[76lsjumb]

Best is perhaps to take a decent shot with teammates in good position to rebound or get back on defense.

I think this approach is exactly right, although I would describe it a little differently:  Keep playing exactly like we had been playing to get the 15 point lead we had and only convert to turtling at that point when it is virtually certain that we could still win the game without much concern even if we failed to score any more points.  Unfortunately, as pointed out above, this wasn't a one-off situation -- this is the way this coaching staff has approached games for many, many years.  It didn't bite us last night, but it has in the past and likely will in the future.

Also, if the goal was to "keep legs fresh," as someone suggested, why not take Kiana out, let Anna handle the ball, and put in Hannah, who ,at a minimum, could serve as a decoy [or, if not guarded] put up a 3 with a pretty good chance of going in?  Having Kiana play all 40 minutes defeats the purpose of "keeping legs fresh."

My two cents...

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Goodness we tanked?  Winning by 11 is tanking?  Sitting on the stands yes agree with those last 5 minutes but we didn’t tank

We didn't win the end of the game [which is what I was referring to in my "tanking" comment] by 11 points; we went for several minutes without scoring, had multiple shot clock violations, and LOST the fourth quarter by 6 points.  I stand by my assessment that that constitutes "tanking the end of the game," even if we managed to avoid the fate of the men against USC earlier this season [prior to which I would have bet money a team couldn't lose a game with the lead we had and the amount of time left in the game when we had it].

Fortunately for us, the women had ownage [as Mike Krukow would put it] of Oregon State this season.  [Unfortunately, however, the men didn't...  :-(  ]

[76lsjumb]

Best is perhaps to take a decent shot with teammates in good position to rebound or get back on defense.

I think this approach is exactly right, although I would describe it a little differently:  Keep playing exactly like we had been playing to get the 15 point lead we had and only convert to turtling at that point when it is virtually certain that we could still win the game without much concern even if we failed to score any more points.  Unfortunately, as pointed out above, this wasn't a one-off situation -- this is the way this coaching staff has approached games for many, many years.  It didn't bite us last night, but it has in the past and likely will in the future.

Also, if the goal was to "keep legs fresh," as someone suggested, why not take Kiana out, let Anna handle the ball, and put in Hannah, who ,at a minimum, could serve as a decoy [or, if not guarded] put up a 3 with a pretty good chance of going in?  Having Kiana play all 40 minutes defeats the purpose of "keeping legs fresh."

My two cents...

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Goodness we tanked?  Winning by 11 is tanking?  Sitting on the stands yes agree with those last 5 minutes but we didn’t tank

We didn't win the end of the game [which is what I was referring to in my "tanking" comment] by 11 points; we went for several minutes without scoring, had multiple shot clock violations, and LOST the fourth quarter by 6 points.  I stand by my assessment that that constitutes "tanking the end of the game," even if we managed to avoid the fate of the men against USC earlier this season [prior to which I would have bet money a team couldn't lose a game with the lead we had and the amount of time left in the game when we had it].

Fortunately for us, the women had ownage [as Mike Krukow would put it] of Oregon State this season.  [Unfortunately, however, the men didn't...  :-(  ]