Our frosh

[SoonerinNC]

All play solid defense.

All take good care of the ball for frosh.

All but possibly Edwards are potentially good scorers.

But only Wyatt and possibly Edwards have much of an idea how they will score in Div I basketball at this time.

Wyatt has a good outside shot and a nice pull up jumper. Edward will probably always be a transition and penetrating scorer without a great outside shooter.

Sherri's challenge is to bring them along on offense and develop rotations to keep all of her players fresh by the time Big 12 basketball comes along. If she can accomplish that we will have a 9 player rotation that can play relentless defense and up tempo offense the entire game.

If not we will see Ellenberg and Hook playing 37 minutes a game and Campbell and Kornet 30 minutes and a lot of freshman talent watching most of the key games on the pine.

The trick is to always have five on the floor that can maintain offensive continuity and flow and play good team defense. Sometimes all of that is lost when another player comes into the game.

Of course the players have to develop their overall games to be a threat to score and help their teammates on rebounding and defense.

 

[SoonerNorm]

All play solid defense.

All take good care of the ball for frosh.

All but possibly Edwards are potentially good scorers.

But only Wyatt and possibly Edwards have much of an idea how they will score in Div I basketball at this time.

Wyatt has a good outside shot and a nice pull up jumper. Edward will probably always be a transition and penetrating scorer without a great outside shooter.

Sherri's challenge is to bring them along on offense and develop rotations to keep all of her players fresh by the time Big 12 basketball comes along. If she can accomplish that we will have a 9 player rotation that can play relentless defense and up tempo offense the entire game.

If not we will see Ellenberg and Hook playing 37 minutes a game and Campbell and Kornet 30 minutes and a lot of freshman talent watching most of the key games on the pine.

The trick is to always have five on the floor that can maintain offensive continuity and flow and play good team defense. Sometimes all of that is lost when another player comes into the game.

Of course the players have to develop their overall games to be a threat to score and help their teammates on rebounding and defense.

I think Edwards is the only freshman who will see regular minutes as she will be Morgan's primary backup. Hopefully, she can give Morgan a 5 minute break in each half. She still needs to score some in limited minutes. Gibbs may not be a major D-1 player. Shaya has a ways to go. Derica and Gioya should both be better next year. They will play some this year (since Maddie and Peyton are out) but in limited roles.

Right now, it is important to get our starting 5 playing up to their potential.

 

[sybarite]

I think we have a starting five plus Kaylon pretty much where we want them, although it would be nice if Kornet would start hitting some of those shots. I strongly suspect that we will see a lot of Edwards and Carter. I haven't seen what Sherri sees in Carter yet, but Sherri is certainly excited. Thus, I think she'll get some time.

We may see Derica as a zone buster.

We may see Shaya when our forwards get into foul trouble. I think she may have pulled ahead of Portia.

With a little time on the floor, they may not star this year. But, they are better than what we have had on the bench.

 

[35TangoTango]

Carter and Edwards looked a little more like freshmen last night against D-1 competition. Still both looked like contributors. Remember that we ran almost no set plays last night; everything was free-lancing off of the base motion offense.

Edwards looks like she's ready as far as the court vision and distribution parts of the point guard position are concerned. In fact, she looks a lot better in those aspects than did the much discussed DaShawn Hardin. She still needs to think of scoring as well as passing, but she's certainly not a liability when she's on the court.

Carter is the one that all the players were raving about in preseason practice. She certainly can move, and the amount of time she got early last night indicates that Coach wants her to be a contributor soon.

The third freshman that looks to be coming on is Kellogg. I think she gets a lot of looking at in pre-conference play. She's very smooth, but she's getting the job done. Also, she's playing a the position that seems most "up for grabs".

Wyatt looks competent to me, but no skills we don't already have in abundance.

 

[SoonerinNC]

I can see what Sherri sees in Carter. She plays hard and has a real nose for the ball and is already sound on defense, passing and rebounding. She makes a lot of good passes that lead to baskets or a foul. She gets the tough rebounds much like Campbell. Last night I thought she was reluctant to try to score and was too much pass first. That is not all bad when you have scorers like Ellenberg and Hook on the team. I think we will see more of her than Edwards in crunch time.

 

[tycat947]

I can see what Sherri sees in Carter. She plays hard and has a real nose for the ball and is already sound on defense, passing and rebounding. She makes a lot of good passes that lead to baskets or a foul. She gets the tough rebounds much like Campbell. Last night I thought she was reluctant to try to score and was too much pass first. That is not all bad when you have scorers like Ellenberg and Hook on the team. I think we will see more of her than Edwards in crunch time.

I agree. Gioya will play a lot, I think. She does lots of thinks well, plays hard, good defense, rebounds, moves good and I think she'll be able to score eventually. T'Ona will play a lot as well. I think Shaya is going to get some playing time as well. The non-conference season is always a preparation for the Big 12 and NCAA tourney. Stetson was a very good first game team. They will probably make the NCAA again this year.

 

[soonerstar]

Was Gibbs injured last night? I do not know any otrher reason she would not get into the game.

 

[atlantasooner]

I thought Kellogg had a good first real game. She was incredibly active on the boards and inside. The interior offense for her will come in time
I need to see some more perimeter game from Carter and Edwards before figuring out which
one will play more.
Wyatt is going to be a nice option off the bench when everyone else is struggling with their shot, like last night.
Paired with Kaylon you had two bigs who could keep up with OU's desire to run, run, run.

 

[sybarite]

Derica doesn't seem to do much wrong. She gets to balls, rebounds. She has scored twice on what amounts to putbacks, although she used short jump shots instead of layups. She can also hit free throws if she gets to the line.

She doesn't look like she's the athlete that T''Ona and Gioya are. But, I have heard Sherri urging her to shoot. I get the impression that Sherri really wants her to shoot, shoot, and shoot. Sherri apparently thinks she is a really good shooter, and that is always something you can use. Good spot shooters who don't make mistakes aren't easy to find.

I really don't know how much she will play, now or later. But, I think Sherri really wants this to work just because you can't really teach what she does.

 

[SoonerinNC]

I agree on both Shaya and Derica. They both look ready to play Div I ball. It looked like Derica did well enough to earn some extra minutes in the second half after being the 5th player off the bench in the first half. She was probably closer to what we can expect to see from her in the future than any of the other frosh. The other 3 looked a little tight.

I still think the most important thing is for Sherri to get them to a point where she can use her depth without losing continuity. That has not been her long suit in the past.

My biggest disappointment last night was how hard it was for us to stay in front of them. Too many drives to the basket resulting in fouls. They stayed in the game with foul shooting and an occasional trey.

 

[sybarite]

Actually, I think Derica has been as tight as anyone. She is often open and doesn't shoot. I think that Sherri wants her to shoot out there when they leave her alone. But, I think she's a bit afraid. Sherri has to yell at her.

I don't know who will play much this year. Sherri sure seems to like Gioya. There may be room for everyone to play in some games. Last night, I thought Kaylon, Morgan, Sharane, and Aaryn were the only ones that weren't a bit stiff, and Morgan wasn't exactly at a hundred percent.

 

[SoonerNorm]

We are losing our only elite player. We have Ortiz coming next year and she has all the signs of being an elite player. We really need a player like Cox to take this program to the next level. With Cox, Ortiz, and Dungee, along with Maddie and Peyton, that would allow us to compete with anyone. The freshman we have will provide depth this year and beyond but we now need difference makers.

 

[Boomer-D]

Was Gibbs injured last night? I do not know any otrher reason she would not get into the game.

Hopefully a redshirt... if Coale knows what that is. Gibbs is raw and could really use an extra year of development.