[81alum]

What a stunning game.  Hard to believe they pulled that off, but Tara's new offense does seem to have worked.  Baylor will say, with some justification, that they had to compete with the catastrophic loss of Odyssey Sims early in the game.

We shot 7-14 from 3 and Baylor shot 2-14 from three.  That was a major difference, obviously.  If we had shot threes that well in the national semifinals last spring we would have won that game too.

We outrebounded them 35-27, amazing given they had Griner.

Toni was excellent in the second half and wound up with 15 points.  Amber was taken out during part of the second half but when she returned she sparked the team, got a clutch rebound, sank some jumpers. 

Chiney was steady throughout and led with 18 points.  But she did wind up with 4 fouls--which may explain why Griner became more effective late in the game.

Ruef led rebounds with 12!  She was a major help to the team and looked so much better than just a couple of games ago.

Taylor went 4/6 from three and was critical for our offense.

It wasn't Bonnie's day.  She played 11 minutes and picked up 3 fouls, she did have 5 rebounds but only one shot. 

We had 13 assists but 10 turnovers--Toni had 3 and Ruef had 3.  Baylor had only 3 total.  I'm sure Tara will dwell on turnovers when she talks to her team. 

I wonder if Tara is calculating how the win might breed overconfidence--she often says that teams learn more from early-season losses than early-season wins.  But given that we are learning to play without Nneka, I think the win is a much needed boost of confidence that we can win as a team with the new system.

Congrats to a fine team effort and the new offense!

[81alum]

What a stunning game.  Hard to believe they pulled that off, but Tara's new offense does seem to have worked.  Baylor will say, with some justification, that they had to compete with the catastrophic loss of Odyssey Sims early in the game.

We shot 7-14 from 3 and Baylor shot 2-14 from three.  That was a major difference, obviously.  If we had shot threes that well in the national semifinals last spring we would have won that game too.

We outrebounded them 35-27, amazing given they had Griner.

Toni was excellent in the second half and wound up with 15 points.  Amber was taken out during part of the second half but when she returned she sparked the team, got a clutch rebound, sank some jumpers. 

Chiney was steady throughout and led with 18 points.  But she did wind up with 4 fouls--which may explain why Griner became more effective late in the game.

Ruef led rebounds with 12!  She was a major help to the team and looked so much better than just a couple of games ago.

Taylor went 4/6 from three and was critical for our offense.

It wasn't Bonnie's day.  She played 11 minutes and picked up 3 fouls, she did have 5 rebounds but only one shot. 

We had 13 assists but 10 turnovers--Toni had 3 and Ruef had 3.  Baylor had only 3 total.  I'm sure Tara will dwell on turnovers when she talks to her team. 

I wonder if Tara is calculating how the win might breed overconfidence--she often says that teams learn more from early-season losses than early-season wins.  But given that we are learning to play without Nneka, I think the win is a much needed boost of confidence that we can win as a team with the new system.

Congrats to a fine team effort and the new offense!