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Message: [QUOTE="cancontent, post: 4401419, member: 10709"] Disagree. There definitely were times where you saw individual play from Bishop MacNamara's side however I saw more confusion and frustration based on how Crestwood was defending and the calls being made by the referees. At some points during the game, it looked like Crestwood set up a light 1-2-2 zone shell to confuse Bishop MacNamara. Guards were driving into double or triple teams when the ball should have been passed to an open player to take advantage of the gaps. Defensively, they didn't communicate well which left Crestwood open for 3s consistently too. Their play during the third was really good and they went toe-to-toe with Crestwood. Crestwood came back with that 1-2-2 again and it looked to me that MacNamara couldn't figure it out. It also eliminated their ability to get offensive rebounds or the ball inside which was working well in the third. Fournier got caught several times by #5 in the paint with her post moves and scored fairly easily. Not sure how much exposure MacNamara players gets to FIBA rules. They weren't dealing with the contact well which translated into those flagrant fouls which were out of frustration in my opinion. At the same time, it didn't help that there were only 2 referees on the court as there were a few calls that could have used a third set of eyes to help out. The coach from MacNamara had a case when I think Qadence was called for a flagrant late in the game. Her defender reached through the body, from behind, several times which is a violation of the player's space per FIBA rules. Doesn't excuse Qadence for her reaction, but it could have been a double foul in my opinion. For all we know it a foul could have been called on the Crestwood player, but the camera footage made it hard to tell. [/QUOTE]

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