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Message: [QUOTE="TheFarmFan, post: 3134137, member: 9403"] Finally had the chance to stream the game. I'll second some others' thoughts and add a few on the players who stood out to me (either for good or for not so good): [B]Anaya Peoples [/B]looked fantastic - pushing the tempo and generating some really creative plays and passes. And a deceptively effective rebounder. She also has such a terrific presence on court - reminds me in a lot of ways of Skylar Diggins in terms of her charisma. I predict she'll become one of the Domers' all-time greats. [B]Haley Jones[/B] demonstrated all of her very diverse skillset much more so than the McD's game - it was clear why she was the no. 1 recruit based on this game. I do think she could work on her defense, but her offensive game is already complete. (And that's fine by Tara - her belief is that it's much easier to teach defense than offense.) I'll be very curious to see what position she tends to play at Stanford because she could sort of do anything between 1-4. But I'd be shocked if she weren't starting from day 1 (or very close to it). [B]Breanna Beal [/B]was a beast - she's tremendous finishing in traffic and in positioning herself for rebounds. I was very impressive with her movement, court vision, and physicality. She was a little wild at times, but the potential to be a top player is very evident. She reminded me a lot of Anriel Howard but a little faster and more agile. [B]Aliyah Boston[/B] was incredibly solid inside and had great chemistry with Jones. It's sad they'll be facing off against each other, because they had by far the best chemistry of any two players on the court. [B]Angel Jackson[/B] was also pretty impressive in a Chantel Osahor or Courtney Paris kind of way - very physical and imposing underneath the basket with enough movement and quick reflexes to be a threat on both ends of the floor. USC has a keeper provided she can up her fitness a bit to sustain 40-minute games. [B]Fran Belibi [/B]was easily the most athletic player in the game. Her natural talent is so evident, and she actually looked measurably better than even in the McD's game where I thought she performed pretty well. She and Jones were on each other all game and Jones actually stopped her best chance at an alley-oop dunk. Loved that the future teammates were gamely taking it to each other. I was also impressed with her defense - she gave 100% effort the entire time she was on the floor. [B]Jaden Owens [/B]was much, much better looking than she was in the McD's game. I think UCLA has its next Jordin Canada in the making - fast, great court vision, and very adept at getting steals. Nice distributor with enough offense from beyond the arc to keep defenses honest. She needs to work on her ball handling a bit though, as she had a lot of turnovers. Personally, I was not as impressed with [B]Zia Cooke [/B]to say she looked MVP-worthy. She has tremendous upside and evident talent, but at least in that game, she was so wildly out of control that a few of her passes seemed aimed for the bleachers rather than her teammates, and a few of her shot choices were beyond poor and not even close to the basket. On the other hand, she has great speed and an insanely beautiful teardrop jumper - the raw potential is definitely there, so Dawn will need to work to get her to exercise a lot more judgment in shot selection and passing. [B]Sam Brunelle [/B]had a poor shooting game which can happen to anyone in these kinds of games, but I will say that she didn't seem to have especially excellent fundamentals either. She was fine, but I would not have put her among the top 3 or 4 recruits in the country based on that performance compared to the above-mentioned, all of whom I found more impressive. [B]Kierstan Bell [/B]was uneven, but when she was on, she was tremendous. It's kind of too bad she's going to OSU because I doubt McGuff will be able to get her anywhere close to her full potential, based on his recent history. [B]Rickea Jackson[/B] had a very up and down game but you can see her potential - she's also someone who I think needs some coaching in terms of discipline and shot selection. Fortunately she, unlike Bell, it certain to get excellent player development coaching from Vic. Overall, a much, much better game than the trainwreck that was the McD's game. I came away much more impressed with the 2019 class this time than last month. [/QUOTE]

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