My observations on the KSU game.
1. Lee is very good and played a great game. Congrats to her. At the same time, the refs called things pretty tight for her benefit, and she got away with a some pushes and 3-second calls.
2. We played poorly. Must have missed at least 10 wide open layups. Not talking about ones that KSU’s size affected - we missed what were basically layup drills. On one occasion Tot was streaking in for an open layup and simply lost the ball, forcing her to put up a circus shot. Maddie missed some bunnies. Emma, Skylar - pretty much everyone blew some easy shots. An extra 20 points would have helped.
3. We got off to the 15-0 deficit and that seemed to speed us up more than usual. We took quick shots and didn’t make them work on defense.
4. Think Jenny had a good strategy - looked like she wanted to draw Lee out with Skylar at the 5, but Skylar picked a bad time to be cold from beyond the arc. We had some luck working around Lee when she had to pick up Taylor away from the hoop - more of that would have been nice.
5. Best thing about the game was seeing Gabby get some points. Hope she can work herself back into the flow down the stretch, because we all know she can play and give us another scorer. I’m hoping her season isn’t like Doolittle’s wasted soph season for the men’s team a few years ago (after he missed the 1st semester).
6. Lee was dominant, but I wasn’t impressed with the other KSU players. Unfortunately I think they can play better, and I hope that doesn’t burn us in Norman.
7. Last, need to make sure this doesn’t carry over and turn into multiple losses. Two winnable home games this week - we should definitely handle the Pokes, and I think we can beat Texas if we play as well as we did against Baylor.
Boomer!
