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Lou is becoming a legend. Kaleena needs to get hot so she can put the 3-point record farther out for Lou.
 
Do some people still think she's the #2 recruit? Who's #1--Maya Moore?
 
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Will Lou outscore Bonnie and Karlies combined 39 in Stanfords game.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
Chris Hansen @ChrisHansenPSB · 19m 19 minutes ago

Watching @therealdanger32 deny and guard @33katielou reminds me of when Lorin Dixon guarded @De11eDonne her at the TOC back in 06 or 07.
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2006.

That was the year Maya and Tina went at it in an unreal game. Afterwards Tina came out the victor- she was a beast-- but Maya got unbelievable accolades.

I love reading about this stuff.

OT--- I think Dixon was guarding EDD in final 8 or s16 game. Afterwards EDD was upset her team didn't junk defense Tina like she was junk defensed. Still wonder hwo it would have been with a Tina/Maya/EDD lineup and throw in sr Monty for a little bit.
 
hoophuskee said:
2006.

That was the year Maya and Tina went at it in an unreal game. Afterwards Tina came out the victor- she was a beast-- but Maya got unbelievable accolades.

I love reading about this stuff.

OT--- I think Dixon was guarding EDD in final 8 or s16 game. Afterwards EDD was upset her team didn't junk defense Tina like she was junk defensed. Still wonder hwo it would have been with a Tina/Maya/EDD lineup and throw in sr Monty for a little bit.
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I was hoping to see Tina/Maya/Elena in Istanbul. Maybe in Rio.
 
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hoophuskee said:
2006.

That was the year Maya and Tina went at it in an unreal game. Afterwards Tina came out the victor- she was a beast-- but Maya got unbelievable accolades.

I love reading about this stuff.

OT--- I think Dixon was guarding EDD in final 8 or s16 game. Afterwards EDD was upset her team didn't junk defense Tina like she was junk defensed. Still wonder hwo it would have been with a Tina/Maya/EDD lineup and throw in sr Monty for a little bit.
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Maya gave Tina crap over that game. Maya fouled out on a bogus call and CTK won in OT. Maya asked Tina how she could live with that.

Maya's team lost 2 games her freshman year, including the state championship. Collins Hill lost 0 games her sophomore year. They lost 1 game her junior year--the contested game against national #1 CTK. Collins Hill ran the table in Maya's senior year, including the TOC and a Seattle tourney against Winter Haven (Tiffany) and St. Elizabeth's (Rushdan). The final tally was 125-3. Maya followed that up with 150-4 at UConn. That's 275-7 over 8 seasons. Unreal!
 
Doing some basic math ... If Lou had 22 of the first 32, she had no more than 43 of the 53. :)
 
MilfordHusky said:
Doing some basic math ... If Lou had 22 of the first 32, she had no more than 43 of the 53. :)
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Don't know the final stats, but don't think she had 43. I only remember a couple buckets in the 2nd half, plus several FTs, especially at the end with the intentional fouling. Blackman looked like they could come back if they had about 10 more minutes - Lou just buried them too deep in the first half.

Still don't think KLS is "guard-like" at all. But she does a lot more than shoot long range. Moves a lot without the ball. She has a funny way of calling for the bounce pass on a back-door cut - holds her hands about a foot from the floor as she's cutting toward the basket, and yells "Woo woo!" It was real pretty when the did find her that way.

Crystal is like a Mini-Moriah. Really really fast. In their half-court offense she would hang out on the perimeter a lot. Sometimes she looks SOOOO tired - like a crippled old lady. Then all of a sudden she catches the ball, takes her man off the dribble and ZOOM - it's over.

Got a kick out of the "Huskies" scoreboard...

Mater Dei 53-44 Nike TOC 122224.jpg
 
j66kicker said:
Still don't think KLS is "guard-like" at all.
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Right. Think she's a wing/forward in the way KML is, but with more height and reach. Geno may call her a guard but that's just his verbiage. Lou has more post-up ability than KML and can move without the ball as a cutter. Love her game offensively. Defensively, well, Shea will have work to do.
 
Crystal Dangerfield scored 14 points in the Nike TOC title game loss to Mater Dei.
 
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Wow! 33.5 ppg. I wonder if that's a record. Or if she set the record for threes.
 
Adamec piece on KLS:


But Samuelson has become more than just a shooter, as her future college coach pointed out over the weekend.

“I’ll tell you what, Katie Lou is a darn good player,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “When you’re that tall and you can shoot the ball like that? And she’s got a little nasty streak in her now. I didn’t see that in her, particularly during her freshman and sophomore years. Most people would say she’s just an unbelievable shooter. A little bit at a time, a little bit at a time, I’ve noticed a bit of an edge to her. It’s about how much more physical she is trying to be. The more she can show that side of her, the better she’s going to be.”

http://snyuconn.com/uconn/good-things-in-threes-for-samuelson-mater-dei/
 
Sluconn Husky said:
Right. Think she's a wing/forward in the way KML is, but with more height and reach. Geno may call her a guard but that's just his verbiage. Lou has more post-up ability than KML and can move without the ball as a cutter. Love her game offensively. Defensively, well, Shea will have work to do.
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IMO it is all about verbiage. KLS can shoot the ball like a guard. She won't be a penetrating guard as you say more like KML. AT the other end - if quickness is an issue players like Gabby or maybe even Collier can guard the quicker of the sg or sf which I can then see a classification that she is a guard. And guards can post too,

For anyone that has seen many of the top recruits over the past 10-15 years where does KLS fall in the hierarchy?
 
