T'ona Edwards

[HandyMan]

It really shows how valuable she is to Oklahoma handling the basketball/ball defense when she shoots just over 50% from the free throw line but stays in the game during the finish of a tight ball game.

 

[Hoopdreams79]

Her energy is very good and it's a different floor when she is on it however offensively unless she is going to the basket she is not really ever a threat or in the offensive flow. Would like to see her pull up more and be a threat the way Gioya is now starting to do.

 

[sybarite]

It really shows how valuable she is to Oklahoma handling the basketball/ball defense when she shoots just over 50% from the free throw line but stays in the game during the finish of a tight ball game.

I see her contribution in holding a lead as questionable. She tends to lose the ball at times while trying to drive into the middle, and she can't hit free throws. Yesterday, I think we would have been better off at the end of the game if she had been benched, putting Gioya, Gabbi, Maddie, Peyton, and Vivi/Kay Kay in the game, with Penzo being the first sub. You want to eat clock with no mistakes. She missed a layup on a Maddie steal, and it cost us the ball and a foul.

I see T'Ona as the one that I want on the floor if we are behind, but not ahead.

 

[Sooners4Life0101]

I think TT is the most improved basketball player I have ever seen. She is a lock down defender- and really improving offensively. Still makes some bad decisions but she keeps cutting down on them more and more. I think she could actually develop into a decent scorer personally. She is obviously very explosive, and has actually developed a fundamentally sound shot that looks good. Just needs confidence. Defenders don't guard her from 3, and that creates a problem for us I think if she develops that and continues to stop forcing the ball sometimes, she'll be one of the best pg is the conference. She makes some very good reads and she brings a toughness and athleticism that we need. And I think she should probably play there instead of Gabbi just cause of what she brings to the table in all areas that don't include personal scoring.


Also would like to say, that Gabbi has made me a believer that she can play off guard very well. I think she should play like she has been, some minutes at pg some minutes at 2.


Also want to know why Gioya only got 18 minutes. She brought us back at the start of that half, that wasn't right.


I personally think the lineup should be TT, Peyton, Gioya, Maddie, KK- with Gabbi playing 20-25+ or as much as possible.

 

[Sooners4Life0101]

I'll say this, If TT develops her shot, we have the potential to be a final four team

 

[soonermike22]

We are a better defensive team with TT on the floor. She is excellent on fast breaks. She is also improving on the offensive end in set plays.
Play her or mix and match line-ups depending on opposition, and situation, but we are better off with her having heavy minutes.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

Also would like to say, that Gabbi has made me a believer that she can play off guard very well. I think she should play like she has been, some minutes at pg some minutes at 2.


Also want to know why Gioya only got 18 minutes. She brought us back at the start of that half, that wasn't right.


I personally think the lineup should be TT, Peyton, Gioya, Maddie, KK- with Gabbi playing 20-25+ or as much as possible.

On her last coach's show - after the WV game - Sherri mentioned that she worried about playing Gioya as many minutes as she had due to her still recovering from the injury. I got the impression she will keep her minutes restrained for a while as she recovers. She also said Gioya is not in perfect shape yet - so she gets pretty tired.

 

[euphguy]

I see her contribution in holding a lead as questionable. She tends to lose the ball at times while trying to drive into the middle, and she can't hit free throws. Yesterday, I think we would have been better off at the end of the game if she had been benched, putting Gioya, Gabbi, Maddie, Peyton, and Vivi/Kay Kay in the game, with Penzo being the first sub. You want to eat clock with no mistakes. She missed a layup on a Maddie steal, and it cost us the ball and a foul.

I see T'Ona as the one that I want on the floor if we are behind, but not ahead.

In a rare sighting, Sybarite challenges a decision by Sherri Coale. I'm awestruck.

 

[35TangoTango]

I questioned using T'ona to run clock at the end of a previous game. But we won both games. Coach has pretty much always believed in having your best ball handlers on the floor at the end of a game with a lead.

And quite frankly, I do find it easy to have confidence in Coach's point guard decisions, since that's her specialty.

 

[sybarite]

I suspect that Sherri does some things that may not be the best idea right now. But, she intends that they will be in March if she develops them now.

 

[SoonerNorm]

In a rare sighting, Sybarite challenges a decision by Sherri Coale. I'm awestruck.

:ez-laugh:

 

[j2d2]

I am not a T'Ona fan. She is a turnover machine and either does not learn or cannot learn not to drive in among the trees to try to get a layup. She throws at least three brain dead passes a game and often guards three point shooters from a safe 4-6 feet away. She should stick to defense and sneaking under the basket on rebounds to steal the ball.

 

[35TangoTango]

I am not a T'Ona fan. She is a turnover machine and either does not learn or cannot learn not to drive in among the trees to try to get a layup. She throws at least three brain dead passes a game and often guards three point shooters from a safe 4-6 feet away. She should stick to defense and sneaking under the basket on rebounds to steal the ball.

That's a particularly ill-timed criticism coming after a game where she had almost a 2 to 1 assist to turnover ratio (7-3). I think right now she is the engine that makes us go.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

One thing I noticed that is perhaps descriptive of the reason she does make some ill advised passes happened with maybe 30 seconds left against ISU.

