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Message: [QUOTE="Huskee11, post: 4947516, member: 7171"] Once again Nika showed up at crunch time in ways that almost go unnoticed. It was tied at 59 with about seven and a half minutes left and I'm sure she was tired at that point. But she: 1. made a drive and kick to Brady that got us up two; 2. an offensive rebound off a Paige miss, sprawling to the floor, picked up a foul on Watkins in the process; 3. an assist to Paige on the inbounds, then another assist on a Paige three-pointer, with that little screen at the top of the key. (That has been called an offensive foul on her before, I was holding my breath waiting for a whistle); 4. what I think was the dagger, an assist to Aaliyah that led to a three point play, getting us up nine 73-64 with 2:30 left. It is worth looking at that play closely if you can. Paige rebounds a miss and SC falls back into what looks like a three quarter court zone press. Paige lobs it to Nika on the left around midcourt. Nika instinctively recognizes that she actually has a four on three situation and immediately drives hard to the right, and approaching the three point line at the top of the key hits a cutting Aaliyah who is unaccounted for by the defense with a perfect pass. The defender gets there late, Aaliyah takes it hard to the hoop, and it results in a three point play. 5. a defensive rebound; and 5. a steal and free throw. At that point is was 76-64, game essentially over. Winning players make winning plays. Paige scored nine points during that stretch and Aaliyah five, but Nika's fingerprints were all over that six minute stretch as well. [/QUOTE]

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