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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 2447770, member: 6620"] Coco: It actually seems to be a bit of PG by committee with ND's other three guards. Young and Arike frequently bring the ball up when there is pressure, but once in the front court it always ends up in Mabrey's hand to set the play and get it going. I would imagine that when there is pressure, all the guards will look for Westbeld and/or Shepard at mid-court to break the press/relieve pressure. Both of them -- even with their "slowness" -- are fine at dribbling for a bit and, more importantly, making the right pass. Even when Lili Thompson is in - and she was for 29 minutes even though she didn't start -- you'll see Marina and/or Arike often call out a play. Stay tuned on the starting line-up this Sunday...could change again. or not: Muffet likes to keep a set line-up. BTW, I caught a comment somewhere that Marina was not the same player she was a freshman. Well, I'd agrree: She was a much better, tougher and efficient player her sophomore year, particularly on the road, when she was by far the Irish's most focused shooter and competitor. However, she's not herself this year and theories abound why; ranging from she might be still suffering from an ankle sprain that shut her down this summer, to being asked to do "a little bit of this, a lot of that" all the time, which takes away from what she does best -- score. Hope the switch is flipped soon; otherwise her perfectionist streak might implode! [/QUOTE]