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*This is a player Dawn really liked early on in her career @ [Irmo HS]-She is skilled but undersized forward [for todays wbb in college]..6ft Maliyah (sp?) Mason

 
I always liked this kid [McCall (sp?) King] and I was hoping there was room for her in our 2022 Class. Even though we are recruiting tier 1 players-I like to see a developmental player(s) on the team. somebody who is hungry who will push the 5star player in practice and they may develop into a starter.

 
Coach still recruits them post commitment
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I encourage you all to watch the Documentary "Malice at the Palace"
 
Creature said:
*This is a player Dawn really liked early on in her career @ [Irmo HS]-She is skilled but undersized forward [for todays wbb in college]..6ft Maliyah (sp?) Mason

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The State article from a year or more ago that discussed instate talent indicated she'd been offered. Not sure if true or it remains in effect.
 
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Wasn't suppose to say anything but I got a big mouth. lol. There is another big fish in South Carolina in the C/O 2024 besides Edwards. 6ft5 Athletic Post Timya Grice.

Shhhhh don't tell Husky Nan because she will tell Geno..lol

South Carolina is monitoring her progress.....I think she gets an offer especially when she hits the AAU Circuit Summer of 22.




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It's a little unlikely that SCar's best recruiting options will continue to be instate, there are likely D1 players who are below our offer board, but Dawn has certainly grown the game in the Palmetto state.

Finding the next dominant post players is the name of the game for the program.

I'd love to keep filling out skilled offensive wings too.
 
visitingcock said:
Shuuuuush! He’ll triple Dare you or .. .even triple dog dare you.
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Shades of Joe Daggett (sp?) doing sports on WIS-TV10_Columbia. He had a segment. Double Dog Dare You as I recall or said it alot.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
It's a little unlikely that SCar's best recruiting options will continue to be instate, there are likely D1 players who are below our offer board, but Dawn has certainly grown the game in the Palmetto state.

Finding the next dominant post players is the name of the game for the program.

I'd love to keep filling out skilled offensive wings too.
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Nationally- I think its still true little girls grow up wanting to play for Uconn. ...little girls in South Carolaina grow up wanting to play for South Carolina... Now for the Grice kid. Once she plays AAU ball this summer-you will see her stock rise.
 
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Disagree that you can disagree with a disagree of your own post.

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I disagree with your disagree about my disagree with a disagree.....we could go on for days, you do know that, right ?
 
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jumpstart said:
I disagree with your disagree about my disagree with a disagree.....we could go on for days, you do know that, right ?
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We could. Semantically, you are saying that you disagree that I disagree with you, which I definitely disagree with.
 
Anybody got stats from Ashlyn Watkins' Cardinal Newman victory last week over Joyce Edwards' Camden team?
 
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ConwayGmck said:
A shame to hear about Raven. Hopefully she heals quickly and fully.

I think most felt that Raven of all the freshmen had the biggest responsibility - perhaps that Rivers would make the biggest ultimate impact on the team the earliest - but that Raven needed to be ready to go quickest due to the responsibility the point guard has in any offense. Henderson was oftentimes gassed late in games from playing upwards of 40 minutes - she led the team last season with 34.0 mpg - or she would have to stay in games during error-prone minutes when Coach Staley would have preferred taking her out for a moment to coach her on what NOT to do.

Raven was supposed to help provide those opportunities of rest and reflection so Henderson stayed more focused in last-game situations. Against top 5 ranked NC State, Johnson played very few minutes, but she came into the South Dakota game early, and looked to be scheduled to have a larger role before getting the fluke injury.

The replay showed Raven was tightly defending a Coyote player. No one was at fault - it was a flukish kind of injury. As the Coyote player was moving towards the baseline, and Johnson was staying in her hip pocket, Raven's right foot hits against the Coyote's left foot as Raven was stepping forward with the right foot. It impeded her foot from going forward, while both player's bodies was moving forward. This created a "pisa tower" falling down affect where Raven had no foot forward to catch her body from falling. So she tries to step forward with her left foot, but her body was already lowering down to the floor, and even as her left leg was bent at the knee, her left foot only moves forward part-way, still not fully underneath her falling body. So she keeps falling.

This created the unfortunate positioning where it was Raven's left knee that takes the full weight of her body as it falls forward and downward, and her knee - bent as it was from trying to step forward - bends at an awkward angle as she continued down to the floor. This was what caused the injury. In hindsight, it would've been far better for Raven to have just let her body fall freely, down to the floor, and she would have been spared the injury, but the entire sequence only took a second if that, and no one knew it would play out as it did.....

The question still remains as to who takes Raven's place in providing Henderson minutes of rest. I think Littleton may wind up being the #1 option - now that she seems fully healed and in good shape to laterally move and handle press defenses, she has the most experience of handling the responsibility. Russell may also be a solid candidate, but she hadn't yet shown me strong ball-handling abilities under forceful opposing defenses - she averaged less than 7 minutes last season, and had twice as many turnovers as she did assists.

Cooke is able to bring the ball up the court against press defenses, so I see her doing that a good bit, and Littleton being the de-facto #2 PG right now - in limited minutes last season, Littleton had 21 assists and only 10 turnovers, which was far and away the best of anyone on the team after Henderson: her A:TO ratio was actually better than Henny's - with Russell filling in at both guard spots and even at the 3 from time to time. We'll have to make it work.

Important thing is Raven is as healed fully as she can be for the 2022-23 season, as Henderson and Littleton will be gone, but if there's a position that Dawn Staley should be able to coach up quickly, it is at Point.....
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Believe it or not, but Amihere will take the backup PG minutes for some time. 6’4” PG…..
 
Gamecocks win over Kansas State 65-44 to take the Big12/SEC Challenge match-up. South Carolina was without their starting PG Destanni Henderson, and her back-up Raven Johnson is out with an injury. SG Zia Cooke struggled from the field tonight, shooting just 1-9. So without two of their three top scorers on the season thus far and their dynamic starting back-court's offense, the Gamecocks adjust and go full front-court, and dominate.

The three top bigs of Boston, Cardoso, and Amihere combined to score 43 pts on 17-30 shooting, with 34 rebounds, 13 blocks, and 12 assists. Boston leads the way with 21 pts on 9-11 shooting in 26 total minutes, with 17 boards, 4 blocks and 3 assists. Amihere fills in admirably for Henderson as a 6-4 PG, with 11 pts on 4-8 shooting in 27 minutes, with 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 blocks and 1 steal. Cardoso adds 11 pts of her own on 4-11 shooting, with 10 rebounds, 4 blocks and 1 steal.

The Gamecocks were up 59-29 around the 6:25 mark of the 4th, and Staley emptied her bench. They were promptly out-scored 15-6 the rest of the way, but another dominant victory for the Gamecocks (9-0), who next host top-10 Maryland Sunday in Colonial Life Arena as part of the Jimmy V Classic......
 
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