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Message: [QUOTE="Dixiedog, post: 5115209, member: 13671"] I believe Nika's steals/game decreased season to season for the reason you said. Initially she was always going for tipping the ball out of the offensive player's hand and then grabbing possession and off to the races. As an upperclassmen, I believe Geno didn't want her taking as many chances to pick up fouls (being that aggressive), he wanted/needed her on the floor (she led the team in min/game both her junior and senior seasons). He wanted her to keep the pressure on/harrass the ball handler to force bad passes for others to grab jumping the passing lanes. Ashlynn or maybe KK may fill that role this season. It would be rather surprising if Shade approached Nika's assist numbers from last season. Nika's assist total last season was the second highest all time, behind only her single season record her junior season. I would think that Paige, KK, Kaitlyn and Sarah are all going to be serving up a lot of dimes themselves. [/QUOTE]