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Message: [QUOTE="biobioprof, post: 2981258, member: 8869"] I was at the game. A&M played 2-3 zone the whole game and I think Carter was being used in a way to try to save her energy for offense. She missed the last game with the flu and one of the parents said that 5 players have some degree of the flu. One of the backup guards didn't even dress for the game; Blair said she had a 102 degree fever. With Aaliyah Wilson out for the year the offense has tried to get more from the front court and from Kayla Wells. Wells had a pretty bad statistical night at 4-17 from the field. Carter was 3-19 and got most of her points from the FT line. To me, the key to the game was the front line play. Ciera Johnson had a double double in the first half but USC shut down our frontcourt in the third. The Gamecocks just outplayed the Ags in the paint. The boxing out was textbook and A&M's front court got no second chances in the awful third quarter. The coaches said afterward that SC also did a great job of positional defense to take away entry passes into the paint. So we saw players trying to penetrate on drives and getting blocked or intimidated. A&M needed to pass off more off penetration to move the post defense. For me, Herbert-Harrigan was the player of the game. [/QUOTE]