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Yesterday's win was encouraging, but one can still easily see this team's weakness. Generally, it is that outside of Harrison (inside) and Massengale (outside), we don't have any /dependable/ scorers--and in particular our outside shooting is suspect. As good as UT played in many ways yesterday, it took Massengale's four straight treys to keep us from having a disastrous day of outside shooting. Everyone else--Jones, Burdick, Middleton, Reynolds, Carter--was a combined 7 for 30. Ouch. And Massengale missed all of her shots in the first half. The good news is that we moved the ball well--and the shots we took, by and large, were open--the players just missed them.
We have neither a natural 2 nor a natural 3 on this team. Maybe Nared will become a natural 3 with time, as she has a pretty fluid game. Carter might become a decent 2 if she can gain some confidence. She's got athleticism and nice technique on her jumper--she just needs confidence. Point guard is her best position but we need her more at the 2.
It looks like Jones is playing the 2/3 wing role, but she's just not very good at it. She tries to take the ball to the basketball, and occasionally (usually against lesser opponents) she succeeds in scoring--but yesterday three or four times when she tried to drive to the basket, there was no open lane--and then it's put your hands over your eyes because there is no telling where the ball will end up (not in the basket). She had the same problem against texas. She was 1-7 yesterday.
The coaches should think seriously about POSTING Jones up when our opponent is playing man. She has size and she can jump, and she's got a decent touch. Coached up, she could be a handful DOWN LOW. Get her the ball in the low post and let her simply turn and shoot---she takes advantage of her size and hop and doesn't have to dribble and she doesn't have to think too much. She could help the offense more inside and down low than outside, IMO, where things go awry too often when she has the ball.
Yesterday, Stanford doubled Harrison. She smartly kicked the ball outside--but we tended to pass the ball around the perimeter. We need to give Harrison some inside scoring help. Graves pitched in with a couple of foul line jumpers and an inside basket or two. Now let's do the same with Jones. Bring Harrison out to the high post and post up Jones and Graves. In this way we are not just hoisting up long shots, which is not our forte.
We have neither a natural 2 nor a natural 3 on this team. Maybe Nared will become a natural 3 with time, as she has a pretty fluid game. Carter might become a decent 2 if she can gain some confidence. She's got athleticism and nice technique on her jumper--she just needs confidence. Point guard is her best position but we need her more at the 2.
It looks like Jones is playing the 2/3 wing role, but she's just not very good at it. She tries to take the ball to the basketball, and occasionally (usually against lesser opponents) she succeeds in scoring--but yesterday three or four times when she tried to drive to the basket, there was no open lane--and then it's put your hands over your eyes because there is no telling where the ball will end up (not in the basket). She had the same problem against texas. She was 1-7 yesterday.
The coaches should think seriously about POSTING Jones up when our opponent is playing man. She has size and she can jump, and she's got a decent touch. Coached up, she could be a handful DOWN LOW. Get her the ball in the low post and let her simply turn and shoot---she takes advantage of her size and hop and doesn't have to dribble and she doesn't have to think too much. She could help the offense more inside and down low than outside, IMO, where things go awry too often when she has the ball.
Yesterday, Stanford doubled Harrison. She smartly kicked the ball outside--but we tended to pass the ball around the perimeter. We need to give Harrison some inside scoring help. Graves pitched in with a couple of foul line jumpers and an inside basket or two. Now let's do the same with Jones. Bring Harrison out to the high post and post up Jones and Graves. In this way we are not just hoisting up long shots, which is not our forte.
