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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3384166, member: 1131"] Watching the game in person, I have a few thoughts that haven't yet been mentioned: 1. Christyn (whatever her problems with her shot or her focus) is a rebounding guard of the first order. I noticed that in this game and in most of her games this season. At both ends of the court, she positions herself aggressively for rebounds, has great hops, and seems to have upper body strength to haul down rebounds that are contested. I think she just about earns her minutes with her rebounding (on a team that really needs that), regardless of what she does in the rest of her game. 2. I didn't quite understand what Geno was doing with Aubrey's minutes in this particular game. She got into the game in the second quarter (later than I would have expected) and only played a few minutes before coming out. Then she didn't play again until Megan fouled out (at which point, with only a 10-point lead and over 6 minutes left in the game, a good performance from her was really needed). I don't get why Geno didn't find more minutes for her earlier in the game. 3. Olivia had zero fouls at halftime (excellent!), but got 3 rather quickly in the second half. However, none of them were the result of a bad block attempt or a bad contest of a rebound, so I still think she is getting much better at avoiding "dumb" fouls. But this game shows that she is likely to get enough fouls otherwise that keeping her in the game will always be a concern in competitive games. I think that is why Geno limited her minutes throughout the game -- he is trying to get the team accustomed to playing without her, which requires a totally different style of play at both ends that what they use when she is in the game. 4. I still think Molly is playing well enough that she can ease the minutes of Crystal and Christyn more than Geno is allowing her to do. He doesn't seem willing to use her until the team has a very comfortable lead. [/QUOTE]

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