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Post by Werebeaver on Jan 19, 2024 21:42:37 GMT -8
Beers was off after that flagrant. How bout Paurova?! She brought the energy when the Beavs were struggling to find their offense. Shuler, Gardiner, and Hansford were solid as well. Great road conference win! Nice for Rae to see her teammates rise up for the W when she has an off night ("only" 19 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block).
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Post by rmancarl on Jan 19, 2024 21:43:24 GMT -8
And that, my friends, gives the Beavs as many Pac12 wins as they had all season last year.
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Post by newduke2 on Jan 19, 2024 21:44:40 GMT -8
I'd reward Dom with a start against Stanford, replacing Marrotte. I'd also consider starting Timea in place of Rees. Heck yeah. dom has been outplaying aj...time for a switch.
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Post by speakthetruth on Jan 19, 2024 21:46:57 GMT -8
Tinkle must have left the bench at the end of the 3rd.
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Post by beavfan14 on Jan 19, 2024 21:48:15 GMT -8
please don’t quote me when talking about Rueck. I don’t agree with you at all and don’t want to be associated with your post. I didn’t quote you, so settle down. Maybe read the posts? I don’t want to be associated with you either, so I guess we have something in common. haha!! You are so miserable, you make me laugh. 😂 I know you’ll have some super witty thing to say to me, you are so full of wisdom and inspirational words. I hang on whatever you may type next. Bring it on!!
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Post by beavfan14 on Jan 19, 2024 21:53:25 GMT -8
I love that you never know who may step up and be what this team needs. With Beers “struggling” we had other players who picked up the slack. A great team win tonight, nice job Beavs, let’s bring it to the trees!!
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Post by markwbeaver on Jan 19, 2024 22:02:29 GMT -8
Tara tied Coach K for most ever wins, so Beavs have a chance to delay her getting the record for at least 1 more game. Or become a part of history. I think maybe the Beavs are already a pretty significant part of Tara's history of wins. No need to add more.
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Post by believeinthebeavs on Jan 19, 2024 22:03:16 GMT -8
Defense and depth (and Dominika) won this game. Rueck does his share of "coach speak" but this time when he says he has a bench full of starters he may be telling the truth.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Jan 19, 2024 22:04:22 GMT -8
Tara tied Coach K for most ever wins, so Beavs have a chance to delay her getting the record for at least 1 more game. Or become a part of history. I think maybe the Beavs are already a pretty significant part of Tara's history of wins. No need to add more. Yeah, everybody in the Pac has contributed quite a bit to her tally.
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Post by steinlager on Jan 19, 2024 22:06:25 GMT -8
I got home just in time to see the fourth quarter. Apparently I wasn't missing much good play prior, by reading this thread. Interesting closing lineup that earned the win. Good job by Rueck to recognize who was playing well or was it that obvious from the first three quarters that I missed? I saw a bunch of 3's go in and some stops on defense. This is a deep team and this road win will give them confidence for the future. You can see good things coming for this young team. Let's see how they do with all the Tara hype coming Sunday. It'll be good to play in an emotional type game.
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Post by newduke2 on Jan 19, 2024 22:27:48 GMT -8
Defense and depth (and Dominika) won this game. Rueck does his share of "coach speak" but this time when he says he has a bench full of starters he may be telling the truth. No doubt this is a deep team, and the "bench" has, at key times, been outplaying the starters (not including Beers). I think Rees stays a starter because CR really likes her leadership and experience, but no doubt Gardiner is a better scorer. Shuler is more agressive than Hunter, but Hunter has a better assist to turnover ratio and shoots the 3 better. So, Hunter stays as a starter too. Paurova is outplaying Marotte...time to start Paurova.
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Jan 19, 2024 22:38:08 GMT -8
I agree that Paurova has earned being a starter. She is a very dynamic ball player on both sides of the court, and she's only a freshman!
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Post by newduke2 on Jan 19, 2024 22:40:51 GMT -8
I got home just in time to see the fourth quarter. Apparently I wasn't missing much good play prior, by reading this thread. Interesting closing lineup that earned the win. Good job by Rueck to recognize who was playing well or was it that obvious from the first three quarters that I missed? I saw a bunch of 3's go in and some stops on defense. This is a deep team and this road win will give them confidence for the future. You can see good things coming for this young team. Let's see how they do with all the Tara hype coming Sunday. It'll be good to play in an emotional type game. Second quarter was atrocious...poor shooting and the defense was weaker, as Beers sat out all but 1 minute of it due to foul trouble. Starters were 0-7 from 3pt while the backup were 8 of 11. Yikes, that is a huge disparity. Dom went 8 for 8 shooting (6-6, 2-2, 0-0)
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Post by Werebeaver on Jan 19, 2024 22:45:18 GMT -8
I got home just in time to see the fourth quarter. Apparently I wasn't missing much good play prior, by reading this thread. Interesting closing lineup that earned the win. Good job by Rueck to recognize who was playing well or was it that obvious from the first three quarters that I missed? I saw a bunch of 3's go in and some stops on defense. This is a deep team and this road win will give them confidence for the future. You can see good things coming for this young team. Let's see how they do with all the Tara hype coming Sunday. It'll be good to play in an emotional type game. Second quarter was atrocious...poor shooting and the defense was weaker, as Beers sat out all but 1 minute of it due to foul trouble. Starters were 0-7 from 3pt while the backup were 8 of 11. Yikes, that is a huge disparity. Dom went 8 for 8 shooting (6-6, 2-2, 0-0) Dom’s scoring was 6-6 from the field - that includes 2-2 from 3. 2-2 from free throw line. For 16 points.
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Post by rgeorge on Jan 19, 2024 22:47:48 GMT -8
Defense and depth (and Dominika) won this game. Rueck does his share of "coach speak" but this time when he says he has a bench full of starters he may be telling the truth. No doubt this is a deep team, and the "bench" has, at key times, been outplaying the starters (not including Beers). I think Rees stays a starter because CR really likes her leadership and experience, but no doubt Gardiner is a better scorer. Shuler is more agressive than Hunter, but Hunter has a better assist to turnover ratio and shoots the 3 better. So, Hunter stays as a starter too. Paurova is outplaying Marotte...time to start Paurova. Minutes and who starts are not related for this team. SR seems to have evolved in a way. Minutes are not being reserved for "people" but production. He used to seem a bit (generous term IMHO) stubborn at times sticking with certain players no matter what. I am impressed with the lack of a set rotation, but flexibility to use different player combos. I just think it shows more confidence in more players in any situation. And, who starts is really of no importance. There is a nice combo of talent. The one weak area, post play depth. The drop off from Beers to other options is huge. I was hoping Timea would become more versatile this season and give OSU another inside presence. SH has been fine but... Anyway... the versatility is allowing flexibility.
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