02-23-2021, 11:34 AM
(02-23-2021, 09:21 AM)81alum Wrote: and listen to Adia Barnes too to see it from the other side:
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"They make you play ugly and they make you play to your weaknesses." She also noted that they made McDonald take mainly midrange shots in congestion and that this was tough.
I recall a pregame quote from Barnes saying that Arizona's defense was going to work to take away what Stanford likes to do and make them go to options they are less comfortable with. It's clear she has much the same defensive philosophy as Tara, and her team is good at it. This game was not very pretty on offense exactly because both defenses are so good.