So many blown opportunities including two wide open layups blown with a total of 4 layups blown.
So thoughts going into the off season for next year and future. The staff has to work on improving Defensive footwork and over pursuing/poor defensive coverage out at the 3pt line. We were toasted over and over on ladies, specifically Clark, McGhee, Brown, and Smith would leave their person and drift back in to triple team and leave Woodley and Fair out their to shoot easy 3pt shots.
This has been a defensive failure all year with not picking your person up and allowing them to stand flat footed and shoot easy 3pt shots. Today it burned us.
When I see Clark and McGhee especially on D, don't know why on full court run and gun D, they both look like they are doing a lite jog down the court being left behind, then as seen several times Clark will come slow out to 3pt shooter and completely runs by with a hand up and continues to keep running like she's trying to run up in the stands to just have the shooter fake, hold until she runs by and out of defensive danger and shoot an easy take your time 3pt shot.
To have girls that thin and tall and be so slow on guarding out at the 3pt line or in open court both McGhee and Clark look like they lose the person they are guarding like a child chasing a butterfly in a field.
Also need to work on the number of bad, really bad forced passes into Clarkson and Taylor that are turned over right to Clemson defenders; not even close. Need to work on overthrows to a team mate out of bounds today and all year when it was not forced.
I like what Coach MOX is doing, and Positives is we do have ladies not afraid to drive all the way, but we rarely have our big girls crashing when outside shots are taken. You would see a miss 3pt shot in the corner and not one UVA lady under the rim for a rebound.
The big thing is footwork and not drifting too far back and leaving the opponents out at the 3 wide open.
Hopefully this offseason we can find some productive 6'3 or taller ladies that can actually shot and defend under the basket after several players leave this year as seniors and graduate students.
So thoughts going into the off season for next year and future. The staff has to work on improving Defensive footwork and over pursuing/poor defensive coverage out at the 3pt line. We were toasted over and over on ladies, specifically Clark, McGhee, Brown, and Smith would leave their person and drift back in to triple team and leave Woodley and Fair out their to shoot easy 3pt shots.
This has been a defensive failure all year with not picking your person up and allowing them to stand flat footed and shoot easy 3pt shots. Today it burned us.
When I see Clark and McGhee especially on D, don't know why on full court run and gun D, they both look like they are doing a lite jog down the court being left behind, then as seen several times Clark will come slow out to 3pt shooter and completely runs by with a hand up and continues to keep running like she's trying to run up in the stands to just have the shooter fake, hold until she runs by and out of defensive danger and shoot an easy take your time 3pt shot.
To have girls that thin and tall and be so slow on guarding out at the 3pt line or in open court both McGhee and Clark look like they lose the person they are guarding like a child chasing a butterfly in a field.
Also need to work on the number of bad, really bad forced passes into Clarkson and Taylor that are turned over right to Clemson defenders; not even close. Need to work on overthrows to a team mate out of bounds today and all year when it was not forced.
I like what Coach MOX is doing, and Positives is we do have ladies not afraid to drive all the way, but we rarely have our big girls crashing when outside shots are taken. You would see a miss 3pt shot in the corner and not one UVA lady under the rim for a rebound.
The big thing is footwork and not drifting too far back and leaving the opponents out at the 3 wide open.
Hopefully this offseason we can find some productive 6'3 or taller ladies that can actually shot and defend under the basket after several players leave this year as seniors and graduate students.
