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[QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 4749806, member: 3535"]
I believe Paige can be - but the issue with Paige is that UCONN has to deal with potentially atrocious refs. For example, UCONn is up by 10-12 points 8 minutes left in 4ht quarter, the best ND guard drives the lane and gts lightly bumped by Paige, the ND player reacts as if hit in the gut with a jackhammer and sprawls to the floor, then PB picks up #3. Then the next 3-4 minutes she is concerned with picking up foul #4 regardless who she is defending. SO, in this case have Nika defend.

In regard to ND, felt the same way with Park Lane. IMO she was so small that whenever she got bumped, she got the benefit of the calls. In big games, I tend to think players like her won't get the benefit but going against a team such as UCONN when they are an overwhelming favorite, I think in some games the refs tend to give the underdog a break. Not consciously but just as part of the flow of a game not expected to be physical.

And imo I tend to believe Azzi will be a better defender (frosh vs jr) this year too.
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