06-23-2015, 07:22 AM
As one commentator pointed out last year, Lili had a lot of up and down games. She would have games where she scored a bunch, but then had days where she couldn't make a basket even if it was ten feet wide. She and Amber shouldered not just a lot of scoring, but offensive playmaking as well. With Amber graduated, the goal is to distribute the offense more evenly and so Lili won't feel like she has to do everything.
Out of all of the returning players, she has had the most proven and consistent history of scoring and without anyone else really having that history of being another day in and day out scorer, Lili might feel the need to do everything and we can't let that happen if we want to reclaim the Pac-12 regular season title and go deep in the NCAA tournament. Other players must step up and early, even if it's against a Boston College or another easy opponent, to show that they can score and set the consistency that was lacking last year.
Out of all of the returning players, she has had the most proven and consistent history of scoring and without anyone else really having that history of being another day in and day out scorer, Lili might feel the need to do everything and we can't let that happen if we want to reclaim the Pac-12 regular season title and go deep in the NCAA tournament. Other players must step up and early, even if it's against a Boston College or another easy opponent, to show that they can score and set the consistency that was lacking last year.