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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 4145687, member: 504"] They had basically two days to adjust without Paige vs GT and no Nika either. They are playing generally much better on offense having more time to adjust. I’m not sure who anyone thinks can come off the bench to come close to running the team like Evina who herself is not a natural point guard. There is nobody else right now. She is playing almost the entire game and on bad knees to boot. She is clearly gassed. Playing really short handed we almost beat LVille and it took a few of their kids who haven’t been making 3s all year to hit them. That’s hoops. I have no clue who everyone thinks isn’t being developed. Azzi is hurt. Olivia isn’t nearly as ineffective as some here think, certainly not to the point where DeBerry should be taking a lot of her minutes. She has been getting minutes lately. Gabriel is apparently also not physically ready. Missing Paige plus Nika basically puts our other guards out of position. Not a good thing in hoops at this level. Christyn definitely loses a lot with Paige gone. They played a really good game against a really strong team. We just can’t be the same without Paige. Few teams are as good when a key piece is missing and when that piece is the national player of the year, some wins are just going to be harder to come by. Hopefully Nika and Azzi will soon be back and if Azzi is anywhere near her billing, we should be a tough out especially if Caroline can be consistently dangerous and if Aliyah can find her mojo. Missing Aubrey is also pretty hard to replace for what she does. I am one who found our play against Louisville encouraging. [/QUOTE]

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