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During the game I thought we did not have enough three point shooting out there too often.  Williams seems hesitant to take her threes now.  Jones doesn't take them often and they sagged off her.  Lexie and Lacie will shoot, but Lexie was sitting with foul trouble a lot during the second half.  Jump was in for a bit but fouled a couple of times and did not stay out there very long.  Wilson hasn't shot threes well or taken many for the past couple of seasons.  Part of the reason we were struggling was not hitting threes, but we weren't taking many, and many of those taken were not in rhythm.  Player gets ball, is open but is not thinking shoot, and the opportunity goes, or they shoot after a brief hesitation, but not as good a shot that way as if right in rhythm.  Hard to make threes when the offense doesn't get the shooters open and when it does, some of them are not ready to let fly.

Agreed.  Two players yesterday who seemed quite willing to shoot the three when they were open with no hesitation were Prechtel and Wilson.  Prechtel was 0/1 in her 2 minutes of play, and Wilson was 0/2 in her 27 minutes.  Jump was pretty well covered and was 0/1.  I think teams know to cover her now, so she is sometimes useful just as a decoy.  Williams passed up a few open threes after going 0/1.  She was definitely hesitant to shoot.  Lacie and Lexie did not seem hesitant to me, and they were collectively 4/7.  Haley is not yet a great three point shooter and I did see her hesitate.  But they sag off of her--they are more worried about her driving to the basket.  She was 0/1.

While we are on Haley Jones's shooting, I wonder if others have any reaction to her flat, non arcing shot?  She shoots the ball so flat that it often hits the back rim and rattles, sometimes popping out of the basket.  She can be deadly accurate, but couldn't she be just as accurate and put a little arc under the ball?  As good as she is, a lot of her misses go part way down and then back up and out.  If every Haley shot that went "in and out" had actually gone "in,"  I imagine she would be shooting 74% instead of her already outstanding 54%.

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During the game I thought we did not have enough three point shooting out there too often.  Williams seems hesitant to take her threes now.  Jones doesn't take them often and they sagged off her.  Lexie and Lacie will shoot, but Lexie was sitting with foul trouble a lot during the second half.  Jump was in for a bit but fouled a couple of times and did not stay out there very long.  Wilson hasn't shot threes well or taken many for the past couple of seasons.  Part of the reason we were struggling was not hitting threes, but we weren't taking many, and many of those taken were not in rhythm.  Player gets ball, is open but is not thinking shoot, and the opportunity goes, or they shoot after a brief hesitation, but not as good a shot that way as if right in rhythm.  Hard to make threes when the offense doesn't get the shooters open and when it does, some of them are not ready to let fly.

Agreed.  Two players yesterday who seemed quite willing to shoot the three when they were open with no hesitation were Prechtel and Wilson.  Prechtel was 0/1 in her 2 minutes of play, and Wilson was 0/2 in her 27 minutes.  Jump was pretty well covered and was 0/1.  I think teams know to cover her now, so she is sometimes useful just as a decoy.  Williams passed up a few open threes after going 0/1.  She was definitely hesitant to shoot.  Lacie and Lexie did not seem hesitant to me, and they were collectively 4/7.  Haley is not yet a great three point shooter and I did see her hesitate.  But they sag off of her--they are more worried about her driving to the basket.  She was 0/1.

While we are on Haley Jones's shooting, I wonder if others have any reaction to her flat, non arcing shot?  She shoots the ball so flat that it often hits the back rim and rattles, sometimes popping out of the basket.  She can be deadly accurate, but couldn't she be just as accurate and put a little arc under the ball?  As good as she is, a lot of her misses go part way down and then back up and out.  If every Haley shot that went "in and out" had actually gone "in,"  I imagine she would be shooting 74% instead of her already outstanding 54%.