Game 17 vs. Florida State

It's been 8 days since the debacle against Duke and now it's time to see how the team responds. We should be all rested and even healthier. The only problem is Florida State hasn't played in a week neither.

The Seminoles enter the game 10-5 and 1-1 in the conference with a win over Virginia and a loss to Duke (they nearly lost by the same score we did 87-68). In their last game they held Virginia to under 25% shooting, but that's not saying much as Virginia's offense is very vanilla and relies a lot on outside shooting.

FSU is holding opponents to 40% shooting and 30% from 3. Decent but not overly impressive. They only shoot 66% from the free throw line and turn the ball over as much as we do. They also average 11.1 steals per game, so I assume they press a lot or just happen to be in the right place at the right time.

They are led by senior guard Ganiyat Adeduntan who is averaging 12.8 and 4.7 rebounds. She shoots 35% from 3 second to Mara Freshour's .444. They match up with us height wise and boast of three 6'4 players. Miller is their leading shot blocker and roughly picks up 3 fouls per game so she's not a risk to foul out.

The Keys to today's game:

How well can we contain the perimeter? This a guard laden team and we seem to struggle against faster more athletic guards (see Lindsay Harding and Alexis Hornbuckle).

How will Crystal fare against the taller players? Sometimes she seems to disappear when the people guarding her are taller. Also has she learned how to pass out of the double teams?

How will the team in general respond?

No more predictions from me as the last 3 haven't gone so well.

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