Point guard play will be a real change this year.
Oct 30, 2018 18:13:15 GMT -8
TheGlove, lotrader, and 1 more like this
Post by Werebeaver on Oct 30, 2018 18:13:15 GMT -8
Sydney started at PG for 4 straight years, followed by Mikayla's yeoman work at PG last year. The results in those seasons speak for themselves (3 pac-12 championships, 3 elite eights, one final four).
But I don't think its unfair to say that we haven't had a "pure" point guard during that 5 year stretch. For all her skills, Sydney never really excelled at ball handling or at breaking down her defender. In her senior season particularly, so much of our offense was running through Syd that certain teams (Stanford) figured out that stopping her at the point of attack, was the key to stopping OSU.
So this season, with Destiny at the controls we're going to see OSU's offense initiated in a way we just haven't seen in at least 5 years and it's going to be an eye-opener.
I can't wait.
But I don't think its unfair to say that we haven't had a "pure" point guard during that 5 year stretch. For all her skills, Sydney never really excelled at ball handling or at breaking down her defender. In her senior season particularly, so much of our offense was running through Syd that certain teams (Stanford) figured out that stopping her at the point of attack, was the key to stopping OSU.
So this season, with Destiny at the controls we're going to see OSU's offense initiated in a way we just haven't seen in at least 5 years and it's going to be an eye-opener.
I can't wait.