This is what happens when you just lost your elite PG in Kiana WILLIAMS to graduation, who can break the press and control tempo for their halfcourt offense. And Tara insisted on playing together her tall guard assembly of the 6'1 HULL sisters and 6'1 JONES vs. a bunch of diminutives in 5'6 Rori HARMON , 5'7 Aliyah MATHARU, 5'7 Ashley CHEVALIER and 5'9 Audrey WARREN, who all can create off the dribble and shoot the three. I would have experimented on playing Jana VAN GYTENBEEK and Jordan HAMILTON together with Anna WILSON.
I remember Dawn STALEY commenting that Tara likes to play it clean and organized, so the best way to counter that is to play hard-nosed physical and disruptive defense. In last year's Final Four, her South Carolina team couldn't really successfully apply full court pressure because of the stabilizing presence of PG Kiana WILLIAMS. Without her now, I think Tara just needs to rely on grad transfer Jordan HAMILTON or Jana VAN GYTENBEEK to play alongside WILSON, and take the pressure of having to bring the ball up from Haley JONES and Lexie HULL.
I remember Dawn STALEY commenting that Tara likes to play it clean and organized, so the best way to counter that is to play hard-nosed physical and disruptive defense. In last year's Final Four, her South Carolina team couldn't really successfully apply full court pressure because of the stabilizing presence of PG Kiana WILLIAMS. Without her now, I think Tara just needs to rely on grad transfer Jordan HAMILTON or Jana VAN GYTENBEEK to play alongside WILSON, and take the pressure of having to bring the ball up from Haley JONES and Lexie HULL.