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[QUOTE="Zarathustra, post: 4433741, member: 11285"]
FROM  Zarathustra a (type of) elaboration:   I watched the FIBA U 18 Women's
World Championship tournament ( in Part ) this summer.   While watching the
Egypt vs Madagascar semi final and the Egypt  vs  Mali final  I found that I was
not impressed by the caliber of the overall play.   Jana was almost the MVP,
but her team, Egypt, lost convining to Mali in the final, so the Mali won the MVP.
My suggestion, in my previous post, was to watch those two games and judge for yourself  ( google
the FIBA web page for  U 18 WOMEN's Africia etc ).  The  ball handling,  passing,
 three point shooting ( some spurts of nice 3 point shooting, but not well defended), the
ability / inability of teams to  break down the press,  and  the  "style" of play ( a visual thing, 
but this was more of a subjective issue for me ).  Jana hit some nice threes ,  she was
effective in the paint, but then again, she got a lot of points in the second half of
the Madagascar game when  the opponents were in EXTREME  foul trouble.  So I considered 
Egypt's  extra half  points as  less an indication of   their "strength" but merely an
indication that  Madagascar was forced to play the " end of the bench"!!
The semi final game was competitive in the first half.    So  beyond  that elaboration,
I VERY glad to have JANA  El Alfy!   I just don't think she will be an immediate impact
player.           Sincerely,   Z         GO UCONN  beat   NC State, Beat Duke, Beat  IOWA!!
Be strong  DORKA!!
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