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I have been impressed with Staley's coaching.  The teams get more dangerous as we go along.

Looking at the team record against RPIs (< 100)
  Wins:  2x29, 31, 2x41, 66, 89
  Split: #5, #25
  Losses: 116, 88, 31, 20, 18, 2x9
If you ignore a couple of stinkers, they seem to deserve an RPI in the low to mid 20s.

Based on 81alum's info, I'd say that our biggest concern on offense is bringing the ball down the court.  If we get it near the 3pt line, we ought to be able to lob it in, or shoot and expect to rebound.  On defense, it seems to not let the hail of 3s happen as they did to Tenn.

From the notes and quotes on the So. Carolina @ Tennessee game (won 64-60 by So. Carolina) at the Tenn. site:
The Lady Vols won the competition on the glass, 44-36. Each team pulled down 13 offensive boards, but the Gamecocks won second-chance opportunities, converting them to the tune of 14 points.

TENNESSEE ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Holly Warlick
"We just couldn't find a way to get the ball inside tonight and capitalize with our bigs."
"Obviously, it looked like we couldn't find her. Give [So. Carolina's] Markeshia [Grant] credit for knocking down seven three-pointers and her teammates for getting the ball to her. She gave her team a lot of energy."
"South Carolina is a pressure ball team, so you can't turn the ball over. The turnovers for us resulted in layups for them. ... We had crucial, crucial turnovers. We had crucial and-one plays.

SOUTH CAROLINA HEAD COACH DAWN STALEY:
(On what was key to defeat Tennessee)
"We locked in on our post players. We needed [Tennessee's] Glory Johnson not to play as many minutes because we know she is a difficult matchup for us. We wanted to go at her and draw some fouls, just put her back on her heels a little bit, and I felt we accomplished that once we stuck to the game plan. Our game plan was to get her off her feet by pump faking twice, and finally, we got our players to lock in on that in the second half and we drew some fouls, and she didn't play as many minutes as she usually plays."

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##	Player	GP-GS	Avg	FG-FGA	Pct	3FG-FGA	Pct	FT-FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	PF	FO	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
05	Grant, Markeshia	34-34	26.7	139-339	.410	60-169	.355	35-49	.714	31	55	86	2.5	49	0	58	65	4	30	373	11.0
11	Sutton, La'Keisha	34-34	30.4	131-347	.378	24-91	.264	68-90	.756	32	63	95	2.8	63	3	93	107	10	45	354	10.4
03	Walker, Ieasia	34-32	29.7	97-303	.320	20-84	.238	57-87	.655	35	110	145	4.3	67	0	109	88	17	62	271	8.0
24	Welch, Aleighsa	32-2	21.0	94-159	.591	0-1	.000	56-98	.571	96	92	188	5.9	40	0	18	40	22	19	244	7.6
21	Bruner, Ashley	34-3	22.0	97-213	.455	0-0	.000	51-132	.386	93	85	178	5.2	66	0	37	51	25	45	245	7.2
12	Stephens, Charenee	34-34	20.4	72-136	.529	0-0	.000	23-34	.676	75	94	169	5.0	52	1	14	31	24	25	167	4.9
23	Roy, Tina	33-0	11.5	53-180	.294	32-126	.254	10-22	.455	20	29	49	1.5	20	0	10	15	1	9	148	4.5
20	White, Sancheon	34-1	13.5	45-131	.344	7-30	.233	25-43	.581	31	54	85	2.5	49	0	21	30	7	30	122	3.6
33	Ibiam, Elem	24-0	8.0	25-58	.431	0-1	.000	20-33	.606	33	39	72	3.0	33	0	4	16	16	2	70	2.9
01	Wilson, Ebony	30-1	8.7	12-25	.480	1-3	.333	16-23	.696	13	20	33	1.1	28	0	7	16	4	11	41	1.4
00	Sellers, Imani	16-0	3.8	8-17	.471	2-8	.250	3-9	.333	1	6	7	0.4	11	0	6	4	3	1	21	1.3
22	Newton, Courtney	31-29	11.5	7-40	.175	6-35	.171	2-3	.667	20	29	49	1.6	36	0	2	13	3	13	22	0.7
30	Decheva, Pamela	15-0	3.4	2-10	.200	1-9	.111	0-0	.000	0	3	3	0.2	6	0	2	1	0	0	5	0.3
	TEAM									66	60	126	3.7	2			10			0
	Total	34		782-1958	.399	153-557	.275	366-623	.587	546	739	1285	37.8	522	4	381	487	136	292	2083	61.3
	Opp	34		644-1735	.371	62-289	.215	374-538	.695	411	752	1163	34.2	567	-	273	616	148	229	1724	50.7
	Stanford	34		971-2125	.457	182-582	.313	483-632	.764	505	1004	1509	44.4	474	0	569	435	161	228	2607	76.7
	Opp	34		687-2045	.336	134-560	.239	349-525	.665	435	712	1147	33.7	539	-	310	486	83	226	1857	54.6

[M T]

I have been impressed with Staley's coaching.  The teams get more dangerous as we go along.