We were ahead I think 4 points and were inbounding under their basket. Maddie was wide open right to her left. No one within 5-6 feet. Perhaps our best FT shooter wide open. And TT just refuses to toss it to her. Instead she tried the stupidest pass ever made to a player in the middle under the basket surrounded by 3 opposing players. Of course they stole the inbounded pass.

Fortunately it did not cause us to lose - but could have.

Folks there is absolutely no excuse in the universe for what she did.

I wonder if there is some jealousy going on with TT toward Maddie. Why else would she have refused to make that inbounds pass?

 

[tycat947]

On her last coach's show - after the WV game - Sherri mentioned that she worried about playing Gioya as many minutes as she had due to her still recovering from the injury. I got the impression she will keep her minutes restrained for a while as she recovers. She also said Gioya is not in perfect shape yet - so she gets pretty tired.

Exactly! Brenda Vanlangen said on telecast that Gioya didn't play for 6 months! With her injury, I suspect the most she could do would be upper body exercises which in no way prepares you for running up and down a basketball court. I think it's almost impossible for her to be fully in game shape this year but in a month or so (by tourney) time, she should be much closer with no setbacks. She's going to have ups and downs in games due to this IMO. She definitely makes us a better team!

 

[SoonerNorm]

One thing I noticed that is perhaps descriptive of the reason she does make some ill advised passes happened with maybe 30 seconds left against ISU.

We were ahead I think 4 points and were inbounding under their basket. Maddie was wide open right to her left. No one within 5-6 feet. Perhaps our best FT shooter wide open. And TT just refuses to toss it to her. Instead she tried the stupidest pass ever made to a player in the middle under the basket surrounded by 3 opposing players. Of course they stole the inbounded pass.

Fortunately it did not cause us to lose - but could have.

Folks there is absolutely no excuse in the universe for what she did.

I wonder if there is some jealousy going on with TT toward Maddie. Why else would she have refused to make that inbounds pass?

If you will watch the replay you will see the first person T'ona looked at was Maddie. There was one defender cutting in front of her and another cutting directly toward Maddie. T'ona looked away and tried to pass immediately to Peyton in the lane. Obviously, that pass should never have been attempted. But, the only apparent reason the pass didn't go to Maddie is because of the two defenders. I doubt there is any jealousy going on.

 

[scrybe]

That's a particularly ill-timed criticism coming after a game where she had almost a 2 to 1 assist to turnover ratio (7-3). I think right now she is the engine that makes us go.

Sorry, Tango, but I tend to agree with j2d2's assessment. She keeps getting herself in a fix by driving inside among a bunch of bigger players, and that almost always results in a turnover or, at best, a desperation shot that usually hits the bottom of the glass.

I'm loathe to criticize TT because she's really a good defender, has great energy and can get the ball across halfcourt quickly. But in the halfcourt with her at the point is when mostly bad things happen. If she can unlearn those poor decisions she keeps making, she really could be a big key for us.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

One thing she is developing is to start driving in, then slow and pass the ball to a guard on the outside for an often open shot. She did that 2 or 3 times against ISU.

I think she just thinks a bit faster than she plays. that is why she makes the ill advised passes.

Norm, you are right about 2 defenders being several feet away on that inbounds play - but they were too far away to interfere with a quick pass to Maddie - who was within 5 feet of TT. Obviously the pass would have gotten to Maddie well before they could have moved over there. Their plan was to intentionally foul anyway. She should have made that pass. I'm still puzzled why she did not do that.

 

[sybarite]

One thing she is developing is to start driving in, then slow and pass the ball to a guard on the outside for an often open shot. She did that 2 or 3 times against ISU.

I think she just thinks a bit faster than she plays. that is why she makes the ill advised passes.

Norm, you are right about 2 defenders being several feet away on that inbounds play - but they were too far away to interfere with a quick pass to Maddie - who was within 5 feet of TT. Obviously the pass would have gotten to Maddie well before they could have moved over there. Their plan was to intentionally foul anyway. She should have made that pass. I'm still puzzled why she did not do that.

Maddie would have been able to get the pass rather easily. Under normal circumstances, you might not want to throw it in the corner where you would be easily trapped. But, this was a fouling situation, and I would want Maddie or Gabbi (maybe Peyton) at the line. Maddie didn't get a free throw at game preservation time, and that is a mistake. She and Peyton have been the ones whose free throws have enabled us to hold on to late leads.

 

[scrybe]

One thing she is developing is to start driving in, then slow and pass the ball to a guard on the outside for an often open shot. She did that 2 or 3 times against ISU.

I think she just thinks a bit faster than she plays. that is why she makes the ill advised passes.

Norm, you are right about 2 defenders being several feet away on that inbounds play - but they were too far away to interfere with a quick pass to Maddie - who was within 5 feet of TT. Obviously the pass would have gotten to Maddie well before they could have moved over there. Their plan was to intentionally foul anyway. She should have made that pass. I'm still puzzled why she did not do that.

Understand what you're saying, Sweetest. But maybe "she just plays a bit faster than she thinks" would have been the better choice.