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Message: [QUOTE="#12in21, post: 4433631, member: 10763"] I rewatched the pregame pressers after reading of Dorka's injury, surely Geno, Nika and Caroline were aware of her not being available when those were taped, although they didn't hint of having to deal with her loss. Geno still stressed the need to tighten up the interior defense following the Texas game. NC State will surely try to exploit their height advantage down low and really go after Aaliyah and secondly our other bigs to put them in foul trouble. I think if we can control the game, Geno will see a four guard one big lineup as our best potential approach to get separation and put NC State on their heels. With Caroline and Aubrey both being strong contributors and both capable of defending inside in a faster paced (rushed for NC State) game we could make that work. But we will need to be able to get our game established with a quick start and early lead in order to dictate the pace of the game. I think both Amari and Ayanna will be needed at the onset to prevent NC State from conversely exploiting their advantage inside. If we can't get them on their heels it is going to be a long haul and we will need to use all the fouls we have available by our bigs in a grind it out game. Our guards are going to have to force theirs to the outside in that scenario as well so they aren't getting into the lane and drawing valuable fouls on our bigs. Aaliyah, Amari and Ayanna are going to have to all play strong defense without giving up bad fouls in the face of their bigs and guards focused on drawing them. [/QUOTE]

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