Couple of things stand out to me:
-Wilson had 8 turnovers. Not sure how long she played, but that's pretty harmful to offensive production regardless. As a starter, she likely played most of the first quarter, and sure enough, we only attempted 5 baskets the entire quarter, which suggests to me that we had a bunch of turnovers in that period.
-In addition to Wilson, Brewer also had 0 points. If they both played the first quarter, that might explain part of the scoring differential. We actually kept with Lucca in the second and third quarters and outscored them by 8 in the fourth, so it was basically one bad quarter that probably featured a bunch of turnovers.
-In happier news, Williams was 3-7 for 8 points and Carrington was 4-8 for 12 (albeit with 5 turnovers to 1 assist). I could see a pretty solid starting lineup of Williams, Carrington, McPhee, and Smith, with Johnson and Fingall alternating at the 5 (and possibly also Dodson).
-One other thing to note about our paucity of assists: I don't know how much Marta played, but she provided 50% (2) of our 4 assists. Last season, she provided about 1/3 (169) of our 586 assists on the season, a percentage the seems small only because Karlie and Briana combined for another 195 of them. With both of them gone, we're going to be really weak in that category unless Marta develops enough offense to stay on the court most of the game, or Williams or Wilson can develop their assist game. McPhee is the only other returning player with significant assist potential (she had 74 last year), and we'll be looking for her to be our lead scorer alongside Smith, so we can't rely on her to be feeding the ball too much. This might actually be our biggest weakness with this group of players.
-Wilson had 8 turnovers. Not sure how long she played, but that's pretty harmful to offensive production regardless. As a starter, she likely played most of the first quarter, and sure enough, we only attempted 5 baskets the entire quarter, which suggests to me that we had a bunch of turnovers in that period.
-In addition to Wilson, Brewer also had 0 points. If they both played the first quarter, that might explain part of the scoring differential. We actually kept with Lucca in the second and third quarters and outscored them by 8 in the fourth, so it was basically one bad quarter that probably featured a bunch of turnovers.
-In happier news, Williams was 3-7 for 8 points and Carrington was 4-8 for 12 (albeit with 5 turnovers to 1 assist). I could see a pretty solid starting lineup of Williams, Carrington, McPhee, and Smith, with Johnson and Fingall alternating at the 5 (and possibly also Dodson).
-One other thing to note about our paucity of assists: I don't know how much Marta played, but she provided 50% (2) of our 4 assists. Last season, she provided about 1/3 (169) of our 586 assists on the season, a percentage the seems small only because Karlie and Briana combined for another 195 of them. With both of them gone, we're going to be really weak in that category unless Marta develops enough offense to stay on the court most of the game, or Williams or Wilson can develop their assist game. McPhee is the only other returning player with significant assist potential (she had 74 last year), and we'll be looking for her to be our lead scorer alongside Smith, so we can't rely on her to be feeding the ball too much. This might actually be our biggest weakness with this group of players.