WBB: Landmark Conference

[saratoga]

Speaking of the UofS women's soccer team, it was surprising to see the NCAA send 3 New England teams packing to Scranton for this weekends opening round of games.
Note to NCAA basketball committee: it obviously can be done.. 

[ronk]

 Lady Royals win their opener over Willy Pat @ Gwynedd-Mercy tourney. Maddie Ryan and Kaci Kranson looked the best; nice to see the frosh taking the ball to the basket; she wasn't intimidated by starting in her 1st game.
  Cabezas for Willy Pat had a solid all-around game.
  Lady Royals play host G-M @ 2 tomorrow.

[NEPAFAN]

Did Kranson get hurt in the second game? 0 minutes in the second half

[saratoga]

Looked as though she came up a little lame after hitting the floor about 4 minutes into the game.
She was visibly favoring one leg so she may have been taken out as a precaution.
She's a tough kid...played softball last season with a broken arm before being taken out.

[NEPAFAN]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQzjnG-qK4o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5wqpcf2pAY

[ronk]

 Who knew when u held the door for Hannah on her campus visit, that it would be a factor in her choosing Scranton?  Well done, NEPA!

[saratoga]

It's early but the Lady Royals need to develop some depth.
If you can't rest your starters with a 20 point lead & only 2 minutes left, something seems wrong.
Not going to go deep with a 7-8 person rotation...injuries & dumb fouls will always happen.
Scranton's two bigs off the bench simply need to improve & contribute.

[Tim the Enchanter]

Agreed.  Not giving the starters a rest now will wear them down as the year goes on; not playing the bench more will not give them the game experience to be effective when their starters get hurt or in foul trouble. 

When 3 players (not counting the injured Quigley) have not played and 4 others have played a total of 12 minutes through 3 games that they've won by an average of almost 16 points, there's something wrong.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

On the other side, if coach doesn't feel the conditioning level is where they want it to be, you might work them a little harder early, especially with how little practice time they get before games begin.

[Augie2020]

Congrats on another Tournament win Lady Royals.MVP -Hanna Angelini,Tournament team also from Scranton Monaghan!Coach Obrien is starting to find his rotation and who can spell who.I think as the season goes on he can go deep on this bench!Big surprise Allie Lynch never new she can play this good big big plus.Like most of the girls under  Dipilllo didn't see much of them  they sat on the bench.Coach is getting more comfortable in this role you see it every game.So More bench play besides the top 3 is starting to take place.I see him using Bender,NolanSteele and I really like Brewer..Like they say you will not learn on the bench and I think this team is deeper then last years.Starting 5 is solid the edition  of Rajza is big!Monaghan(AA) Angelini (Sneaky player can light you up for 20 any night)Great choice coach by starting Her Maddie Ryan(Can rebound and hit those 10 footers  or layups)Kaci Kranson(I know only a Fr. and I have seen alot of these Fr walk through the Long Center.She is good real good -Basketball IQ is amazing her passing her layups her shooting will only get way better and she plays defense to the T.Im not making a comparison but if I had to compare her to someone that played at the long center it would be (Taryn Mellody) but way better on defense as we speak.

[Augie2020]

Big game Tomorrow night at the Long center when Ithaca comes to town.

[saratoga]

Looking over the stats from the Ithaca/Catholic game & one jumps off the page.
Ithaca had 50 total rebounds to Catholic's 22.
And, of those 50, 21 were offensive.
The Lady Royals better be ready to crash the boards because if Ithaca gets that many second chance shots, that's the difference between winning an evenly matched game or losing it.
I guess it can also be interpreted as Catholic certainly didn't have their A game shooting vs. the Bombers either. 

[ronk]

 Checking out the stats for that game also, I see that a reserve guard had 6 of the offensive rebounds - sounds like an effort layer with a nose for the ball. 5 more came from a former prospect of mine(Emily Dorn) that played 15 miles away from me and that I saw many times in AAU. What was more surprising was that Catholic's effort big(Rachel Bussanich) only had 3 rebounds herself.
  Coach Lawrence also got another local(Zoraida Icabelceta) from NOVA; we'll be listening to hear how Dean does pronouncing her name.   

[saratoga]

Probably something like Zorro Iceberg. 

[Augie2020]

Moriah Murray committed to Penn State