(11-29-2022, 11:31 PM)treetop11 Wrote: Watched the last quarter of game between Ucla and So Carolina. Ucla was tied or exchanging the lead until about halfway or so into the 4th, then fell apart. Big reason they fell apart was Kiki Rice. Seeing her, I'm glad we didn't get her and happy that we have Lepolo instead. Rie scoreed 16 points (no 3 pointers) BUT has zero assists. That's indicative of a ball hog. Worse, when it was a 4 pt game, she committed a foul, got mad and slammed the ball on the court and got a technical. SC made 4 FTs in a row for an 8 pt lead and Ucla didn't get close again. Rie fouled out shortly thereafter. She looked to me to be a selfish and immature player, someone with an inflated ego. I was not impressed. Lepolo OTOH runs our offense, has lots of assists, scores enough, and I think she's faster than Rice.
Ucla seemed to be using 4 guards a lot and then may have thrown off SC. They packed it in like we did and doubled Boston, but had more quicker guards to defend than we did agst SC. Ucla does have some tall players but going small they could present troiuble. Our bigs will do well and if they pack it in, we have 3 point shooters who will do damage. SC was horrible from 3 tonight.
Osbourne looked real good, but neither team looked as sharp or in sync as our game with SC. Both teams looked pretty average.
Really, I think you are misinformed? Rice is tremendously talented. She's only a freshman and will learn with experience and get better. Her potential is very high. She's averaging over 3 assists per game and primarily plays on the wing, not as the lead point guard. Lepolo is great and I'm so thankful she's on our team. I think UCLA feels the same way about Rice who has a tremendous future.
Can we have an Other Pac12 WBB game thread to discuss Pac12 teams and their performances instead of making a new one each time.