From the post game comments by Sherri Coale available on Soonersports.com.
"Well I think there is no lid on the potential for his young team. I was watching tonight the connection that Stu (Peyton Little) and Maddie (Manning) had on the floor. Just kind of a basketball savvy connection without saying a word. They just kind of get it. I'm thinking to myself 'this is their first season on the floor together' and how much that's going to grow over the next three years. A freshman point guard (Gabbi Ortiz) who's backed up by an old sophomore (T'Ona Edwards) point guard. I mean it's just everywhere. There's youth everywhere. So, I think as long as we keep that youth hungry, and improving and willing to get better, and push themselves and stretch themselves, then we have something special for a while."
In her first game for OU, T'Ona looked like the best point guard we had ever had. I think that was an exhibition game. Then, she became a freshman. But, recently, she has begun to make some very nice connections on some passes. She is getting a lot of assists for the few minutes that she is in every game. She is doing a much better job on cutting down on her turnovers, and she may just steal it herself as she did to Prince. She seems to be developing a sense of where players will be, and she is giving good minutes despite the fact that she has absolutely no shot. She is pretty good on defense.
With the ball in T'Ona's, Peyton's, Gabbi's, or Maddie's hands, I think we are pretty safe in saying that the number of turnovers is declining. When we make them, it usually isn't our guards any more. They are more likely to be forcing them than making them.
This group is developing a fit for each other.
"Well I think there is no lid on the potential for his young team. I was watching tonight the connection that Stu (Peyton Little) and Maddie (Manning) had on the floor. Just kind of a basketball savvy connection without saying a word. They just kind of get it. I'm thinking to myself 'this is their first season on the floor together' and how much that's going to grow over the next three years. A freshman point guard (Gabbi Ortiz) who's backed up by an old sophomore (T'Ona Edwards) point guard. I mean it's just everywhere. There's youth everywhere. So, I think as long as we keep that youth hungry, and improving and willing to get better, and push themselves and stretch themselves, then we have something special for a while."
In her first game for OU, T'Ona looked like the best point guard we had ever had. I think that was an exhibition game. Then, she became a freshman. But, recently, she has begun to make some very nice connections on some passes. She is getting a lot of assists for the few minutes that she is in every game. She is doing a much better job on cutting down on her turnovers, and she may just steal it herself as she did to Prince. She seems to be developing a sense of where players will be, and she is giving good minutes despite the fact that she has absolutely no shot. She is pretty good on defense.
With the ball in T'Ona's, Peyton's, Gabbi's, or Maddie's hands, I think we are pretty safe in saying that the number of turnovers is declining. When we make them, it usually isn't our guards any more. They are more likely to be forcing them than making them.
This group is developing a fit for each other.
