, nothing overtly bad, just not enough positives.
Bottom line is we won't win against top teams if Williams and Carrington combine for 2 points in a first half. We need them both clicking, and not just for a half.
The bad - Carrington had a very uncharacteristically bad game with stuff she did when she was a freshman like driving into traffic wildly and getting called for charges. I assume that is an anomaly and she will be back to usual next game (if she is not hurt or ill and did not look hurt). Rebounding is still not close to where it needs to be, both positioning and hanging onto the ball. Got rebounds stripped away way too often. FT shooting? Ugh. Three-point shooting - double ugh.
I do wonder what is going on with Williams' layup finishes. She does great work to get to the basket and then misses the shot, which would seem to be the easy part after getting there. Not a new thing but worrisome. Fingall does not seem back to even 90% yet. Not much can be done but wait and hope she regains her form and that her knee is really ok.
I think if we shoot at all well this game is a blowout. Can't shoot much worse from deep or at the FT line.
I am really pleased with the frosh. They are inconsistent, which is to be expected, but each has had moments of great play as well. They will learn and improve and it speaks well of them how much time they are getting in this sort of game. The big issue to me in this game was the upperclass(wo)men. We need Williams, Carrington, and Jerome to do more early to set the right tone in a game like this one. Jerome has played well but not so much the last few games, nothing overtly bad, just not enough positives.
Bottom line is we won't win against top teams if Williams and Carrington combine for 2 points in a first half. We need them both clicking, and not just for a half.