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Pac-12 tonight (Fri. 1/18)

4 OSU starters in double figures and the other has 8. Slocum leading the way w/ 13. Only 7 off the bench, but it's a lot different w/ no Tudor.
 
McDonald really came to life in the last few minutes of 3Q, now with 17 points.

Oregon St with really balanced scoring, 4 different players in double figures.
 
Slocum w/ back to back 3's to stretch it back to 17.

edit --make it 3 in a row!
 
Three consecutive 3s by Slocum just blew this game wide open. I think Arizona is toast.
 
It didn't look like the Slocum-McDonald face off was going to materialize early on. Now it's on! Slocum has 24, McDonald has 20. Slocum getting a lot more help though. 71-54 w/ about 6 minutes left.
 
Plebe said:
Three consecutive 3s by Slocum just blew this game wide open. I think Arizona is toast.
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As you said, Arizona does not have the (across the board) talent to make a go against the better PAC teams - this year. I do think it is only Stanford, the Oregon schools and Utah that are "impossible".
 
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KnightBridgeAZ said:
As you said, Arizona does not have the (across the board) talent to make a go against the better PAC teams - this year. I do think it is only Stanford, the Oregon schools and Utah that are "impossible".
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I really feel like Alonso is a liability. Her effort is certainly there but simply lacks the physical skills to go against these good teams. The other starters at least show glimpses of being able to complement McDonald.
 
Simmons and Morris in for OSU. Pivec has a double double w/ 14 points 10 boards.
 
Plebe said:
I really feel like Alonso is a liability. Her effort is certainly there but simply lacks the physical skills to go against these good teams. The other starters at least show glimpses of being able to complement McDonald.
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I disagree (I think). She is streaky. When she is on, she can score quite a bit, but she is a reluctant shooter usually.

She is a darn good point-guard, one of the issues that I think Arizona faces is that there are still times where players don't do what they are supposed to on the court.

I will agree that she may be a defensive liability - I've not seen enough games against good competition. In the end, she is what she is, a European player with all implied. I would argue she is the 4th or 5th best player on Arizona right now.
 
86-64 final. 11-23 behind the arc for OSU. Big rebounding edge.
 
Alanna Smith with another blockbuster game for Stanford: 27 points on 12-18 shooting, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks. Kiana Williams adds 22 points, 3 assists, 3 steals.
 
Alanna Smith going wild again. 27 points on 12-18 shooting, 13 boards 3 blocks about midway thru Q4.
 
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Just curious. If Aquino red shirted(I assumed she did) why does she dress for each game?
 
Reese was quiet much of the 2nd half but finished w/ 18 points on 8-12 shooting. Really solid game for her after she's been struggling a bit in conference play.
 
ochoopsfan said:
Just curious. If Aquino red shirted(I assumed she did) why does she dress for each game?
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It's happened before, sometimes a redshirt is burned late in a season. Maybe they have her dressed and ready to go as an insurance policy. Rotation has gotten a lot thinner since early in the season.
 
Apparently Ruth Hamblin is in the house tonight and will be on Sunday as well. I didn't see her but I'm listening to a post game interview w/ Rueck and she just did a fly by.
 
KnightBridgeAZ said:
I disagree (I think). She is streaky. When she is on, she can score quite a bit, but she is a reluctant shooter usually.

She is a darn good point-guard, one of the issues that I think Arizona faces is that there are still times where players don't do what they are supposed to on the court.

I will agree that she may be a defensive liability - I've not seen enough games against good competition. In the end, she is what she is, a European player with all implied. I would argue she is the 4th or 5th best player on Arizona right now.
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You're probably right. I haven't watched Arizona many times this year. I see she's scored in double figures 5 times this season, 4 of them against really weak teams. The times I've watched them (Arizona State, Utah, Cal) she's seemed very harmless on offense and rather slow on defense.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Apparently Ruth Hamblin is in the house tonight and will be on Sunday as well. I didn't see her but I'm listening to a post game interview w/ Rueck and she just did a fly by.
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She was on the same team in Belgium that Lous' sister Karlie is on. Pretty sure she was released from the team. I watched a few games and she did not play well.
 
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ochoopsfan said:
Pretty sure she was released from the team. I watched a few games and she did not play well.
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That's too bad. I think Wiese had a nice season in Australia last year, don't know what she's doing this season. Ex-OSU players have had fairly limited success as pros. Makes it all the more impressive what Rueck has done. The Final 4 year had 4 players that would eventually be drafted in the WNBA, but none of them made much of an impact at all. That was a strange year in general, but at least UW had Plum and Syracuse had Sykes. It's pretty unusual to get that far w/out any real future WNBA talent.
 
Not a single player in double figures for UW. OUCH. Two w/ 9, two w/ 8. They need lots and lots of help. I still like Wynn, but I don't know if she's gonna survive long enough to get it turned around. Looking like a second disastrous season in a row. Year 3 needs to show major improvement or it might be time to try something else.
 
nwhoopfan said:
That's too bad. I think Wiese had a nice season in Australia last year, don't know what she's doing this season. Ex-OSU players have had fairly limited success as pros. Makes it all the more impressive what Rueck has done. The Final 4 year had 4 players that would eventually be drafted in the WNBA, but none of them made much of an impact at all. That was a strange year in general, but at least UW had Plum and Syracuse had Sykes. It's pretty unusual to get that far w/out any real future WNBA talent.
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Weise is in Israel this season. Starts and averages just over 11ppg
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Jilliane Alleyne also in Israel this year. She averages just over 20 ppg
 
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ochoopsfan said:
Jilliane Alleyne also in Israel this year. She averages just over 20 ppg
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Surprised she hasn't done much in the WNBA. She did a darn good Chiney Ogwumike impression during her college career.
 
Okay, I watched Stanford-UW. Brutal. It actually should've been even worse. Cardinal opened up a big lead in Q1, then messed around during Q2 and about half of Q3. Then put the hammer down w/ a 17-1 run. UW just can't score enough points. Not one consistent shooter on that team.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Surprised she hasn't done much in the WNBA. She did a darn good Chiney Ogwumike impression during her college career.
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Her chances were hurt when she tore an ACL at the end of her senior year. She was drafted but wasn’t available to play that first season after the draft. Maybe she’ll get another shot.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Not a single player in double figures for UW. OUCH. Two w/ 9, two w/ 8. They need lots and lots of help. I still like Wynn, but I don't know if she's gonna survive long enough to get it turned around. Looking like a second disastrous season in a row. Year 3 needs to show major improvement or it might be time to try something else.
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The program was left virtually depleted by Neighbors, and the lone starter from the 2017 team transferred. It takes time to rebuild a program from virtually scratch.
 
Plebe said:
The program was left virtually depleted by Neighbors, and the lone starter from the 2017 team transferred. It takes time to rebuild a program from virtually scratch.
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Romeo was a returning starter as well, but she missed a season with an injury, tried a comeback and then had to retire due to medical reasons. Also lost another pair of veteran guards in Briana Ruiz and Kelli Kingma and their only player w/ legit size in Deja Strother, all to what proved to be career ending injuries. None of them would've been stars but it's certainly nice to have some veterans around during a coaching change. That was an unbelievably bad run of luck. Neighbors' recruiting hadn't been very good. There are certainly all kinds of built in excuses. I wasn't expecting a conference contender or NCAA appearance. But last year was the worst in school history and this year is looking like a repeat. I'm not really seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Some decent incoming recruits next year, and I still think all 3 of this year's freshmen have potential. But I'm just not seeing any incremental progress. They desperately need a PG, don't have one and don't have one coming next year.
 
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