Game 25: Boston College

Back at home looking to restart the winning streak at home and in general. It will be interesting to see which team comes out to play, the one that slept walked through the first half the last two games, or the one who played in the other 20 games. This is a must win, not for tournament sakes, but for the psyche of the team. Plus, a loss gives FSU and GT another game on us in the race for the ACC Tournament byes.

Boston College

Record: 11-11, 1-7 (ACC), 1-6 (Road)

Common Opponents: NC State (L, 58-40; L, 64-46); Virginia (L, 65-63); Miami (L, 83-68); Clemson (W, 69-64); Georgia Tech (L, 60-49); North Carolina (L, 82-60)

Most points allowed: 83

Fewest points scored: 46

Team Information - Team Stats

Averaging 61.4 ppg, while allowing 58.9 ppg

Outrebounding opponents 37.5 - 32.4

Have turned the ball over 417 times, while opponents have only turned it over 307.

Shoot 74.3 percent from the line.

Only 34 blocks on the season, with 18 coming from one player.

Averaging only 5 steals per game.

Defensive minded team that will slow down the pace of the game. Holding opponents to .384 from the floor and .298 from 3.

Still play a Big East style of basketball ball, where it goes into the post first and then out to the shooters.

Relatively short team with only two players over 6'2.

Players to Watch - Roster

Katherin Ress. 6'4 center who is the focus of their offense. Has taken a bulk of their shots and is not afraid to shoot the 3 if left open. Also the team's main rebounder and shot blocker. Turnover prone and foul prone. Should be attacked at every chance we get.

Kindyll Dorsey. the team's main shooting threat. She has taken 184 shots, 117 of which have been 3s. Not much of a driver and doesn't really attack the glass.

Elisabeth Egnell. a 6'1 forward who plays the 3 as she will shoot from behind the arc as well as in the paint. Second on the team in rebounding and in steals. Not a great free throw shooter and doesn't get into foul trouble so either she is a great defender who avoids contact or doesn't play that much D.

Sarah Marhsall. 5'8 point guard, who looks to pass first. Likes to drive and create her own shot inside the paint as she has only taken 2 three-pointers all year. Averaging nearly 35 minutes per game.

Ayla Brown/Kaydia Kentish. The other forwards in the paint. Brown has been starting recently and is more productive than Kentish. Brown is averaging 8 and 5, while Kentish is averaging 4 and 3. Neither one will shoot the 3. Brown is also more of the shot block. Some of you may remember Brown from last year's American Idol.

Corey Rusin. The only other player who sees decent playing time. A guard who doesn't really do much but spell the tired players.


Keys to the Game

Show some emotion. The last few games have looked like last year's team. No determination, no heart. I want to see this team play hard like they did versus MSU and UCSB.

Attack the rim. I don't care if we don't shoot a 3 all game. It's time the guards attack the paint to get the other team in foul trouble and then free it up for Langhorne.

Crystal needs more than 6 shots. She can take Ress on every possession and that should be the goal until she is stopped.

Harper. Time to show up for games. Every game we have lost has because she has mostly been invisible.

Play defense. Don't let players turn the corner and have an open look at the hoop.

Don't worry about missed shots.

Rebound and hold onto the ball. We are dropping too many passes and rebounds.

Take care of the ball. Anything more than 15 turnovers is a disappointment.

Bottomline: We should crush this team, but I felt the same way about Tech.

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