Absolutely. The one thing that impresses me most about Maya is how she performs when games get tight, momentum is swinging the other way and her team really needs a couple of plays.
Early in the 4th, Turkey had again pulled to within 5. Next possession Maya got the ball on the right wing, quickly did a power dribble-drive baseline and pulled up for her classic fadeaway. No hesitation, no deferring. She has been missing on that shot but this time it was pure. Shortly thereafter, she was rotating on defense and got her hand in a passing lane inside, stole the ball and fed upcourt to Whelan. Also during this period they started regularly putting her low so she could flash to the FT line for the ball, which several 'Yarders noted, and this led to a number of assists and buckets as we began to pull away. Before that, it had been a lot of jump shots for Team USA and not enough of them were falling.
I still recall Geno being interviewed after the NC victory over Stanford, and how he said, "She's the best player in the world....when you need points!" She just knows how to get the ball in the basket for her team, one or another (scoring, assisting, stealing) when it's needed most.
