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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4300614, member: 12088"] Totally agree. And this was also true on offense. And having an inside offensive game was impacted by the injury to Dorka. I'm mainly thinking of foul trouble. The experience beating Stanford showed how vulnerable Liv and AE were to fouling out. I think this is why GA put AD in for as long as he did. But if they were worried about fouls, they were not going to be effective against Boston or Saxton or Cardozo offensively or defensively. Having a healthy Dorka in that game would have opened up their games on both ends for Liv and AE. And by extension, it would have opened up Azzi and Paige on offense and defense. I suspect if Dorka had been able to play, Henderson would not have had a big game because she and Zia would have been too occupied chasing Paige and Azzi all over the floor. All of this means it might have been a close game, maybe even a toss-up, like it was in last year's meeting. Once you put it this way, the urgency of getting an inside banger seems less relevant. That's what AE already is, and Ice and Ayanna look to be formidable in this same way. If AE is not afraid of foul trouble, and Dorka has Amari backing her up, we already have a formidable front court. [/QUOTE]