Just home from the game. Here are my first impressions:
1) Tara will be concerned about 21 turnovers. If we do that against Texas we will lose--and Texas is better equipped than Morgan State to force turnovers. Wilson with 1 assist and 3 turnovers, Jones and Lexie with three turnovers each as well. Many of them were "trying to do too much" sorts of turnovers--trying to zip the ball in for a spectacular play. If Morgan State got deflections imagine what Texas will do. I bet this is a priority focus the next couple of days.
2) The defense seemed excellent for long stretches, but the constant rotation sometimes discombobulated the offense. I think taking the edge off the offense to give Tara a chance to play different combinations was probably to be expected.
3) Lexie emphatically got her shot back. No slump for Lexie.
4) Jump looked terrific.
5) After that interesting squad scrimmage where Belibi showed us a jumpshot, I have not seen it again. She was 5/6 today but all from point blank range. She also needs to iron out her free throw shooting.
6) I become more and more impressed with Iriafan the more I see her. She hits her free throws too, which is a major plus for a freshman post.
7) Demetre is a wonderful pure shooter, a pleasure to watch. I wonder how her defense and awareness are coming along. I could see her getting a lot of minutes this year too.
8) Most astonishing stat of the game was assists for Morgan State. They had 0 until almost then end, then got 1. That is the measure of our defense.
1) Tara will be concerned about 21 turnovers. If we do that against Texas we will lose--and Texas is better equipped than Morgan State to force turnovers. Wilson with 1 assist and 3 turnovers, Jones and Lexie with three turnovers each as well. Many of them were "trying to do too much" sorts of turnovers--trying to zip the ball in for a spectacular play. If Morgan State got deflections imagine what Texas will do. I bet this is a priority focus the next couple of days.
2) The defense seemed excellent for long stretches, but the constant rotation sometimes discombobulated the offense. I think taking the edge off the offense to give Tara a chance to play different combinations was probably to be expected.
3) Lexie emphatically got her shot back. No slump for Lexie.
4) Jump looked terrific.
5) After that interesting squad scrimmage where Belibi showed us a jumpshot, I have not seen it again. She was 5/6 today but all from point blank range. She also needs to iron out her free throw shooting.
6) I become more and more impressed with Iriafan the more I see her. She hits her free throws too, which is a major plus for a freshman post.
7) Demetre is a wonderful pure shooter, a pleasure to watch. I wonder how her defense and awareness are coming along. I could see her getting a lot of minutes this year too.
8) Most astonishing stat of the game was assists for Morgan State. They had 0 until almost then end, then got 1. That is the measure of our defense.