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It sounds like she has completed her transformation from a turtle to a beaver.  I can't wait to see her on the court in orange and black.

Go point on point in which case Destiny would guard Cazorla.

Ionescu is a special talent and is projected by many to be taken #1 overall in the 2019 WBNA Draft if she remains healthy and opts to turn pro after her junior season in Eugene.

Despite the 35 points that Sabrina dropped in the Ducks' loss to OSU in January in Corvallis, she had to take 27 shots from the field to generate that point total. She shot 11/27 (40.7%) from the field in that game, but her scoring was padded by an 11/12 performance from the free throw line that night. I remember watching that game and wondering how a sophomore from a visiting team was getting so many favorable calls at Gill Coliseum. The refs respect her talent and give her the benefit of the doubt on many palming/not palming calls as well as touch fouls when she flails. Ionescu was more efficient during the Ducks' win over the Beavs two nights later as she shot 6/11 from the field to produce her 15 points in that game. For the two games, Ionescu was a combined 17/38 (44.7%) from the field.

The Beavs have to make Ionescu play defense and must attack her body this season. She is not as physically strong as Slocum and Pivec. Ionescu can be overpowered by stronger, more physical guards if/when the Ducks play man-to-man defense. I recommend that the Beavers attack Ionescu and make her play on both ends of the court. She is crafty and typically avoids foul trouble. However, I would love to see several Beavers attack her off the dribble when they have one-on-one opportunities this season. Several OSU players will have the opportunity to do so.

Apparently thickhead is not aware of the fact that missed shots while being fouled are not counted as official shots. If the basket is made on a shot attempt when being fouled, then the shot counts as an official shot. Ionescu missed 16 shots against the Beavs in the first game last season in which she wasn't fouled. Thickhead can look up the rules of official statistics and learn a little bit more about the game of basketball. 

The post above from thickhead shows some ignorance about the rules of the game. However, that typically doesn't stop thickhead from sharing his negative perceptions about specific players and what he chose to remember about that first OSU-Oregon game last season. That game was an overtime classic in which the Beavs (with Tudor and Gulich leading the way) pulled off a quality win against a Top 10 opponent. There was no claim in my post that "great" defense was played on Ionescu last season. That was thickhead's quote above. I simply try to fill in the gaps when thickhead puts his slants on revisionist history. I try to provide some often-needed balance and allow stats to help tell a more complete story. I noted in my post above that Ionescu's 35 points in the first game came on 27 shots and encouraged the Beavers to attack Ionescu more frequently this season on the offensive end so that she is forced to play on both ends of the court.

She is a career 43% shooter, which is her average in four games against OSU (30-69). Last year she shot 47%, but only 44% (17-38) against us.

She takes a TON of shots, she's the centerpiece of their offense. She also gets the benefit of the doubt on numerous calls, including a late foul called on McWilliams last year in the Corvallis game that was an obvious flop that gave her a 3-shot opportunity. The officials also overlook her constant carrying of the ball, which is especially blatant on her "crossover" (carryover) move.

For all her greatness, she is 1-3 vs. OSU in her career. We certainly recruited her, but she's the perfect fit for uo.

Dude... quit digging! Shooting more shots doesn't mean she'll make more shots. Her overall percentage is based on 100's of shots, four-six more attempts won't change that fact. She could have easily missed all of those attempts if not fouled.

Again... being fouled doesn't "pull down" a FG % as explained... they do not count as attempts AND there is no correlation to being fouled and the shot being made. IN FACT... if you go by her shooting %, being fouled increases her scoring opportunities... she shoots a higher % from the line than the field. If she was fouled on (6) attempts... and shot 11/12 = 11 points. Her FG % of around 41% on those same (6) attempts would lead to 2.4 FGs = 4.8 possible points. So, the lack of fouls would not increase her FG% and at the same time decreases her scoring probability.


And... winning the game is the ultimate "shut down". Forcing her to have to shoot 27 attempts and making only 11 is in a way shutting a "team" down. They are one dimensional and predictable. Many teams use the "let him/her get theirs" when facing an elite player and shutting down everyone else. The game is about the W, not the stat column. You think SR or any player in the locker room cares how many she scores if they get the W? Do you think SI thought she had a better first game with a loss?