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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 4277715, member: 6620"] Aliyah Boston is, no doubt, the focal point of South Carolina's front-court attack on the boards. But she's not the only one: Victaria Saxton had the same number of offensive rebounds as Boston, with 5. And in nine minutes of play each, Kamilla Cardoso added 3 and Lele Grissett had 2. That's a lot of tall people on the attack, particularly when Dorka Juhasz is sitting on the bench, injured. While Aaliyah Edwards and Olivia Nelson-Ododa battled hard, they each were only able to get 2 rebounds each. This isn't specific to UConn. I was thinking of what ND would've or would have tried to do; combat Boston with Maya Dodson, who is a rough tough power forward. Maddy Westbeld would've tried and Sonia Citron, an absolutely superb rebounder as a wing, would try to help. But the effort would've been extreme and would take away from their offensive roles. I wasn't sure UConn could battle with Stanford's big three, but the Huskies did well. S. Carolina is just a different challenge: big, powerful and in the case of Boston, also technically skilled. Lastly, there's not that many "aircraft carriers" around and most of them wouldn't fit into what Geno is trying to do. You've got Juhasz and Edwards back, along with Ayanna Patterson and Brady joining. Hope for strength in numbers and have your guards attack and help out. (Paige led the team with six rebounds and Westbrook had 4.). [/QUOTE]