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 I am sure Geno will try to get Cam in early foul trouble, but if she can stay out of foul trouble, we can flip that strategy and see if we can get them in foul trouble and attack the paint on the offensive end with not just Brink, Belibi and Iriafen in the low post but drives from Lexie and Haley too.

From time to time Tara flips Brink and Jones and has Brink at the elbow passing to Jones at the post.  This works especially well if Brink hits some short to midrange jumpers and pulls the UConn post out to her, and it minimizes her chances to get offensive fouls.  I'd like to see that, perhaps starting in the second half.

When Brink is on defense, she needs to keep her arms straight up against anyone equal in height to her like Nelson-Ododa and realize it is better to give up two points than to collect one foul.  We need to prevent UConn from getting the ball inside in the first place.  Hopefully she will have some help to prevent any bigs from going around her.  For shorter players attacking the paint Brink can afford to be a little more aggressive in blocking mode.

In our 3 big lineups (Brink, Jones + Belibi or Brink, Jones + Iriafen) it will be Belibi or Iriafen who end up getting defended by a UConn guard.  They will then have to do their best to take advantage of that situation and score.  Belibi is definitely more experienced but sometimes can be prone to getting called for an offensive foul.  Iriafen is less familiar with where she should be in the overall offense/defense but I really like her ability to score 1:1 in the post vs a guard.

We may see more of Prechtel than usual. Edwards is hefty and strong and doesn't hesitate to use her body to move opponents - and from what I saw in the NC State game, the refs let her get away with some pretty excessive physical play. She is able to push around Brink, Kiki, and even Fran. That's not to say that those 3 won't play lots of minutes, only that Ashten will be also needed, even if to take a few fouls as Edwards is not a good FT shooter.

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 I am sure Geno will try to get Cam in early foul trouble, but if she can stay out of foul trouble, we can flip that strategy and see if we can get them in foul trouble and attack the paint on the offensive end with not just Brink, Belibi and Iriafen in the low post but drives from Lexie and Haley too.

From time to time Tara flips Brink and Jones and has Brink at the elbow passing to Jones at the post.  This works especially well if Brink hits some short to midrange jumpers and pulls the UConn post out to her, and it minimizes her chances to get offensive fouls.  I'd like to see that, perhaps starting in the second half.

When Brink is on defense, she needs to keep her arms straight up against anyone equal in height to her like Nelson-Ododa and realize it is better to give up two points than to collect one foul.  We need to prevent UConn from getting the ball inside in the first place.  Hopefully she will have some help to prevent any bigs from going around her.  For shorter players attacking the paint Brink can afford to be a little more aggressive in blocking mode.

In our 3 big lineups (Brink, Jones + Belibi or Brink, Jones + Iriafen) it will be Belibi or Iriafen who end up getting defended by a UConn guard.  They will then have to do their best to take advantage of that situation and score.  Belibi is definitely more experienced but sometimes can be prone to getting called for an offensive foul.  Iriafen is less familiar with where she should be in the overall offense/defense but I really like her ability to score 1:1 in the post vs a guard.

We may see more of Prechtel than usual. Edwards is hefty and strong and doesn't hesitate to use her body to move opponents - and from what I saw in the NC State game, the refs let her get away with some pretty excessive physical play. She is able to push around Brink, Kiki, and even Fran. That's not to say that those 3 won't play lots of minutes, only that Ashten will be also needed, even if to take a few fouls as Edwards is not a good FT shooter.