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Should be noted that PSU while still down double digits is playing FAR better with Lucas off the court.
Penn State is way overrated...
Scary thing is they are probably a top 20 team this year.
PSU keeps cutting the lead to 10....than plays no defense on the next possession.
Love Stephanie White. Unlike many WCBB announcers she calls out a lot of the poor plays out there.
That's actually pretty accurate too. McBride is one of ND's best, if not best, scorers (guard/wing type like KML), and Reimer is their top player off the bench (forward type - I think Tuck has more range and Reimer is more a pure post but similar none the less).Remove the comparable players from ND as Uconn was missing, say McBride and Reimer and see what the score would have been against Penn State.
The same thing could have been said about a few of Maggie Lucas' shots against us. The defender wasn't even in the same time zone...Oh heckuva an effort there by Penn State caught on a screen of Mabrey who had the last 2 baskets....not!
Announcer- "Somebody didn't read a scouting report!".
Could be a tagline for a lot of teams.
That was the problem. Maggie does not normally have the ball in her hands as much. Too much one on one ball all around. Poor picks and screens with cutters too wide of the picks. The big problem for PSU is that without Bentley they do not have someone to consistently take the pressure off Maggie and spread the court. Taylor and Edwards need to step up. Worse than that was the officiating was completely different than what has been to date in the PSU games this year. This game had many of the issues I had expected going into the season. I have been surprised at how well the small core of veterans has been playing. If CT's depth is shallow PSU's is non existent. I would be more worried if I was ND given how badly PSU played and ND winning by only 10. Good news for PSU is despite the horrid foul situation and inability to do much with the ball they competed to the end. A loss that was expected; sloppy, disorganized, but not surprising. And despite foul trouble and weary legs they out scored ND in the second half much of it played without Lucas.Again (sorry Ice)
Lucas gets the ball and uses 5 seconds + dribbling the ball around trying to get her shot (most often to no avail).
She should take some lessons from Maya.
Finally got a three
I very much Mabrey's game. Solid fundamentals, great shot.Mabrey's a 3-point menace, they didn't guard her at all
Overall, I was not that impressed with ND last night. Maggie Lucas had, arguably, the worst game of her career, unlike against us when she was ON FIYAH, and ND couldn't put them away. PSU overall couldn't hit anything last night, but only lost by 10? Really?...
a little bit defense, and a lotta bit foul trouble. 3 in the first half, and fouled out midway through the 2nd.Was defense the reason for her poor shooting?
Yes, it was great defense and the ability/issue of both teams being overly focused on Maggie.Was defense the reason for her poor shooting?