01-14-2018, 08:47 AM
MT, thank you for that detailed break down of our break down. It confirms a few of my hunches and corrects one or two others. I guess the referees were not unusually incompetent--on the fast break call at least they got it right. The play when I yelled at them to consult the monitor was when Swedlund sprained her ankle but before we knew she was seriously hurt. They did go over to the monitor and I thought perhaps they had heard the crowd complain, but my guess is they were not checking the out of bounds call (which you confirmed they got wrong) but checking to see if any egregious foul had been committed against Swedlund to cause her injury.
What I also like about your analysis is that it shows that the true breakdown didn't really begin until well into the 4th quarter. All during the 3rd and until 7:41 in the 4th we basically played WSU even. That may not be good--but it doesn't represent a collapse. When Marta made that layup at 7:41 to extend the lead back to 26 we answered WSU and seemed to be on track.
But after Marta's layup what I noticed most is the decline in William's play. She did not stay in front of her player, she made several deflected passes leading to turnovers. I think this is a sign of fatigue--whether physical or mental. It also fits with her previous pattern of being an offensive genius early in the game but receding later in the game. She is probably our most talented player, but she is a freshman, and as opposing defenses turn up the pressure on her over the course of the game she does not stay quite as crisp and focused. I think 36 minutes is probably too long for her--but with Anna Wilson out we would have needed to play Romano considerably more than we did.
After Marta's layup, we scored only one more basket the rest of the game--the layup by Kaylee. But over the last 7+ minutes of the game, we had 4 misses, 9 turnovers, and 3 fouls. Williams, Carrington, McPhee, and Coffee seemed to be responsible for most of those mistakes. Williams and McPhee, as I said, just seemed tired. Carrington played 11 minutes in the 2nd half and was 0/6 with 2 turnovers.Â
Romano played only 1 minute in the second half. I think in retrospect that was probably a mistake.
What I also like about your analysis is that it shows that the true breakdown didn't really begin until well into the 4th quarter. All during the 3rd and until 7:41 in the 4th we basically played WSU even. That may not be good--but it doesn't represent a collapse. When Marta made that layup at 7:41 to extend the lead back to 26 we answered WSU and seemed to be on track.
But after Marta's layup what I noticed most is the decline in William's play. She did not stay in front of her player, she made several deflected passes leading to turnovers. I think this is a sign of fatigue--whether physical or mental. It also fits with her previous pattern of being an offensive genius early in the game but receding later in the game. She is probably our most talented player, but she is a freshman, and as opposing defenses turn up the pressure on her over the course of the game she does not stay quite as crisp and focused. I think 36 minutes is probably too long for her--but with Anna Wilson out we would have needed to play Romano considerably more than we did.
After Marta's layup, we scored only one more basket the rest of the game--the layup by Kaylee. But over the last 7+ minutes of the game, we had 4 misses, 9 turnovers, and 3 fouls. Williams, Carrington, McPhee, and Coffee seemed to be responsible for most of those mistakes. Williams and McPhee, as I said, just seemed tired. Carrington played 11 minutes in the 2nd half and was 0/6 with 2 turnovers.Â
Romano played only 1 minute in the second half. I think in retrospect that was probably a mistake.