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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5185121, member: 12088"] The USC game was interesting just because you could really see their strategy: high energy defense overplaying all the passing lanes. Iowa did that back at them and they were knocked off their stride pretty decisively. In the second quarter, USC regained their composure and climbed back into the game. In a sense, the first half was a miniature version of USC’s win over UConn. The second half was a rather different game, and it was a question whether Iowa really has the athletes to play at USC’s pace for 40 mins. It turns out, judging from USC’s shooting woes that they were as tired as Iowa by the end. In the 4th quarter, with Hannah Stuelke in foul trouble, Addison O’Grady really stepped up, as she’s been doing more frequently this season, and Lucy Olsen really did too. The energy of both teams was impressive and it was just surprising that Iowa had a bit more than USC did. [/QUOTE]