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Message: [QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 4102693, member: 5823"] In addition to each starter shooting over 50% in this game the 5 starters also put up 17 of the teams 20 assists. Despite her intangibles, from an efficiency stand point it doesn't make sense to give Nika more minutes because then you are substituting a worse shooter which brings the efficiency (assist opportunities) for all the other players down. The defense is also not going to take very long to figure out that the best bet is to help off Nika who is not making any shot unto Paige who was making every shot possible. This is the flip side of the argument that has always been presented to justify Aubrey not getting more minutes -she boggs down the offense. With Nika getting more minutes the other team's defensive efficiency automatically goes up because she will be replacing a UCONN player with a higher FG%. Nika was a 38% shooter last year and was 0 for 3 in this game. More playing time for Nika is not justified until she starts hitting more shots especially the wide open shots. [/QUOTE]