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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 5180014, member: 10435"] That is an added benefit for the defense of not having a point guard on offense who is a consistent threat from the arc. Paige was not doubled once however, not once, in the first quarter. She took 3 shots in that quarter. The first shot of the game was a missed pull up J with one man coverage, the second was her bringing it up and shooting an open 3 on single coverage, and the third was a push off charge call on single coverage. It makes it easy to double when you slough off but when the opposing 2 PGs decide they are going to be the shooters from the arc and take 26% of the overall shots and have a combined season percentage of 25% from the 3, you are playing into the opponent's hands. My solution in those instances is to let Paige or Azzi bring it up. What Creighton did Sunday was a game playbook for every other team we face. Say what you want about Nika, but she shot 40% from the arc and 46% overall last year and averaged less than 6 shots a game. I'm not suggesting she is the paragon of point guards but she knew when to get the ball to the people who could score and would have been in her glory with both Azzi and Sarah. [/QUOTE]