[TheFarm07]

The Bears did have one stat they dominated despite the lopsided loss: 17 offensive rebounds compared to just 3 for the Cougars. We better limit their second chance opportunities.

That's one area of potential concern.  While the game was still relatively close, Washington had more offensive rebounds that we did.  There was one stretch where they got several 2nd and 3rd chances.  However during that dominating 4th Q, we evened that up a bit and they only ended up with an 11-10 edge in o-rebs.  Nadia was just a tiger under the boards in the 2nd half!

At one point before the subs came in the announcers noted we were on a 20-4 run.  That was awesome, and shows what we can do when we are in a defense/transition game.

Unfortunately, that's nothing new. As noted in a previous thread, we've given up double digit offensive rebounds to all but a handful of teams. Not that important against an overmatched team, but would be lethal against an elite team. You do not want to give multiple chances to Ionescu, Hebard and co. to score, because they will. Oregon had 16 offensive rebounds and Utah turned the ball over 20 times in the Ducks' easy win today.

And not just Oregon, but any good team will make you pay, like we did against UW today. We got second chance opportunities and converted on a bunch of them, especially in the first half.

[TheFarm07]

The Bears did have one stat they dominated despite the lopsided loss: 17 offensive rebounds compared to just 3 for the Cougars. We better limit their second chance opportunities.

That's one area of potential concern.  While the game was still relatively close, Washington had more offensive rebounds that we did.  There was one stretch where they got several 2nd and 3rd chances.  However during that dominating 4th Q, we evened that up a bit and they only ended up with an 11-10 edge in o-rebs.  Nadia was just a tiger under the boards in the 2nd half!

At one point before the subs came in the announcers noted we were on a 20-4 run.  That was awesome, and shows what we can do when we are in a defense/transition game.

Unfortunately, that's nothing new. As noted in a previous thread, we've given up double digit offensive rebounds to all but a handful of teams. Not that important against an overmatched team, but would be lethal against an elite team. You do not want to give multiple chances to Ionescu, Hebard and co. to score, because they will. Oregon had 16 offensive rebounds and Utah turned the ball over 20 times in the Ducks' easy win today.

And not just Oregon, but any good team will make you pay, like we did against UW today. We got second chance opportunities and converted on a bunch of them, especially in the first half.