Texas travels to Ames on Saturday, 02/24/18

Discussion in 'Women’s Basketball' started by BabHorn, Feb 22, 2018.

  1. DFW_Horn

    DFW_Horn 2,500+ Posts

    Rellah’s 4 rebounds in just 5 minutes last night spurred me to look at rebounds per minute. She’s pulling them down at a rate of 0.360/minute, Joyner is at 0.363. That comes to 10.8 and 10.9 rebounds per 30 minutes played respectively. As @racerx5908 just mentioned, when Rellah gets her hands on the ball, its hers. Reminds me a bit of Zach Randolph (a guy everyone jokes about measuring his vertical in sheets of paper) who averaged 10+ rebounds for years through positioning and great hands. Rellah has shown the ability to elevate better than that and should only improve after another offseason of S&C.

    Joyner could be a 13+ rebound/30 minutes player with even slight improvement when it comes to securing the ball on the way to the floor.
     
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  2. racerx5908

    racerx5908 2,500+ Posts

    I agree! All the other "talls" initially get their hands on the ball and often have it taken out of their hands shortly afterwards. Drives me crazy that they make the effort to get there and just assume no one else is fighting for the ball. I love the THIS IS MINE clamps that Rellah has on the ball. Nneka went one step further and would swing her elbows.....uhhhh, aggressively to ward off any would be opponents hoping to swipe the ball away from her.
     
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  3. LutherIsMyDog

    LutherIsMyDog 1,000+ Posts

    As the end of the season approaches, I realize how sad I'm going to be as Brooke and Ariel get closer to ending their careers as Longhorns. They will be two of my all time favorite Horns.

     
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  4. LutherIsMyDog

    LutherIsMyDog 1,000+ Posts

    Good article on Higgs battling through a little slump. It also highlights one of Tina's strengths as a coach as she can recognize minor corrections in technique that make a big difference with a shot.

     
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  5. BabHorn

    BabHorn 10,000+ Posts

    MIA. Audrey-Ann (5-6 FGs; 12 pts), Jatarie (6-9 FGs; 12 pts) and Joyner (3-7 FGs; 12 pts) provided almost half of the 87 pts Texas scored in the first game.

    Jatarie (1-6 FGs; 2 pts), Joyner (3-5 FGs; 6 pts), Jordan (2-4 FGs; 4 pts) and Rellah (0-1 FGs; zero pts) simply were inefficient in this game.

    But our guards came to play!!
    Also watched Rellah's defense during the replay. Much better awareness of where her player is. Very smooth in helping and then getting back to her player, reducing the opening for a pass to that player. She is probably our best post rebounder now that Audrey-Ann is out. I still dislike her taking a three so early in a possession. She is being left open for a reason. I don't mind her taking the three, just not so early.
     
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  6. BabHorn

    BabHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Brooke should be a shoo-in for Big 12 POW.
     
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  7. JoeDallas

    JoeDallas 1,000+ Posts

    You all are right about Rellah seizing the ball. Another player she reminds me of in that respect is Stacy Stephens.
     
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  8. JoeDallas

    JoeDallas 1,000+ Posts

    It's so great to read about Tina working with Lashann on her shooting mechanics. I guess the coaches do this with everyone? Hope so. I read somewhere that NBA teams have coaches specified simply as "shooting coaches."
     
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