Game 7: Mississippi (Junkanoo Jam)

Second game in as many days for the Terps who should be used to this at this point. The team should be well rested as many of the starters played very little in the second half of yesterday's blowout win. The win moves us to 7-0 and I think the best start since 1990-91.

Ole Miss is 5-1 and from the SEC. They have played essentially no one thus far and after scoring 90+ in their first four games, they have scored 79 and 61. Last year they went 17-13 and lost in the second round of the WNIT.

Their star player is Armentice Price, who is an All-American candidate. She is like Coleman as she can play different positions on the floor and does a little bit of everything. She doesn't shoot a ton of 3s and her free throw percentage is 57.4% They have six players that are 6' or taller. the one thing I noticed yesterday is that they only have one player that spends time in the post on offense.

They like to run the ball up and down the court, but Northwestern forced them to slow things down yesterday. They are averaging over 50 rebounds a game. They don't shoot well from 3 and their free throw percentage isn't that great. From what I watched yesterday, they played mostly an extended 3-2/2-3 zone. They liked to trap out of the zone if the players went to one side of the court or the other. NW attacked the zone with cuts through the zone and quick pas outs to open shooters.

Keys to the Game

Take care of the ball. Ole Miss likes to trap and create their offense from steals. Fewer turnovers = fewer fast break baskets.

attack the post. Like I mentioned they don't seem to play with many true post players, so the quick we attack the paint and gt them in foul trouble, the quicker we get them out of sync.

Hit our three-point shots. The only way to bust a zone is to hit from the outside.

Keep their players in front of us. We tend to be easily taken off the dribble and we need to prevent that.