Looking at the team record against RPIs (< 100)
  Wins:  2x29, 31, 2x41, 66, 89
  Split: #5, #25
  Losses: 116, 88, 31, 20, 18, 2x9
If you ignore a couple of stinkers, they seem to deserve an RPI in the low to mid 20s.

Based on 81alum's info, I'd say that our biggest concern on offense is bringing the ball down the court.  If we get it near the 3pt line, we ought to be able to lob it in, or shoot and expect to rebound.  On defense, it seems to not let the hail of 3s happen as they did to Tenn.

From the notes and quotes on the So. Carolina @ Tennessee game (won 64-60 by So. Carolina) at the Tenn. site:
The Lady Vols won the competition on the glass, 44-36. Each team pulled down 13 offensive boards, but the Gamecocks won second-chance opportunities, converting them to the tune of 14 points.

TENNESSEE ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Holly Warlick
"We just couldn't find a way to get the ball inside tonight and capitalize with our bigs."
"Obviously, it looked like we couldn't find her. Give [So. Carolina's] Markeshia [Grant] credit for knocking down seven three-pointers and her teammates for getting the ball to her. She gave her team a lot of energy."
"South Carolina is a pressure ball team, so you can't turn the ball over. The turnovers for us resulted in layups for them. ... We had crucial, crucial turnovers. We had crucial and-one plays.

SOUTH CAROLINA HEAD COACH DAWN STALEY:
(On what was key to defeat Tennessee)
"We locked in on our post players. We needed [Tennessee's] Glory Johnson not to play as many minutes because we know she is a difficult matchup for us. We wanted to go at her and draw some fouls, just put her back on her heels a little bit, and I felt we accomplished that once we stuck to the game plan. Our game plan was to get her off her feet by pump faking twice, and finally, we got our players to lock in on that in the second half and we drew some fouls, and she didn't play as many minutes as she usually plays."

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##	Player	GP-GS	Avg	FG-FGA	Pct	3FG-FGA	Pct	FT-FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	PF	FO	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
05	Grant, Markeshia	34-34	26.7	139-339	.410	60-169	.355	35-49	.714	31	55	86	2.5	49	0	58	65	4	30	373	11.0
11	Sutton, La'Keisha	34-34	30.4	131-347	.378	24-91	.264	68-90	.756	32	63	95	2.8	63	3	93	107	10	45	354	10.4
03	Walker, Ieasia	34-32	29.7	97-303	.320	20-84	.238	57-87	.655	35	110	145	4.3	67	0	109	88	17	62	271	8.0
24	Welch, Aleighsa	32-2	21.0	94-159	.591	0-1	.000	56-98	.571	96	92	188	5.9	40	0	18	40	22	19	244	7.6
21	Bruner, Ashley	34-3	22.0	97-213	.455	0-0	.000	51-132	.386	93	85	178	5.2	66	0	37	51	25	45	245	7.2
12	Stephens, Charenee	34-34	20.4	72-136	.529	0-0	.000	23-34	.676	75	94	169	5.0	52	1	14	31	24	25	167	4.9
23	Roy, Tina	33-0	11.5	53-180	.294	32-126	.254	10-22	.455	20	29	49	1.5	20	0	10	15	1	9	148	4.5
20	White, Sancheon	34-1	13.5	45-131	.344	7-30	.233	25-43	.581	31	54	85	2.5	49	0	21	30	7	30	122	3.6
33	Ibiam, Elem	24-0	8.0	25-58	.431	0-1	.000	20-33	.606	33	39	72	3.0	33	0	4	16	16	2	70	2.9
01	Wilson, Ebony	30-1	8.7	12-25	.480	1-3	.333	16-23	.696	13	20	33	1.1	28	0	7	16	4	11	41	1.4
00	Sellers, Imani	16-0	3.8	8-17	.471	2-8	.250	3-9	.333	1	6	7	0.4	11	0	6	4	3	1	21	1.3
22	Newton, Courtney	31-29	11.5	7-40	.175	6-35	.171	2-3	.667	20	29	49	1.6	36	0	2	13	3	13	22	0.7
30	Decheva, Pamela	15-0	3.4	2-10	.200	1-9	.111	0-0	.000	0	3	3	0.2	6	0	2	1	0	0	5	0.3
	TEAM									66	60	126	3.7	2			10			0
	Total	34		782-1958	.399	153-557	.275	366-623	.587	546	739	1285	37.8	522	4	381	487	136	292	2083	61.3
	Opp	34		644-1735	.371	62-289	.215	374-538	.695	411	752	1163	34.2	567	-	273	616	148	229	1724	50.7
	Stanford	34		971-2125	.457	182-582	.313	483-632	.764	505	1004	1509	44.4	474	0	569	435	161	228	2607	76.7
	Opp	34		687-2045	.336	134-560	.239	349-525	.665	435	712	1147	33.7	539	-	310	486	83	226	1857	54.6