A&M is so perimeter and three point driven that I don’t think you can put Boston and Cardoso out there long. Slide Beal to the 4 and insert Rivers at three. A gain on D and shooters and against A&M no loss on the boards. Or just sub Rivers for Beal.The Henny/Zia/Rivers/Boston/Cardoso is my favorite lineup. It really takes advantage of the length and passing ability of Boston and Rivers. Henderson and Zia are smaller guards so they sometimes have trouble passing over a zone.
It was this lineup (Littleton in place of Zia) that really blew the Tennessee game open.
Defensively, it could even potentially be better (or worse) than the starting lineup, depending on the matchup. I don't see coach using it against a team like Arkansas that can spread the floor, even though it would cause a matchup nightmare for the Razorbacks. DS will not sacrifice defense to gain offense, unless perhaps we're behind. Defense is the team's identity.
That gif is from the first time we played A&M, so hopefully we'll see more of the lineup Thursday.
I'm sure coach will see how the game is going to determine her substitution pattern. Gary Blair tried to go small against LSU with Destiny Pitts at the 4. She picked up two fouls 90 seconds into the game!A&M is so perimeter and three point driven that I don’t think you can put Boston and Cardoso out there long. Slide Beal to the 4 and insert Rivers at three. A gain on D and shooters and against A&M no loss on the boards. Or just sub Rivers for Beal.
But, hey I’m just a dumbass on a chat room
Kamilla especially. And please take more shots. With her height advantage, more likely than not, it's going in or she's getting fouled. Plus she's an excellent FT shooter. Boston exhausts all possibilities before kicking it out. Kamilla needs to do the same.
Sure, but damn, Gary Blair is one of the nicest people in WBB.
That old boy who used to coach at Georgia said the same thing. He also said that it was commonplace historically among bigs.
I think so too, I believe she was trying to get her teammates some more minutes
Agree. I went back and watched. She didn't seem to be in pain after this occurred and it didn't seem to limit her movement in any way. Probably something minor. She actually committed the foul on #44. Blocked the ball with both hands and tried to pull up quickly to avoid contact. Like you said, no need to risk damage with a game well in hand.I think she started rubbing her shoulder after she was fouled by #44. I posted a gif on the game thread of 44 committing a hard foul against Boston. Here you can tell Cardoso and 44 are having words and her teammates are telling Kamilla to ignore her
Cardoso never came back in and Boston was pulled immediately after she got her 10th rebound. Obviously, if the game was close, Dawn would have played them. No reason to risk anything bad happening in a blow out, though.
Should have worded that differently "she was called for the foul".
Did you see the video of her eight three-pointers!?? Most of them were six feet behind the three point line! The girl is a female Steph Curry
