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NOV 28 (SAT) 1:00 PM
SEATTLE
EUGENE, OR
TV: OREGON LIVE STREAM

As expected, Oregon is handling Seattle with ease, up 71-25 at half. They're being led by Mikesell, who's got 21 points on 7/8 shooting from three.

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Mikesell with 28 points on 9-11 shooting overall and 8-10 from three.
Prince with 17 points on 8-11 shooting
Giomi with 15 points on 6-8 shooting and 13 rebounds
Chavez with 11 points
Sabally with 10 points

My scouting report:

For this game they started Paopao, Mikesell, Boley, Prince and Shelly. First subs: Sabally, Chavez and Scheer.

Mikesell and Parrish are scorers and look to shoot when they touch the ball. Mikesell was blazing hot this game. Her 3 looks like Boley's but she requires less room to get it off. Despite being a volume shooter she was taking good shots for her.

Giomi had the best game of her career. Her eye hand coordination was vastly improved this game. She positioned herself really well for offensive rebounds and put backs.

Chavez, didn't start, didnt get a lot of assists despite a whole bunch of outstanding feeds into the post. Were I coaching she would be on the floor at the end of any close games. Tough as nails and does everything well on offense and defense.

Sabally, is like a big cat. Fast and agile she drew a lot of fouls underneath. I suspect she'll become more of a presence on defense as the season goes along.

I don't think Boley hit a 3 this game but her all around game is improved. Remarkably so from 2 years ago.

Prince lived up to billing this game. Can rebound, block shots and has an indefensible fade away. She also can overpower smaller players like she faced tonight. Like Ruthie when she gets the ball in the post she looks to score and can be a point a minute player against most teams I suspect.

Freshmen:
Paopao is ready to be a rotational player right now. Scores, passes and rebounds. Pushes the pace of the game and can pernitrate.

Scheer, looked more seasoned than a freshmen her first game. Frankly plays a lot like Chavez.

Parrish, her 3 wasn't failing today and that is a known strength of hers. She is a player I suspect will reek havoc to teams in bursts when that shot is failing. She has active hands on defense and looks to take it to the hoop in open court. Needs to learn to pass a bit on the break. Her game I suspect is a lot like Mikesell's.

Watson. Tons of potential as a rebounder, low post scorer and even top of the zone defender as her agility and length make her tough to shoot 3s over.

Dugailc, maybe got the least minutes this game but you can see a huge offense skill set. She's like a Euro small forward. Tall but finesse.

Coaching wise this will be a different challenge for Graves. Often in the last couple of years there has been a huge talent drop-off after the first seven or so players. This year its how do you keep so many players who are ready to contribute happy in the age of transfers. Honestly, only Prince is a sure fire 30 minute a game player at this point (assuming Mikesell wont continue to shoot 80% from 3). Coaches say this is a good problem.

Nine players seem rotation ready now, with 3 more freshman seemingly destined to be huge contributors in the next couple of seasons.

I can see Oregon splitting conference games with #1 Stanford and #2 Arizona. Next year when (if) things get back to normal, with the huge crowds on hand, should be a blast at MKA.

I Gildon on the bench. Congrats to her for getting to work for Graves.

wow how Giomi did things she struggled with other games
yes!

Everyone but the JC Post player look ready to contribute. How it all shakes out is anyone's guess, but this team a uber-talented...no excuse for being gassed on defense this year. Should be able to match up with any team in the country style-wise. Going to be a really fun team to watch.

One potential problem with having so much talent at the 1-3 positions with little drop off in the depth chart, does the coach develop an early hook for a player whose shot is cold. If so does that put a lot of self applied pressure on players to hit their first shots.

This first game Boley, Shelly and Chavez who all were +40% 3 point shooters (all as good or better % than Mikesell last year) went 0-11 combined on 3s. I thought they might have been pressing perhaps to assert themselves this first game. Shots were mostly long and not really all that close.

I'll be watching carefully how tolerant Graves is with cold shooting starts. I imagine it is a temptation when a brick goes up and you look down the bench and see a bunch of 40% 3 point shooters sitting there at the ready.

bigsugarduck wrote:Everyone but the JC Post player look ready to contribute. How it all shakes out is anyone's guess, but this team a uber-talented...no excuse for being gassed on defense this year. Should be able to match up with any team in the country style-wise. Going to be a really fun team to watch.

They can go from Prince plus 4 perimeter players to 6'4, 6'5" and 6'7" across the front line with a couple of good rebounding guards if necessary. So many options, this will really be a fun team to watch.

Fun game to watch and can't wait to see how this season develops!

I agree with Grandpa Duck in being curious to see how the shooters play out with Boley, Chavez and Shelley having a rough night beyond the arc.

shoparound wrote:Fun game to watch and can't wait to see how this season develops!

I agree with Grandpa Duck in being curious to see how the shooters play out with Boley, Chavez and Shelley having a rough night beyond the arc.

Boley always has been a streak shooter and little else but she has improved her overall game some. She's either on or off so I would not hesitate to yank her if she clanks her first couple shots. With the players he's got a little self applied pressure might not be such a bad thing. Either way, he's got a very talented deep bench. They are still pretty young so we'll see how they do against better competition. There was a bit of a lull in focus in the 3rd-4th quarter on defense but all in all, pretty pleased at what I saw. Prince and Mikesell are per advertised. Giomi has went from a train wreck to a serviceable big, probably because she looks bigger and a bit stronger. Sabally was ok which is understandable given what's happened to her the last couple of years. Chavez is tough as nails.