It's her shot. It has been much flatter than usual. She has always had more of a line drive shot but it has been worse this year. I noticed she had a compression sleeve on her upper leg last game. I wonder if she is nursing a leg injury that is making it painful or difficult to get her usual shot off.Peyton is certainly off this year.....last year she handled the ball more and had lots of assists.
I don't get to watch the games so don't know how she is being used this year. Maybe some more plays need to be run through her??
I’m not quite there yet. I think we can pretty easily make the sweet 16. That may be it though which would be very disappointing.We could slip to 1 and done by tourney time. This was a pivotal year talent-wise and the upside doesn't look like it's there.
My thoughts on tonight’s game. I hear you. My thoughts on Aaliyah taking so many shots a game I can care less only reason why because we know she is a natural scorer. Tonight in the first quarter against Ole Miss She was out of control a bit too much and Jennie should have called timeout immediately. I normally never point out fingers at players but tonight I most definitely am. Payton with two miss easy layups and was wide Open another time, and Aaliyah was trying to play hero ball and was playing out of control way to early in the game was wild to me idk. I could see that late in the 4th quarter but a couple mins into the first quarter? absolutely ridiculous..I don’t understand why everyone is fine with Chavez taking 20+ shots a game. Of course she’s going to hit some of those. Anybody that would too. The offense is off because the coaches would rather have personal accolades than win. Why would we ever go away from Beers? People in the stands were screaming for them to stop chucking shots. It won’t win them games. There’s no floor to the offense. We do have a bench. They caused two shot clock violations with their defense. They never get the ball passed to them. Our rotations are just horrible. We need two of our best defenders out there constantly. Smith should start. It’s ok to run this offense and also have plays in your back pocket. It’s the SEC and every game will be this tough or harder. I will say I don’t think they make all those shots every game. They couldn’t miss.
We only have 3 coming off the bench really. And the minutes are sporadic. There’s no time for them to contribute. Lofton came in with 1 minute left in the first quarter, got an immediate steal and bucket. Then you don’t see her again until far in the second for another couple of minutes…with no touches.Against Mississippi State we had great ball movement and great player movement. Not so much tonight.
Too much one on one and forced shots. Lost our mid range jumbers. 8 blocked shots and several that should not have been tried.
Ole Miss is a good team. Texas only beat them by 3 and was lucky to win. They have shot treys at under 30% but tonight it was over 40%.
Verhulst 0-7 from behind the arc. Ouch. Only 5 bench points in 39 minuts. Our depth isn't there yet.
Agree with hating to call names. Always had the win together and lose together mentality. Peyton seems to be in her head. We never know what is going on outside of the game. I’m fine with Chavez taking all those shots when she’s hitting her teammates at the same time. I think that’s what we were missing tonight. I also think she carries a lot of outside pressure to prove herself. It’s not necessary, because she’s very talented. Easier said than done to let that go though. We’re on her their side and tough on them, so I can imagine the ones who aren’t are pretty brutal. I would love to see a couple of minutes with Vann, Smith, Lofton, Williams and Reagan. Or even Stewart and Reagan with the three. Just to shake up the other team with intense defense and length. Not asking to make changes to the start, but it could change a game with a couple minutes of real pressure.My thoughts on tonight’s game. I hear you. My thoughts on Aaliyah taking so many shots a game I can care less only reason why because we know she is a natural scorer. Tonight in the first quarter against Ole Miss She was out of control a bit too much and Jennie should have called timeout immediately. I normally never point out fingers at players but tonight I most definitely am. Payton with two miss easy layups and was wide Open another time, and Aaliyah was trying to play hero ball and was playing out of control way to early in the game was wild to me idk. I could see that late in the 4th quarter but a couple mins into the first quarter? absolutely ridiculous..
I’ll be honest, I have not been pleased with Payton this season. She doesn’t even look to shoot anymore and when she does she misses badly or very short. There has been MULTIPLE games this season that she has been left wide open and could not knock down the shot.
Today she was left open at least 3 to 4 times behind the 3pt line and did not make it. Actually was off badly. Im disappointed overall with her this season so far, I honestly expected her to be scoring over 15+ Or more points a game this season and just have not. It doesn’t even irritate me anymore, its more disappointing at this point IMO. Like at this point start Keziah or Caya over Payton for a couple of games and make her realize she needs to start contributing or else she gonna get her spot taken. Have to think if Payton makes of of the 14 shots we win that game. I sure hope she gets going because its only going to get tougher here on out.
