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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4307384, member: 12088"] This reflection on Aziz's confidence about 2s vs 3s reminds me of something Paige said in her Freshman year when Geno asked her how she'd defend herself. "Stop the 3pt shot." This is how shooting guards think, I guess. If they can make the 3, it opens everything else up. But I also think Paige's spot up 2 was devastating that year against SC in the regular season (yeah, I know, there was that awesome dagger to end the game) and against Baylor in the EE. She routinely got the team the needed bucket practically on demand, and the impact on the morale of a youngish team was palpable. In the 1st Marquette game this year, with no Liv or CD they played us really tough and led by 2 at the end of the 3rd quarter. Azzi had already hit a few shots. But halfway through the 4th, Evina saw that Marquette was gassed (she said later) and she and Nika set Azzi up for a couple of threes and Azzi drove the lane for a 2, and then Evina followed it with 6 points of her own. 14 points fell on Marquette from those two and the game was done. I think it was a much needed morale booster after the loss to Villanova. I'm sure Azzi dropping daggers made everyone feel better about the team. But her 2s were also huge in the absence of Paige's awesome spot up jumper. [/QUOTE]