[2006alum]

Not as bad as feared after reading, having seen what transpired with my own eyes.
I am for sure going to tune into the ASU game live and send positive mojo so all of Britt's attempted treys (and Kiana's, and Alanna's, and Marta's, and Alexa's... you catch my drift) find the bottom of the net!

Yeah, in retrospect, it was really our 3-point shooting that was so off. I didn't notice during the game, because of Kiana's trio in the opening minutes that made me think we were hot from behind the arc, but after that we went 3 for 24 the rest of the way, and I literally remember the three that went in - one from Jerome, one from Sniezek, and one from Smith off a fast break. Our bench was 1-12 from three point land, and McPhee was 0-6. And many weren't really contested, so they just weren't going in. Definitely need to improve on that on Sunday, and it may explain why Tara was making so many bench substitutions, to see if she could find a hot hand at the trey. Even Moschkau got a few minutes at the end.

Also, someone brought this up after the USC game, but if the net effect of the Princeton is that we're seeing more zone defenses, and we have trouble breaking down the zone/shooting treys over it, I'm not sure if I totally understand the benefit of it. I feel like we've faced a zone defense for at least part of each of the last five games, right? In theory, it's supposed to be a rarer defense, so clearly the scouting on us is that we're much weaker at the zone than man. If so, why aren't we orienting our offense around one that is great at breaking down the zone? I feel like that's why Fingall has started getting more time, because she's really effective at the high post in breaking down the zone, but otherwise it seems like I haven't seen much obvious adjustment.

[2006alum]

Not as bad as feared after reading, having seen what transpired with my own eyes.
I am for sure going to tune into the ASU game live and send positive mojo so all of Britt's attempted treys (and Kiana's, and Alanna's, and Marta's, and Alexa's... you catch my drift) find the bottom of the net!

Yeah, in retrospect, it was really our 3-point shooting that was so off. I didn't notice during the game, because of Kiana's trio in the opening minutes that made me think we were hot from behind the arc, but after that we went 3 for 24 the rest of the way, and I literally remember the three that went in - one from Jerome, one from Sniezek, and one from Smith off a fast break. Our bench was 1-12 from three point land, and McPhee was 0-6. And many weren't really contested, so they just weren't going in. Definitely need to improve on that on Sunday, and it may explain why Tara was making so many bench substitutions, to see if she could find a hot hand at the trey. Even Moschkau got a few minutes at the end.

Also, someone brought this up after the USC game, but if the net effect of the Princeton is that we're seeing more zone defenses, and we have trouble breaking down the zone/shooting treys over it, I'm not sure if I totally understand the benefit of it. I feel like we've faced a zone defense for at least part of each of the last five games, right? In theory, it's supposed to be a rarer defense, so clearly the scouting on us is that we're much weaker at the zone than man. If so, why aren't we orienting our offense around one that is great at breaking down the zone? I feel like that's why Fingall has started getting more time, because she's really effective at the high post in breaking down the zone, but otherwise it seems like I haven't seen much obvious adjustment.