Projecting remainder of season

Like Hebard, another Alaska girl.  Three time Alaska Gatorade POY, I believe.

2 more threes?  Just one would have done it.  I remember we had an open 3 in the 3rd up 5 that would have pushed the lead to 8 and we missed it.  I don't remember who shot it.  Then McDonald hit a 3 on the other end to take it to 2.  

Heck, even Maddie hitting one of her free throws or AZ missing ANY of there's and we win in regulation.  

Tudor is playing through pain and is not 100%. You can see her limping during games after hitting the ground on plays. She is playing on adrenaline, guts, and her love for the game. I admire her desire to be there for her teammates this season. She could have sat out this season and saved her final season of eligibility for when she was closer to 100%.

Brown's absence is a problem going forward. Washington gave us 11 rebounds yesterday and Thropay plays hard. Both give up length to the other 4s in our conference.

She petitioned for a medical redshirt for last season.  However, that was denied.  Had it been approved she would have had two years eligibility left...this year and next.

In the Beav's five loses the score toward the end of the game was in reach of a win. I can see two reasons for not getting over the hump.

1- Production from the four veteran guards. In each one of these loses there has been only one of the guards who has had a good productive game. And not a lights out kind of game, just not 0-8 kind of games. And this isn't just Aleah and Kat. If Mik is on then Destiny is off and vice versa. Both Kat and Aleah are starting to extend their games to the inside for when their 3 shooting is off. I hope there's enough time for them to get better at it.

2- At one of the recent pressers the press asked Destiny and Mik who the person was who talked up the group in the huddle. They looked blankly at each other and then said Maddie talks some. Really? The two captains of the team had to think and then came up with someone else was speaking up a little. If the captains don't want the job then they need to officially pass it on to Maddie and proceed to follow her. I can say from personal experience that a good leader in the game can turn you from zombies into maniacs ready to go tooth and nail to win. I would have figured that Mik was a leader by example and not talkative, but I would have thought that Destiny should be up for the job. They could have really used a leader in that OT. And the lack of one left them dead out there.

With Kennedy out for the rest of the year, we are woefully thin up front. There's 80 minutes at the 4 and 5 spots that need to be filled, and only Taylor, Janessa, Maddie, and Trish to fill them. Taylor's being foul prone makes this even more problematical. Trish is going to have to somehow step up and give us 20 or more solid minutes a game, as will Maddie.

Can't expect a great deal of offense from Maddie and Trish, and about none from Janessa, so even more pressure on the other positions for that. They'll have to play small at times, and will need more offense from Jasmine as well.

Tough row to hoe. Last summer, we were looking at the biggest lineup in women's basketball, but 13' 4" of that never played a minute this year, and another 12' 9" of it is now also lost. That's the hand we're dealt, though; play it and see what happens.