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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 5195164, member: 26"] The issue is that the team has yet to put together a solid offensive and defensive performance in a big game. [LIST] [*]Against ND, Paige had 25, Sarah 14, Azzi was out, and KK had 10 but we gave up 29 points to Hidalgo and ND shot 56% from 3. We shot 18% [*]Against USC, both Paige and Sarah had 22 (no Azzi), but USC shot 56% from 3 while we shot 26% [*]Against UNC (a close win), Paige had 29, Sarah 14 (no Azzi) and we shot 24% from 3 [*]Against Creighton (a close-ish win) Paige had 22, Sarah 26, and Azzi played 34 minutes scoring 4 points. Oh and we shot 20% from 3 while Creighton shot 33% [*]Against Tennessee, Paige had 14, Sarah 18, Azzi 10, and we shot 25% from 3. [/LIST] The main reoccurring theme in all the losses and close wins is that our 3 point shooting sucked, to put it mildly. People were thrilled and excited as we romped thru the big east shooting over 50% most nights from 3, but in a "tough" game, even tho we get open shots, we miss over and over. We can give up a lot of points to an opposing player or 2, but in general, we get little production from our bench (KK has been much better lately), and with our crap 3 %, we aren't able to pull out the wins. So against overmatched teams, we look great, but that's to be expected. Against good teams, our defense gives up way to many 3's, and that's mostly been the difference. Our margin for error this year is mostly very small, and a LOT of things need to go right for us to win - much more so than in other years where we were more dominant. Sarah has averaged 5 PPG the last 2 games and has been a total non-factor. If she's hit the freshman wall, another 5 point game will not cut it against SC. Same for Azzi. Great that she "broke out" for a career high against SJ, but she needs to bring that against top teams. SC will be another good test of playing a superior athletic team. Our rebounding has been really bad the last few games - too little blocking out, being a step slow, etc. giving up too many O-boards. We will see if this team can put it all together. [/QUOTE]

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