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Post by believeinthebeavs on Jan 19, 2024 23:04:16 GMT -8
The drop off from Raegan is because she sets the bar so freakin' high. Sela gives us minutes without few errors. She is not going to light up scoreboard with either points or turnovers.
I know what you mean about Rueck sticking with the starters too much.
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Post by bvrbooster on Jan 19, 2024 23:06:16 GMT -8
No way last year's team wins this game playing a chunk of it like that. Probably not the year before, either. To get the job done against a solid team on the road despite so many rough spots says a lot about this team. Last year's team wouldn't have found a way to win this one, wouldn't have found a way to beat Arizona, and would not have beaten this year's Villanova squad. It's night and day difference. Five more wins to 20 !
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Post by newduke2 on Jan 19, 2024 23:13:36 GMT -8
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. yes, I really messed up on Dom's stats for this game.
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Post by bvrbooster on Jan 19, 2024 23:18:44 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. Regarding cries to not start Rees, Marotte, and Hunter - what makes this team work so well is the luxury of bringing Gardiner, Paurova, and Schuler off the bench. When we play the bench, they can score, they can defend, and they can rebound. I don't see any big drop-off when the starters get a breather. I think the thing to look at is how many minutes a player gets, not whether she starts. When the sub is going good, Scott leaves her in. That's a very nice position for him, and for the team.
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Post by beaverstever on Jan 19, 2024 23:34:27 GMT -8
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. Regarding cries to not start Rees, Marotte, and Hunter - what makes this team work so well is the luxury of bringing Gardiner, Paurova, and Schuler off the bench. When we play the bench, they can score, they can defend, and they can rebound. I don't see any big drop-off when the starters get a breather. I think the thing to look at is how many minutes a player gets, not whether she starts. When the sub is going good, Scott leaves her in. That's a very nice position for him, and for the team. It wasn’t just no dropoff with the bench. The bench outscored the starters 25-46. If the bench played even with the starters, it’s a 14 point loss.
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Post by greybeav on Jan 20, 2024 0:04:49 GMT -8
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Post by greybeav on Jan 20, 2024 0:18:59 GMT -8
I'm sure everyone noticed but I wanted to point out, in the 4th after missing yet another free throw, Timea talked to Raegan before her 2nd and she made all or most of the rest. Roomates / teamates, nice job T, I thought that was cool.
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2ndGenBeaver
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Post by 2ndGenBeaver on Jan 20, 2024 0:39:48 GMT -8
You know, for years I have bemoaned the Beavers lack of a tiny, lightning quick, jitterbug guard since we would face teams with one of those kind of guards several times a year. I was just not thinking our version of the lightning quick guard would run 6'1"..... I am seriously trying to think of a quicker player we have had in the SR era (I wasn't paying much attention to women's hoops before then) than Paurova. And most of those jitterbugs out there don't score much or take over games. TG's postgame analysis that "no one can guard Dom" might not be hyperbole.
I have detected a new strategy by our opponents to tag Beers with fouls - park a smaller player near RB, and have that player fall down dramatically when RB is in the same zip code, hoping that the refs bite. After the 2OT game, I would have bet my 401K RB would never initially go 1-10 from the line, but I did admire how she didn't act out her (obvious) frustration with the circumstances - esp. having seen 'stars' acting out for far less. Someone raised her right - and loved how her teammates (especially Timea) kept picking her up.
AJ's midrange jumper is flat, and her layups last 2-3 games not pretty either - she has played herself into some sort of funk.....I sure hope she works her way out of it soon, or SR notices she is in one (OK, it's probably a confidence thing and SR needs the old AJ back, but I think the hook could be quicker).
I'm glad I recorded the game, I think we just saw the coming out party for DP in the 4th quarter! Go Beavers!
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Post by beaveragain on Jan 20, 2024 1:29:55 GMT -8
A lot of great observations, thought I'd put in some Negative Nellie's.
Once again the guards didn't do their job of rebounding/boxing out. Cal got 12 offensive rebounds and that defeats OSU's version of defense.
Last game Beers, and in this game Heide, on several occasions have been open by the basket at the moment of transition and the guards haven't noticed.
I'd say both AJ and Hunter have been in a funk the last few games. And this is effecting their defense as well as their offense.
And the goodie, as other have said. The fantastic fourth quarter was lead by the reserves. Beers helped keep the lead that they got with their hard work.
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Post by lotrader on Jan 20, 2024 6:16:28 GMT -8
I really think Raegan was impacted (mentally) when she was called for the intentional foul. Raegan is such a sweet human being, and wouldn't hurt a fly. And I was so impressed when Timea went over and stood in front of Raegan before her foul shot and spoke to her, clearly lifting her up and giving her confidence. That was special. One thing I can say about our coaching staff, they recruit solid human beings. This is why I root so hard for this team, because the young women on our OSU WBB team(s) are solid people with big hearts, and team first. GO BEAVS!
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Post by grad1973 on Jan 20, 2024 6:44:35 GMT -8
We only got 6 points from 4 starters they were shut down. I could see us replacing three out of four. I contented pre season we cant leave dom on the bench last nite proves this. We couldnt shoot all 3 quarters whst more needs to be said. This is a tough business make the starters earn there positions. Cal with their three perimeter shooters should have won. But when we sent out our three point shooters in the second half we caught up. The starting five were good against pre league teams but are really struggling against pac 12 guards.cal guards had to much separation last nite and almost did us in
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Post by bmoc on Jan 20, 2024 7:45:19 GMT -8
FWIW, #22 Marquette and #24 Iowa State both lost on Thursday to unranked teams. If we play solid on Sunday..........
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Post by finleybandbeav on Jan 20, 2024 8:28:22 GMT -8
That was a great, great comeback win last night! The Beavs are one deep team at nearly all positions for sure.
The guy in the office next to mine graduated from Cal, so there's gonna be a little friendly office ribbing on Monday morning. Actually two in my wing graduated from Cal, and a third graduated from UO. It's like the PAC-12 East back here, and so far, so good! Go Beavs!
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Post by beavs123 on Jan 20, 2024 8:37:11 GMT -8
Anyone find game highlights online? Looked on YouTube but didn't see anything
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Post by jefframp on Jan 20, 2024 8:50:14 GMT -8
Brink only played 6 minutes vs *ucks. Went out early in 1Q with a leg injury. Never want to see any player injured. I hope she's ok. Hoping she heals up real quick in about 3 days or so.
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