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2023-24 South Carolina regular season, Part 2

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JDuro said:
18,000 for Vandy of all teams, when it was assumed the hinted nearing second sellout was for Tennessee.

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I'm sure this has been discussed before, but any thoughts on why Kitts gets the start over Watkins, who seems like one the best athletes in college ball?

I know they basically play the same amount of minutes and have very similar stats, but I'm surprised that Watkins, with slightly more experience, hasn't gotten the nod.
 
Cockygirl said:
I think Dawn likes the Kitts-Cardoso combo. Watkins off the bench is also a spark. Finally I think Dawn is pushing for Watkins as 6th woman of the year.
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Kitts requires a defender to leave the paint and guard her, which usually helps open up passes to Cardoso or drives down the lane. Watkins also has the ability but she doesn't trust her 10 footer like Kitts. So I think that's why Dawn likes the combo.
 
JDuro said:
18,000 for Vandy of all teams, when it was assumed the hinted nearing second sellout was for Tennessee.

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If we average 17,610/game for the 7 remaining games, we will set the all-time attendance per game record in WBB. With 2 of those 7 already sold out, we have a chance to beat that record set by Tennessee in 1999. Of note, few games were on TV back then.
 
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Cockygirl said:
I think Dawn likes the Kitts-Cardoso combo. Watkins off the bench is also a spark. Finally I think Dawn is pushing for Watkins as 6th woman of the year.
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Yep. A natural transition to Watkins potentially getting that starting spot at the 5 next year. She's not super tall (about 6'4 in sneakers) like we've had at that spot the last 5+ years.. but her defense and athleticism adds about an inch or two IMO.
 
cockhrnleghrn said:
If we average 17,610/game for the 7 remaining games, we will set the all-time attendance per game record in WBB. With 2 of those 7 already sold out, we have a chance to beat that record set by Tennessee in 1999. Of note, few games were on TV back then.
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Well. Some of those remaining five are dogs, so I have my doubts.

BTW, does anybody know how many more wins Dawn needs to hit 600?
 
Coburn said:
CDS career record at start of season was 574-186 . Currently 17-0 so she needs 9 more
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If we win the next 9 games, that would make the home game against Alabama on 2/22 her 600th win. We have 12 games remaining in the regular season, so it should happen before post season play.
 
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SC vs LSU thoughts:

I do worry that LSU leads the nation in FT attempts with over 600 so far this year, (about 150 more than the next teams on the list) and FT’s made per game at over 22, they obviously get to the charity stripe at a prolific rate. SC by contrast has attempted only around 300 and they are shooting 67% from there, making only about 12 per game. Thats a big difference, and late in a tight game, I would only trust PaoPao and Cardoso to knock them down tbh, maybe Fulwiley also, she has been money lately at the FT line. Everyone else is literally hit or miss, especially with the pressure on. Hopefully it doesn’t get to that.

Beside the FT disparity, Kitts and Watkins have to neutralize Morrow, no easy task, she is tough in the paint. Williams will also be a hard matchup for whomever guards her, likely Hall. For SC, I believe Fulwiley will be a handful for their guards to corral, prob Johnson gets that duty. Raven should be able to defend Hailey Van Lith very well, I think Hailey Van Lith has a rough game against the SC defensive pressure.

Best thing that could happen for SC is if any LSU starter, AR in particular, gets some foul trouble trying to defend the paint from all of SC’s bigs. Johnson has a knack for foul trouble also, she might have to be careful if she is defending Fulwiley When she is in the game, PaoPao does not draw many fouls, so maybe Johnson skates there.

If I had to pick a player from either side that could make a huge difference in this game, it’s prob Williams for LSU and either Fulwiley or Watkins for SC. If Kitts is getting muscled by Morrow early, Watkins will enter with the assignment to contain Williams and she can do that imo.
 
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It is hard to parse LSU's stats given 3/4 of the schedule opponents were absolute dogs.

I think keeping them off offensive boards is a key. Do that and SCar wins by a lot.

The other things to worry about: turnovers, bad shooting night. And then I'd say FTs.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
It is hard to parse LSU's stats given 3/4 of the schedule opponents were absolute dogs.

I think keeping them off offensive boards is a key. Do that and SCar wins by a lot.

The other things to worry about: turnovers, bad shooting night. And then I'd say FTs.
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Yeah, on that offensive boards metric, I was surprised that in SEC play SC ranks close to the bottom in OR allowed. LSU of course leads the conference in OR per game. Need to fix that tomorrow as you pointed out, it’s gonna be a big factor. LSU not only gets a ton of FT’s, they convert them at a high clip. Reese in particular, she gets 35%+ of her points there.
 
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Darwin said:
Yeah, on that offensive boards metric, I was surprised that in SEC play SC ranks close to the bottom in OR allowed. LSU of course leads the conference in OR per game. Need to fix that tomorrow as you pointed out, it’s gonna be a big factor. LSU not only gets a ton of FT’s, they convert them at a high clip. Reese in particular, she gets 35%+ of her points there.
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If I'm not mistaken, the metric is Offensive Rebounds per game and the Gamecocks' offensive rebounds are down because they're making such a high percentage of their shots, while opponents have a very low shooting percentage and thus have many more chances for O rebounds.
 
cockhrnleghrn said:
If I'm not mistaken, the metric is Offensive Rebounds per game and the Gamecocks' offensive rebounds are down because they're making such a high percentage of their shots, while opponents have a very low shooting percentage and thus have many more chances for O rebounds.
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I’m sure that has a lot to do with it, good point.
 
cockhrnleghrn said:
If I'm not mistaken, the metric is Offensive Rebounds per game and the Gamecocks' offensive rebounds are down because they're making such a high percentage of their shots, while opponents have a very low shooting percentage and thus have many more chances for O rebounds.
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That is a good point.
 
I think the matchups will be Cardoso-Reese, Kitts/Watkins-Morrow, Pao Pao-Williams, Hall-Johnson and R Johnson-Hailey Van Lith. I’m not sure TPP can keep up with Flau’je. Flau’je gets most of her points in transition and Breezy is quick down the court. It will be interesting to see how Dawn/Kim decide the matchups.
 
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Both she and Morrow are hard workers on the floor. It will be a slugfest with each player trying to gain advantage over the other and clawing for every loose ball and rebound.
 
Creature said:
I am team Watkins in that pairing
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I don’t think Angel wants any part of Watkins. Chloe and Flau’je don’t care for each other. Chloe’s too physical for Flau’je. Seriously.
 
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