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Message: [QUOTE="jabstep, post: 4363888, member: 10340"] I completely agreed with you and the South Carolina final was a prime example of matchups and how they can cause you to win or lose against the best competition. In the first quarter with Dorka down I am sure Liv and Aaliyah were told not to foul because we were short handed for bigs. That led to everyone standing with their hands up while and SC crashed the boards with Dawn knowing we were short on Bigs. This caused them to jump ahead and we never came back. SC also has 5 really good defenders and the shut our team down to 9 points in the first quarter. Paige didnt try and takeover yet. Now our problem was to try and score against this defense. Paige can score on anybody but it is was hard for her just coming back from injury. The only other matchup advantage we had was when Caroline came in the game and scored down low because of her size advantage. Nika didnt help with the matchups and Geno as you have said stayed away from her in the latter part of the tournament. The point of my previous comment was we have other options such as Azzi and Caroline. Knowing Nika she is working all day on her game because she wants to not let her teamates down as well as her good friend Paige. We all hope Nika version 3.0 comes back and surprises us with penetration and scoring and kicking out and knocking down 3 pointers. Her leadership and intensity has never been a question.!!!!!! Go Huskies [/QUOTE]