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Alkiadt said:

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Bears are terrible at transition D.
They've been beaten down the court multiple times.

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A good part of that is just turning the ball over too many times.

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annarborbear said:

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SFCALBear72 said:

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RedlessWardrobe said:

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Alkiadt said:

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Bears are terrible at transition D.
They've been beaten down the court multiple times.

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Fatigue's gonna happen with a 7 player rotation. Grace McCallop was highly touted coming in. Don't think we've done a good job of preparing her this season. Especially when Lola's offensive game is extremely limited. This one is on Charmin.

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Missing Puff required Charmin to use Mjracle at point and Lola as her back-up these last two games.

How would you have prepared Grace this season? Too many tight games this season, you go for the more experienced player off the bench.

Grace has had some playing time and will get more as the season continues.

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I think that was also said about Zhara King last year. But it never happened. You develop players by putting them on the court. And if you don't, you start all over again next year after they transfer.

Same with Naya. Put her on the court, and, amazingly, she scores. Keep her on the bench, and she doesn't.

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stu said:

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Last season I thought Zahra looked kinda lost. But this season she's starting for SMU and is their 2nd leading scorer, shooting .514 overall and .471 on threes. Also has 19 assists, 33 turnovers, and 22 steals.

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annarborbear said:

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stu said:

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Last season I thought Zahra looked kinda lost. But this season she's starting for SMU and is their 2nd leading scorer, shooting .514 overall and .471 on threes. Also has 19 assists, 33 turnovers, and 22 steals.

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She is learning and developing at SMU now that she is getting the opportunity to play. Today she had 21 points and 5 steals in a loss to Georgia Tech. Those numbers would have looked good for us today against NCSU. She is now more a scorer than a playmaker, but that may come along with more game experience. Her shooting percentage is now a lot higher than Lulu's.

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SFCALBear72 said:

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annarborbear said:

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stu said:

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Last season I thought Zahra looked kinda lost. But this season she's starting for SMU and is their 2nd leading scorer, shooting .514 overall and .471 on threes. Also has 19 assists, 33 turnovers, and 22 steals.

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She is learning and developing at SMU now that she is getting the opportunity to play. Today she had 21 points and 5 steals in a loss to Georgia Tech. Those numbers would have looked good for us today against NCSU. She is now more a scorer than a playmaker, but that may come along with more game experience. Her shooting percentage is now a lot higher than Lulu's.

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So, whose minutes would you have reduced to get Zahra more playing time last season?

Kayla Williams
Lulu
Ioanna Krimili
Jayda Noble

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annarborbear said:

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SFCALBear72 said:

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annarborbear said:

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stu said:

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Last season I thought Zahra looked kinda lost. But this season she's starting for SMU and is their 2nd leading scorer, shooting .514 overall and .471 on threes. Also has 19 assists, 33 turnovers, and 22 steals.

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She is learning and developing at SMU now that she is getting the opportunity to play. Today she had 21 points and 5 steals in a loss to Georgia Tech. Those numbers would have looked good for us today against NCSU. She is now more a scorer than a playmaker, but that may come along with more game experience. Her shooting percentage is now a lot higher than Lulu's.

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So, whose minutes would you have reduced to get Zahra more playing time last season?

Kayla Williams
Lulu
Ioanna Krimili
Jayda Noble

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Take your pick. A coach has to think about more than one season at a time. I think Charmin was desperate to make the NCAA's after a six-year drought and rolled the dice on a six player line-up when we could have easily gone eight deep. If you were King, would you have stayed?

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SFCALBear72 said:

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annarborbear said:

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SFCALBear72 said:

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annarborbear said:

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stu said:

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Last season I thought Zahra looked kinda lost. But this season she's starting for SMU and is their 2nd leading scorer, shooting .514 overall and .471 on threes. Also has 19 assists, 33 turnovers, and 22 steals.

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She is learning and developing at SMU now that she is getting the opportunity to play. Today she had 21 points and 5 steals in a loss to Georgia Tech. Those numbers would have looked good for us today against NCSU. She is now more a scorer than a playmaker, but that may come along with more game experience. Her shooting percentage is now a lot higher than Lulu's.

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So, whose minutes would you have reduced to get Zahra more playing time last season?

Kayla Williams
Lulu
Ioanna Krimili
Jayda Noble

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Take your pick. A coach has to think about more than one season at a time. I think Charmin was desperate to make the NCAA's after a six-year drought and rolled the dice on a six player line-up when we could have easily gone eight deep. If you were King, would you have stayed?

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Yes, because this season offered plenty of opportunities. Starting line-up was wide open! And she would have had another offseason to develop her skills.

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wvitbear said:

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Of course Mjracle has been injured. Haven't you been to any of the games. She hurt her leg.

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