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Message: [QUOTE="TeamFirst!, post: 4133980, member: 11538"] This was a confidence builder for a number of players and we certainly needed that. We held UCLA to 32.9% shooting folks. That is the game right there. Dorka is proving what most of us knew at the start of the year that SHE IS THE BEST REBOUNDER ON THIS TEAM. She blocks out well and works hard and has some size. She is still anxious and having some needless turnovers but it's from wanting to do well so badly. Starting Dorka and giving her more playing time gets her up to speed faster and frankly, it was overdue. Caroline has the goods but she is going to take some time to develop. She didn't get any rolls today and she is one of the few on this team that is able to get to the basket. The zone doesn't help anyone on our team but she deals with it better than most. She can get her shot off against good competition. Defensively she doesn't hurt us folks. Look at the numbers with this lineup. Are people beating her off the dribble? No. Is she applying good defensive pressure? Yes. Chou was the player she was guarding most often and she was 1 for 11. Caroline had 2 blocks and she wasn't the only player who missed some shots. Ono was pretty solid again. Overall though, from a player development standpoint, we made progress today. [/QUOTE]