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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 2788164, member: 6819"] I re-watched the game and I knew my eyes were not deceiving me. I have to disagree with your assessment of of Fudd's defense. I thought of all the guards she was the most effective on that end of the floor. From the tip she was aggressive on defense and stayed in Orsili's shorts as they opened in man 2 man. At the 8:42 mark of the first Bueckers was a little slow on the switch with Fudd nicely taking the taller Gilli, then nicely switching back to Orsili off the high screen and bodying her up as she tried the baseline. At the 7:47 mark, still close on Orsili, Fudd was called for a foul on what looked to me like a clean block. At the 6:50 mark Fudd makes the pass above the arc between Orsili and Gilli a trial, which effectively disrupts the high screen Italy is attempting. This was typical Fudd the whole game. Stay close, keep your hands busy, use your body. At 5:52 US went with 3 guards with Fudd taking the taller Panzera. At 5:18 Fudd stays close to Panzera on the perimeter and uses her hands to disrupt her vision. Panzera tries to dribble drive, is thwarted, and throws the ball away. At 4:39 Fudd covering Natali now, closes out well on the perimeter. When Natali tries to dribble the baseline, Fudd bodies her and nearly forces her to step on the line. Natali's pass finds Pastrello, and when Bueckers fails to close out quick enough she buries the 3. At this point Fudd has not scored a point nor had an assist, yet at 4:20 only she and Horston remain of the original starters. At the 4:00 mark after Cooke has turned the ball over, then gets beaten off the dribble, only Fudd is there to contest. Fudd then gets beaten on the Euro step. At 3:45 Cooke TO's the ball again and is replaced by Hailey Van Lith. At 2:37 Fudd takes a breather, and looks a little gassed. Hailey Van Lith came in at the 3:36 mark. At the 2:19 mark she is slow defending off the high screen and is fortunate that Orsili's pass is disrupted by Belibi. At 1:07 she seems to be beaten off the high screen, but Mattera sets it poorly and is called for the moving screen. At the 43 sec. mark of the 2nd Hailey Van Lith avoids the screen and Belibi anticipates the pass. At the 8 sec. mark Hailey Van Lith wanders too far in the lane, forgets her mark on the perimeter and is fortunate Gallitognotta misses the open 2. I could do the second half, but it was more of the same. [/QUOTE]

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