Napheesa Collier piled up 39 points, 20 rebounds, and 5 blocks in 24 minutes Friday night in a 25-pt IW victory.

She was 15-19 from the field, 0-2 from three, 9-11 from the foul line.
 
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Sluconn Husky said:
Napheesa Collier piled up 39 points, 20 rebounds, and 5 blocks in 24 minutes Friday night in a 25-pt IW victory.

She was 15-19 from the field, 0-2 from three, 9-11 from the foul line.
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Nice game by Napheesa!
 
Turns out Collier was 15-21 from the field, not 15-19.

That was the first game of a three-day tourney. IW plays tomorrow and could face nationally ranked Rock Bridge Sunday.
 
Napheesa Collier's Saturday: 33 points, 12 rebounds, 5 blocks, 6 steals in a 70-43 win.

Incarnate Word advances to the final of the Visitation Christmas tourney tomorrow.
 
Collier was 13-17 from the floor including 1-1 from three, and 6-8 from the foul line in the aforementioned game. She added 3 assists.
 
A Blue Star wrap-up from the Nike TOC:


It would be inappropriate to start anywhere else than Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) senior and tournament MVP Katie Lou Samuelson. The 6-3 swing standout continued to remove any doubt as to just why she sits atop the 2015 rankings. From an opening game 41 point output, including 10 three pointers, to her championship game 36, Samuelson was operating on a different level. The additions to her game over the years have made her so much more than simply a shooter and helped her evolve into one of the most complete players in recent memory. She can create off the drive; post up if need be and navigate traffic when the defenses get creative. Most impressive however are her reads and understanding of screen defense and the options available off the cut. The future UConn Husky plays with the nation’s largest target on her back yet seems to find her own looks again and again. For you “old school” types that give extra credit for a player willing to hit the floor…this is your girl. Her willingness to take contact and resilience to get up time and again set her apart from the crowd. The defense is well beyond what you get from most high profile scorers and she does her part on the boards. Her accolades are well deserved.


Samuelson’s future teammate in Storrs, Blackman’s (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) Crystal Dangerfield, is absolutely a blast to watch…unless you happen to be sitting on the other bench. Even that’s not always the case as a few opposing players were cracking smiles during an early game when Dangerfield was embarrassing their teammates with some sharp, no look passing. The 5-5 junior point guard is a defender’s worst nightmare. The long range is there to force the tight close outs and the assertive penetration is virtually indefensible forcing a tough decision or at least an urgent prayer. Complicating matters more for the opposition is the evolution of her passing game and growth in the satisfaction she takes in creating easy looks for her teammates. Of course that satisfaction might come just as much from making defenders look silly as well…either way the result is the same. The maturation of her focus has been incredible over the past couple of years as well. Dangerfield is not one of those celebrating the previous play as the next one is unfolding. Over the years she has strung together back to back plays on both ends again and again. Defensively she’s agile and quick with the ability to anticipate both on and off the ball.


http://www.bluestarmedia.org/index.php/component/k2/item/1093-nike-toc-unwrapped
 
Sluconn Husky said:
A Blue Star wrap-up from the Nike TOC:


It would be inappropriate to start anywhere else than Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) senior and tournament MVP Katie Lou Samuelson. The 6-3 swing standout continued to remove any doubt as to just why she sits atop the 2015 rankings. From an opening game 41 point output, including 10 three pointers, to her championship game 36, Samuelson was operating on a different level. The additions to her game over the years have made her so much more than simply a shooter and helped her evolve into one of the most complete players in recent memory. She can create off the drive; post up if need be and navigate traffic when the defenses get creative. Most impressive however are her reads and understanding of screen defense and the options available off the cut. The future UConn Husky plays with the nation’s largest target on her back yet seems to find her own looks again and again. For you “old school” types that give extra credit for a player willing to hit the floor…this is your girl. Her willingness to take contact and resilience to get up time and again set her apart from the crowd. The defense is well beyond what you get from most high profile scorers and she does her part on the boards. Her accolades are well deserved.


Samuelson’s future teammate in Storrs, Blackman’s (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) Crystal Dangerfield, is absolutely a blast to watch…unless you happen to be sitting on the other bench. Even that’s not always the case as a few opposing players were cracking smiles during an early game when Dangerfield was embarrassing their teammates with some sharp, no look passing. The 5-5 junior point guard is a defender’s worst nightmare. The long range is there to force the tight close outs and the assertive penetration is virtually indefensible forcing a tough decision or at least an urgent prayer. Complicating matters more for the opposition is the evolution of her passing game and growth in the satisfaction she takes in creating easy looks for her teammates. Of course that satisfaction might come just as much from making defenders look silly as well…either way the result is the same. The maturation of her focus has been incredible over the past couple of years as well. Dangerfield is not one of those celebrating the previous play as the next one is unfolding. Over the years she has strung together back to back plays on both ends again and again. Defensively she’s agile and quick with the ability to anticipate both on and off the ball.


http://www.bluestarmedia.org/index.php/component/k2/item/1093-nike-toc-unwrapped
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Wow, what more can be said for either of them.
 
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