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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4784263, member: 12088"] Great rundown of the games, and especially USC-tOSU. It made me think more about Cotie McMahon, who had a great freshman season last year and was a core of their great run. Watkins really seemed to show the limits of her skill set. Last season McMahon took advantage of the fact that she is bigger than most guards but has the strength to play with the forwards, where she has a speed advantage. But her offensive skills in the low post are not fancy. She mainly depended on speed and an aggressive style of play to dominate opponents last season. But Watkins was ready for her. She is bigger and quicker than McMahon and has better guard skills including a great midrange game, great handles and a full array of paint moves. In that respect, her offensive game is much more sophisticated. I think a lot of coaches probably saw how to contain McMahon in this game. A big guard like Citron on ND or Hall on SC should be able to do the same things to her. I’d expect Paige and Aubrey to give UConn a few different ways to disarm McMahon in a rematch. [/QUOTE]