02-20-2020, 06:03 PM
Calling this a trap game is an insult to OSU, but I do think this is going to be a really dangerous game for us. The blood is in the water for OSU after all their (legitimate) losses, and this is their one remaining opportunity to get a signature win; they will be hungry, and they probably don't need to worry much about looking ahead to C.al. We have to scout this game and then also prepare for an ESPN primetime headliner vs. Oregon on Monday.
We also don't generally have the style of defense that can really fluster them; as others have noted, for whatever reason, Tara very, very rarely runs half-court press defenses, and we haven't yet figured out how to cool Slocum.
81, I like where your head's at - we have so many quality posts that we should be posting up two trees at all times. If Jones has a weakness, it's that she (like *many* frosh bigs) is prone to foul trouble. Double-teaming her in the post early, and being physical underneath the basket on offense, might draw some mental lapses buy us some time with her on the bench. I really like our chances if Jones is off the floor, because we can match OSU from outside but they have very weak depth in the paint.
We also don't generally have the style of defense that can really fluster them; as others have noted, for whatever reason, Tara very, very rarely runs half-court press defenses, and we haven't yet figured out how to cool Slocum.
81, I like where your head's at - we have so many quality posts that we should be posting up two trees at all times. If Jones has a weakness, it's that she (like *many* frosh bigs) is prone to foul trouble. Double-teaming her in the post early, and being physical underneath the basket on offense, might draw some mental lapses buy us some time with her on the bench. I really like our chances if Jones is off the floor, because we can match OSU from outside but they have very weak depth in the paint.