OT: Sarah Strong and FIBA U 18 Women's Americup 2024 games start Monday

[yhun89]

Davidson looks out of sorts.

Heckel's going to be terrific. Can see why UConn liked her.

Davidson looks bad?

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Betts is all but unstoppable down low unless she has several players on her.

 

[Bone Dog]

I love the play by play guy. Haekel hits a 3 and he yells, "Bombassa de la Haeckel!"

 

[Blue Huskie]

Maybe Jose Fernandez has an extra reason for being involved. He really likes the foreign players, perhaps this will serve as sort of an unofficial recruiting / scouting trip for him.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Davidson looks bad?

Wasn't a good first half for her. Like I said, she looked out of sorts. Maybe nervous?

Strong has 8 points and 6 rebs in 6 minutes at the half.

 

[yhun89]

Wasn't a good first half for her. Like I said, she looked out of sorts. Maybe nervous?

Strong has 8 points and 6 rebs in 6 minutes at the half.

Are they on limited minutes? Need Strong healthy out of this tournament.

 

[Bone Dog]

Betts is all but unstoppable down low unless she has several players on her.

Sienna looks slow and seems not confident in her right hand. Has gone the long way around for a lefty layup instead of taking the obvious righty layup. This is reminiscent of Lauren at this age, and she really improved her game at Stanford and UCLA. I wouldn't be surprised if Sienna can do the same.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Are they on limited minutes? Need Strong healthy out of this tournament.

Think they're just spreading the minutes around as happens in these kinds of tourneys, especially early on.

Heckel's played the most which make sense as she's been the most impactful player.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Are they on limited minutes? Need Strong healthy out of this tournament.

Looks as if they're doing hockey lines.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Sienna looks slow and seems not confident in her right hand. Has gone the long way around for a lefty layup instead of taking the obvious righty layup. This is reminiscent of Lauren at this age, and she really improved her game at Stanford and UCLA. I wouldn't be surprised if Sienna can do the same.

She's hitting left-handed hook shots which I'm betting is a natural shot for her. She carves out space well. I don't think she moves slow considering how big she is.

 

[MSGRET]

The officials are letting Brazil get away with too many fouls. The US should be ahead by at least 35 points.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Betts has 10 points, 9 rebs, and 2 blocks in 11 mins on 5/6 from the floor.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Wasn't a good first half for her. Like I said, she looked out of sorts. Maybe nervous?

Strong has 8 points and 6 rebs in 6 minutes at the half.

I saw just a little. On one fast break, Jazzy missed a layup badly. She's a lefty and should have used her right hand from the right side.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Thought Strong moved really well and competed on defense too. Gotta think she could replace Davidson in the starting lineup at some point.

 

[Bone Dog]

Has Liv McGill gotten to play yet?

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Has Liv McGill gotten to play yet?

Yes, and looked pretty good.

4 points, 3 assists in 6 mins.

 

[Bone Dog]

Yes, and looked pretty good.

4 points, 3 assists in 6 mins.

She's a Hopkins HS product, isn't she?

 

[Zarathustra]

Betts is all but unstoppable down low unless she has several players on her.

Between Betts # 13 and Roberson # 15 both 6'4", the boards belong to the USA.
Update on jersey numbers : Betts #13, Davidson # 9, Edwards # 12,
Madison Francis # 7 , Heckel # 5, Z. Johnson # 6 , Lee # 8,
Macy # 10, Mc Gill # 4, Roberson # 15, Smith # 11, and Sarah # 14.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Davidson hits a corner three shortly after a forced pass into traffic again.

 

[yhun89]

Sarah hits another 3. Her shot is smooth. 3/4 (75%) from 3 not being a guard is nuts.

 

[Kaizen]

Sarah scores another big 3 ~~~

 

[yhun89]

Steal—> Assist to Joyce Edwards by Sarah.

3/5 from the floor, 3/4 3 PT, 1 AST, 2 STL, 1 BLK. +18 efficiency. We got a good one folks.

Bad news: Strong is reportedly on minutes restriction due to possibility of threat of injury? Hoo boy.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Showing off the bounce pass in transition now.

 

[Kaizen]

Steal—> Assist to Joyce Edwards by Sarah.

Sarah steals the ball.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Strong will get the ball when she's open in the middle of the floor at UConn unlike here.

 

[yhun89]

Sarah’s mainly getting the ball only on the perimeter. She’s playing somewhat out of position on offense because she’s not getting touches in the post.

 

[yhun89]

Someone’s height is inaccurate. Roberson is apparently 6’4 yet looks the same height as 6’2 Strong.


Some were wondering how SS was defensively and I’d say she’s fine. Decent showing from Sarah. Is able to shift around and cut off attempts at the basket. And is definitely a hard presence to go around. Rock solid under the hoop.

Sarah is 100% out of position though so her box score is to be taken with a grain of salt. She’s playing the 2 when she should be a 3-4, especially because her 3’s are off right now. She hasn’t taken one non-3 PT shot yet and they should probably adjust where she plays because she’s not a natural 2 guard.

 

[hoophuskee]

Did Sarah deliberately tip the ball like it was a pass to the guard that eventuall;y hit a 3 fot the 91st point?

 

[MSGRET]

The officials are still calling touch fouls on the US, while looking the other way on Brazil's hard fouls.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

"I didn't bring you here for you to pretend to be a guard." Another immortal line on the way?