I saw the blocked shots as a growth opportunity for Okot. She was well scouted and will need to develop some counters over the next few months.
Okot just needs to recognize the double team and kick it back out. She'll learn. Basketball is still a new sport for her.
That sounds easy. In reality, it’s a lot more difficult to do with several defenders swarming around you. The key is recognizing a double team early, preferably before it locks in, then knowing where your best outlet(s) are and then quickly and accurately getting rid of the ball.
We will see on Bama.
I’m honestly kind of tired of talking about Fulwiley, but I do have to admit that there’s a part of me that still thinks she chose LSU to spite Dawn and SC. There was no official visit, and she accepted no calls from any other schools. Some even believe her reps reached out to LSU to gauge interest before she entered the portal. Stuff like that sours the relationship permanently.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Fulwiley is looking for yet another home after this season. Her playing situation hasn’t changed for the better at LSU. She’s still coming off the bench. Last night in LSU’s loss to KY she played only 16 minutes, shot 1/6 with 3 fouls and was watching from the bench during crunch time.
Our radio announcer seems to have been picked out of the Gamecock crowd. Fairly negative in general, but also all over the officials in true Gamecock fashion.
Assuming there is a draft, I don’t expect Okot to try. Coming back. She probably has no NIL money coming through Kenya
Agree with this.
Mikayla Blakes is better than any guard on her roster (which is something that Kara figured out this summer and, well, you know the rest), so she can miss me with that crap. She would kill (probably a couple of rattlesnakes) to have a player like Blakes on her roster.
I thought Louisville or NC State were obvious landing spots. The only place in conference that potentially made sense to me was Ole Miss.
... Kentucky, Duke, Baylor. TCU, Texas Tech, SMU, Miami, UVA, Clemson, Maryland...Michigan State, Ohio State USC etc etc etc.
I do not have an opinion on her decision but she could benefit from more development.
She would butt heads with Kymora Johnson at UVA, so nope. I do think she's more talented than Kymora, though.
I like the possible Louisville fit (didn't she consider them when she was in HS?), but not NC State. Between Brooks and Jones, she would have to pry the ball out of their hands to get off shots.
Dawn said something about “administrative paperwork” whatever that means. But I don’t think that Tournebize can officially play until she is actually enrolled in school. SC starts their Spring semester on Monday, January 12, which means that Tournebize could play in the TX game in Columbia on Thursday, January 15, although I would be surprised if Dawn throws her into a game that’s likely to be a war between to heavyweights until she settles in.
Well, Kitt’s freshman year we were MUCH deeper when the freshies were seniors. Ashlynn Watkins and Feagan were on the bench ahead of her when she arrived. Dauda and TAC don’t quite match those two, so Tournabize MAY get more minutes than Kitts did as a frosh.
Cardoso and Amihere also were first bench options ahead of those three that season so yes a VERY different bench situation now than then. Kitts got in three practices before playing her first game December 18 in a 87-23 blowout of Charleston Southern according to GCO so safe to say they don’t have to wait for official start of the semester for Alicia to play.
Can't be any worse than what I see from NHL teams. My personal fave is "lower/upper body injury". Like seriously, could you be a tad more specific???? 🤪
I could have sworn that earlier today she said that Latson was practicing with the team but unavailable for the next game.
