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Message: [QUOTE="TeamFirst!, post: 4428954, member: 11538"] I'm just going to come out and say it. I think Ayanna might eventually be our best post defender if she can keep from fouling. She's strong enough and can leap enough to maybe be somewhat effective against the Bostons, Betts and Brinks of the world. It's a huge ask to expect her to be able to control her fouls though at this point and no one really stops that trio and especially Boston. I'm just not confident at all that Dorka or AE can do it. It's a hell of a challenge but in the little time she has played post defensively Ayanna has stopped the opposing post pretty well. Ayanna doesn't appear to be very effective in the post offensively though. Maybe if we are lucky part of her role is to give us 15 minutes of rebounding and good defensive work for as long as she lasts. That girl is strong and vertically explosive. She is rebounding at a rate over 1 per 2 minutes of play while both Dorka and AE are less than 1 per 3 minutes of play. Very small sample size but I think Ayanna could be putting up better numbers if she were getting more PT. So far, she has played less than 10 minutes a game. [URL="https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/41"]2022-23 UConn Huskies Stats | ESPN[/URL] [/QUOTE]