03-12-2025, 10:09 PM
(03-12-2025, 04:13 PM)OCcardinal Wrote: .And that was the last game Tess Heal started, so perhaps Kate Paye learned something there.Tess Heal is a better three point shooter and a better layup finisher in traffic than any of our other guards, and a better free throw shooter as well. She shot an absolutely astounding 34/68 from beyond the arc. She would be leading the nation if she had more attempts. She also led the team in free throw percentage at 86%. She led the team in overall field goal percentage too. I also thought she was one of our best at going for 50/50 balls and was one of the few to play hard and show good body language in all those losses. She reminds me a lot of the Hulls, but in a smaller body.
But there are certain kinds of guards she can't guard, and there are certain kind of defenders who can control her long windup. So getting the right match-up for her is critical, and sometimes we couldn't. She is the opposite of Ijiwoye, who is almost all defense and not enough offense (yet, though we can hope she develops her offense.)