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Post by beavershoopsfan on May 16, 2020 21:55:56 GMT -8
I came across the full-game video accessible below from the 2019 NCAA Tournament first round game between Bucknell and Florida State on YouTube.
Ellie Mack is #40 in the orange jersey and wears a white sleeve on her right arm.
Mack scored 12 points and grabbed 4 boards in her team's loss in this game. She was 3/13 (2/6 from distance) from the field.
Despite her struggles from the field in that game, I think that Beavers fans will like what they see from her game with respect to effort and toughness.
As a redshirt sophomore, Mack shot 49.8% from the field, 38.7% from beyond the arc, and 84.2% from the line.
Last season, Mack shot 50.7% from the field, 43.2% from distance, and 81.5% from the line.
She is an elite shooter for a 6'3" big. Assuming the she adjusts well to the PAC-12 level of competition, she may be exactly what next season's squad may need from the 3 or 4 positions.
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Post by lotrader on May 17, 2020 10:58:29 GMT -8
Watching this NCAA round 1 game from previous season, Mack is a solid contributor, plays very good defense, passes extremely well, and has a nice stroke (excellent free throw percentage). With Taya and Mack in the game at same time with Jones, we are going to be defensively tough, and, tough to defend. Taya is a very good passer, and she and Mack will be great together. Excited!!!
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Post by rmancarl on May 17, 2020 17:35:00 GMT -8
Ellie is a great addition. If her Taya and Taylor can play together that will make a huge difference in the team this fall. I still feel there is a guard shortage, but playing three bigs together would certainly help that.
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Post by grad1973 on May 19, 2020 19:42:08 GMT -8
Solid team all girls play equally well and almost beat florida at. Very sound pt guard for them. Mack balanced team player. Was cold in this game but played all around solid game, played against a UCLA look alike.
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Post by beaverstever on May 20, 2020 21:59:41 GMT -8
I believe this video undersells Mack at OSU as well:
- She spends much of the game defending Kiah Gillespie, who was just drafted into the WNBA. That was a very tough ask defensively. It also meant she spent a lot of her legs trying to push Kiah off the block, making it tough to keep her shooting legs. I don’t think that would a matchup necessary with our roster, for sure not the whole game.
FSU badly outclasses Bucknell athletically, and Mack was really only one of two players on the team that could score without being open via a screen or defensive breakdown - that means forcing some shots out of necessity. That also won’t be her situation at OSU either. She also drew FSU’s best defenders.
The offense Bucknell runs will also mean she will come with a lot of fundamentals established in terms of high pick and rolls and off-ball screen movement. Rueck’s offense should be a quick study.
She will compete to be the best FT shooter on the team as well.
It will be pretty cool for her to play FSU- level teams regularly in conference. It sucks for schools like Bucknell to lose her and make the rich richer, but sure is nice to be on the rich side.
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