Raegan and Sahara played well tonight IMO. Zya didn’t play bad just was in foul trouble early on along with Sahara.
Caya and Keziah played well on defense tonight for us.
And oh the officiating was absolutely TERRIBLE.
Onto the next game, Boomer!
Have noticed all season about the lack of playing together by the 2 players you mentioned. Have thought one is jealous of the other one. Beers, Verhulst, Williams, Stewart, and Culliton seem to be great team players. JMHO from watching most of the games this year.man JB takes a lot of flack from us but I think this is my favorite postgame presser I’ve seen of her. Brutally honest and calling out the team on their faults. She called out the lack of playing together. (I think a shot at Vann and Chavez). Not just the fans who can see the hero ball that overtakes our team at times.
I wouldn’t even call it jealousy. It’s competitive. One isn’t better than the other. And together, they’re very very very good. If you really pay attention, Vann can be having her best game and they take her out and leave Chavez in to up her in points. That has to be frustrating. Vann wants to play professional too and gets little recognition from the OU WBB page. That kind of stuff will make a player leave. Vann is an elite player. Nothing to be jealous about. They both need to use each other and get the recognition as potentially the best backcourt in the nation. Coaches can help that.Have noticed all season about the lack of playing together by the 2 players you mentioned. Have thought one is jealous of the other one. Beers, Verhulst, Williams, Stewart, and Culliton seem to be great team players. JMHO from watching most of the games this year.
Seriously? I'm going to have to see some proof of that.The offense is off because the coaches would rather have personal accolades than win.
Here's what was tough about last nights game...we beat ourselves. That wasn't Ole Miss being a superior team...cause they are not and that will play out the rest of the season. This loss will hurt and I hope we can learn from it quickly.My thoughts on tonight’s game. I hear you. My thoughts on Aaliyah taking so many shots a game I can care less only reason why because we know she is a natural scorer. Tonight in the first quarter against Ole Miss She was out of control a bit too much and Jennie should have called timeout immediately. I normally never point out fingers at players but tonight I most definitely am. Payton with two miss easy layups and was wide Open another time, and Aaliyah was trying to play hero ball and was playing out of control way to early in the game was wild to me idk. I could see that late in the 4th quarter but a couple mins into the first quarter? absolutely ridiculous..
I’ll be honest, I have not been pleased with Payton this season. She doesn’t even look to shoot anymore and when she does she misses badly or very short. There has been MULTIPLE games this season that she has been left wide open and could not knock down the shot.
Today she was left open at least 3 to 4 times behind the 3pt line and did not make it. Actually was off badly. Im disappointed overall with her this season so far, I honestly expected her to be scoring over 15+ Or more points a game this season and just have not. It doesn’t even irritate me anymore, its more disappointing at this point IMO. Like at this point start Keziah or Caya over Payton for a couple of games and make her realize she needs to start contributing or else she gonna get her spot taken. Have to think if Payton makes of of the 14 shots we win that game. I sure hope she gets going because its only going to get tougher here on out.
Raegan and Sahara played well tonight IMO. Zya didn’t play bad just was in foul trouble early on along with Sahara.
Caya and Keziah played well on defense tonight for us.
And oh the officiating was absolutely TERRIBLE.
Onto the next game, Boomer!
Yup. You think our fan support makes it easy to get recruits to come play here?Sad crowd at the game tonight
Tom4OU, Not sure if you watched the games over the years...it has never been about stats. Usually JBs teams play the fewest minutes per game than any starting 5 in the conference. We just don't have a ton of depth this year. sheesh.Seriously? I'm going to have to see some proof of that.
Excellent comment by Reagan and Jennie. I've always wished that they provided a mic for the people asking questions. At one point, I think she was responding to a question about Peyton, but that's just a guess because the question was unintelligible due to the poor audio quality.man JB takes a lot of flack from us but I think this is my favorite postgame presser I’ve seen of her. Brutally honest and calling out the team on their faults. She called out the lack of playing together. (I think a shot at Vann and Chavez). Not just the fans who can see the hero ball that overtakes our team at times.