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Message: [QUOTE="Orangutan, post: 4601574, member: 4946"] My impression is than the ESPN rankings seem pretty accurate. Juju Watkins looked the part of #1 recruit. No one could stay in front of her (drew 10 fouls!) and she knocked down 3 triples as well. Mikaylah Williams had a relatively quiet 15 points and also looks like a fine inside-outside player. It will be fun to track her career and Watkins'. They seem to be very similar players. Jadyn Donovan will fit right in at Duke. I don't think she took a single jumper and she was 3-9 from the field. But she was impressive despite any holes in her offensive game. She's long and athletic and excelled on defense and in transition. She also had a game-high 9 rebounds. Duke looks well stocked to continue to win "race to 50" type games. :p A flashy point guard like Hidalgo is often well-suited to all-star games and that certainly was the case here. She was often reckless with the ball (7 turnovers!) but displayed her trademark penchant for thievery (8 steals!) and had highlights both as a scorer and passer. She even knocked down a few jumpers. I hope/assume she will be more careful with the ball in "real games". Arnold and Shade both looked good and like typical UConn players. Shade was 4-5 for 10 pts and 7 reb. Arnold was 3-4 for 9 points. Both were efficient and played within themselves. Shade looks like a nice all-around guard. She has sweet jumper, passes well, and rebounds bigger than her size. Del Rosario is a post in the Kalani Brown mold. She is big and stout but maybe not the swiftest. She was just ok but Kim specializes in coaching up this style of post. Fulwiley had one stretch where she looked incredible but cooled off and finished with numbers that are just ok (7-18 FG, 3-10 3FG, 17 pts). Amanda Muse looked really nice as a athletic, mobile big who can run the floor and finish at the rim. Jada Williams absolutely plays like someone with a social media following to impress but she had 16 points and was a +15 so more power to her. Emma Risch did some nice things (6 reb, 3 steals) but was short on her jumpers after making her first one. It's hard being a catch-and-shoot wing in this type of game because the point guards are thinking drive-and-score more than drive-and-kick. Looked to me like she rushed some shots knowing that she wasn't going to have many shooting opportunities. All in all, I thought it was an entertaining exhibition. [/QUOTE]

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