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Message: [QUOTE="LETTERL, post: 4244580, member: 4687"] NC State runs mainly a "1-in...4-out" system. If Cunane is defended closely, she'll pass the ball out to the perimeter, where any of the 4 outside shooters can sink the THREE. We play mainly 8 players. The first two off the bench are speedster Diamond Johnson and then Jada Boyd, who brings an extra level of physicality to the lineup when she replaces Kayla Jones. Kai Crutchfield is our best defender. Junior Camille Hobby spells Cunane, either for breaks or in the rare instances where Cunane gets into foul trouble. If we have to go deeper, freshmen Azaiah James and Jessica Timmons and sophomore Genesis Bryant are all capable shooters; James and Timmons are both solid perimeter shooters. When both are in the game, Cunane and Boyd will often switch off, so that it is Boyd playing down low and Cunane haunting the perimeter, where she is more than willing and able to shoot the THREE when she's open. If there is a down side to Cunane's game, it is that she can be dominated by more physical players....and often plays rushed, sometimes having games where she misses a lot of "bunnies" and with low shooting percentages. However, down the stretch of the regular season and in the ACCT, Cunane was outstanding, seeming to raise her game to another level. I am, at the same time, anxious and excited for a potential showdown with Connecticut, if the seeds hold and both teams advance with no injuries or illness. A lot would be riding on that outcome...in what I would expect would be an intense, close affair. For that to happen, though...NC State will have to get over the hurdle that seems to be the Sweet 16 round; the Wolfpack Women have made 15 trips to the Sweet 16 but have advanced to the Elite Eight just once. [/QUOTE]

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