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winloseortie

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Some interesting numbers on Jewel Spear in conference play:

4th in Player Efficiency Rating
4th in 2 point percentage (60%) and 7th in 3 point percentage (43%)
1st in Points Per Play
1st in Offensive Win Share
1st in Player Offensive Rating

Honestly, she's been a much better offensive player than Jackson this season. I think Dawn will be hesitant to put Paopao on her. So either Bree or Raven get the assignment. Generally, coach likes Raven on the opposing team's primary ball handler, so she will most likely defend Powell imo.
I think those shooting stats are incorrect on Spear. However she is their second leading and a big threat. TeHina is becoming a good defender but she is not Raven or Fulwiley

 

DarkCock

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Here's the extended video of the Cardoso pushing incident. You can see how emotional she was; she was crying on the Brazilian bench afterwards. I know she was passionate about playing for her country. Plus, she's not used to losing. Hopefully she takes it out on Tennessee tonight.
 
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Chloe with 4 turnovers in a quarter of play!
Frustrated Ryan Gosling GIF
 

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We’re outrebounded 28-20 at the half and Raven has 6 rebounds.
We outrebounded them by 4 for the game. So +12 in the 2nd half. Playing Watkins and Cardoso pretty much the entire 4th quarter made a big difference in that stat. Overall, just an exceptional defensive effort. Spear didn't score a point. Most of Jackson's production came with Watkins off the court. On to Georgia and setting the record for consecutive SEC wins.
 

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Dang. Raven with 15 boards!!
A nice adjustment by the coaching staff to have Raven crash the defensive boards. The first time I noticed it was the LSU game, but it may have started sooner. Chloe is just OK on the defensive boards, so we need an extra body. The opposing team's point guard seldom boxes out, so that leaves Raven free. Raven is so fast in transition that she can still initiate a fast break from a defensive rebound.
 
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Oregon State should not play in Portland as a 3 seed. One seed, OK. Not a 3 seed. Same goes for UCONN playing in Albany.


Agree. It wont end up anywhere close to this. As for Oregon State, depends how they finish out and how they do in conference tourney, prob a 3 seed if I’m guessing. Uconn should not be given above a 4 seed, just my opinion.
 

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+/- is just the point differential when a player is on the court. I suspect Kitts went negative when Cardoso went to the bench at the end of the 1st. Watkins was -10 at the half. She finished 0, meaning she was +10 in the 2nd half playing alongside Cardoso. So there's a theme: this team is much better when Cardoso is on the floor. Maybe not so much against a team that plays 5 out, like Mizzou, but definitely against a physical team like LSU.
By the way, where to you get college box scores with +/-?
 

The Coast is Clear

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Couple of additional thoughts re the UT game, then on to UGA.

This game reminded me so much of the UNC game. On the road vs a capable team that played good defense. One distinction, was that we beat UNC by making 6 of 11 3's. But, we struggled in both of these games to find offensive rhythm. Won both games in the second half.
Score v UT: Halftime - 25-28. Final 66-55
Score v. UNC: Halftime - 26-29. Final 65-58

Props to KC. In a 12-day span she played a game here, flew to Brazil, played three games there against professional players, flew back to CAE, traveled to Knoxville, and played a game there. So, 5 games and two international flights to/from another hemisphere in 12 days. She still had 18 pts, 10 boards, and 3 blocks and with Dawn's game management played the entire 4Q.
 

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The game in Knoxville last night wore me out. I went with my UT family (other side of the family..lol) and I sat in the UT section with my Carolina garb on... I was expecting more Gamecock fans to show up, but I get it, most fans knew Carolina would win and it was on TV. I'm guessing there may have been 2500 Carolina fans. It was not a sellout.

The first half was sloppy really by both teams. Ashlyn played well enough to keep us in the game. It was not until late in the 4th quarter that I felt like the game was going our way. Rekia Jackson is a superstar and it showed. Hats off to Puckett. I've never followed her or seen her play in person before, but she is going to be the next superstar at UT if she keeps improving.

Met and talked to several Gamecock fans there as we were leaving. Most of the ones I talked to were from TN, SC, NC and one couple from Kentucky. It's fun to meet up with fans at away venues and see where they're from. Gamecock Nation is well represented in the Southeast.