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Message: [QUOTE="Roger G, post: 2148033, member: 7083"] It was almost a perfect storm. MSU played great defense off the ball and denied the high low as some have already said. Also, Napheesa didn't play her usual game and therefore missed a lot of shots. The little bump off that she does again and again to get open shots, she didn't do much. It may have been the size of the defender. But without her doing her usual steady Eddie Morgan Tuck impersonation, things were much more difficult. I also think, however, that the officiating played in MSUs favor in that the calls were at times for very minor contact, especially in a game of such magnitude, which helps the longer bench. All in all, MSU probably played their best game ever. They are a very good team, but on that day they played ferociously. In the next game, they played nowhere near as intensely and lost to a team that UConn beat on a bit of an off day. So, against UConn they contributed to their own win mightily. But UConn's unforced errors, poor shooting, lack of intensity, and weak decision-making all contributed to the loss. And the officials helped too. [/QUOTE]