[pefloresjr]

Most of our turnovers this year seemed to be the result of intercepted/disrupted passes in the half court offense or ball handling while dribbling in the offensive end of the court.  When teams pressed, we generally broke it pretty easily and even scored some transition type baskets because the full defense wasn't set up.  I think that our offense relies on a lot of reads and options of whether to shoot or pass to another player depending on what the defense does.  That creates a lot of passes to players in a good position to score but also in a lot of turnovers when that option seemed to be available but the passing lane gets disrupted.  When teams are going all out in trying to disrupt every pass, even the basic perimeter passes that are usually easy, I think we need players who can create on their own a little more.  Carrington was great at that and Kiana is also generally really good.  (End of clock situations were somewhat inexplicably a too frequent exception to this.)  

Our three point shooters definitely need to keep working on improving their ability to drive past aggressive perimeter defense and make pull up mid range shots or take it to the hoop.  Lexi did this a lot with only modest success going all the way to the hoop but good success in mid range shots.  I think Lexi will keep improving in finishing at the rim.  I keep thinking she should work on that all offseason in a car wash where she has to fight through all the spinning pads and rollers!  If she can do that, she can score through those aggressive defenses.  More seriously, I think she needs to practice going up against contact in a way that allows her to score or emphasizes the fact that she was fouled.  Jump showed increased ability to do move and shoot the mid range shot until the late stages of the tournament when she seemed to lack the confidence.  I think simply improving our ability to do that will open up our three point shooting and the rest of the offense.  Teams are working hard to disrupt what we like to do just as we do to them and if we're not improving and adapting, we're getting worse.  I'm not worried about teams full court pressing us.  I feel good about the talent we have and hope that if the players keep improving their games, we will be a top level contender.  I don't think Wilson is going to come back for her third senior night but if she stays, I feel great about the ability of our other guards to improve and contribute hopefully with fewer turnovers next year.  

Cheers,
Pete F.

[pefloresjr]

Most of our turnovers this year seemed to be the result of intercepted/disrupted passes in the half court offense or ball handling while dribbling in the offensive end of the court.  When teams pressed, we generally broke it pretty easily and even scored some transition type baskets because the full defense wasn't set up.  I think that our offense relies on a lot of reads and options of whether to shoot or pass to another player depending on what the defense does.  That creates a lot of passes to players in a good position to score but also in a lot of turnovers when that option seemed to be available but the passing lane gets disrupted.  When teams are going all out in trying to disrupt every pass, even the basic perimeter passes that are usually easy, I think we need players who can create on their own a little more.  Carrington was great at that and Kiana is also generally really good.  (End of clock situations were somewhat inexplicably a too frequent exception to this.)  

Our three point shooters definitely need to keep working on improving their ability to drive past aggressive perimeter defense and make pull up mid range shots or take it to the hoop.  Lexi did this a lot with only modest success going all the way to the hoop but good success in mid range shots.  I think Lexi will keep improving in finishing at the rim.  I keep thinking she should work on that all offseason in a car wash where she has to fight through all the spinning pads and rollers!  If she can do that, she can score through those aggressive defenses.  More seriously, I think she needs to practice going up against contact in a way that allows her to score or emphasizes the fact that she was fouled.  Jump showed increased ability to do move and shoot the mid range shot until the late stages of the tournament when she seemed to lack the confidence.  I think simply improving our ability to do that will open up our three point shooting and the rest of the offense.  Teams are working hard to disrupt what we like to do just as we do to them and if we're not improving and adapting, we're getting worse.  I'm not worried about teams full court pressing us.  I feel good about the talent we have and hope that if the players keep improving their games, we will be a top level contender.  I don't think Wilson is going to come back for her third senior night but if she stays, I feel great about the ability of our other guards to improve and contribute hopefully with fewer turnovers next year.  

Cheers,
Pete F.