Sunday, November 11, 2007

Game 2 - Oklahoma (State Farm Tip Off)

46 hours after the season started and we are already onto game two of the season. This game should be a little tougher than the first as it is against #6 Oklahoma down in North Carolina. Need I remind you of the last time we played at Carmichael?
Let's just hope Ashleigh doesn't need to chuck in another long distance three to send it to overtime.

This is the first game for Oklahoma after winning their two exhibitions easily. The Sooners scored 110 points in each of those games with Courtney Paris scoring 19 and 25 in both. It seems the starters for OU don't do much for OU as the reserves have scored 127 points in two games. Last year, OU was a slow down the pace team and feed the ball inside to Paris. I have no idea what kind of impact the freshman have on their team.

In order to win today aside from the original check points we must:
- speed the game up. Grab the rebound and go with the ball force the Sooners to run.
- pressure them. Ole Miss used that to their advantage.
- Attack Paris. If the ball isn't fed into the post on every play today before Courtney gets in foul trouble, I will be annoyed. She is the strength of that team and if you take her out it makes the game more manageable. KT, Marissa, Marah, must drive the lane and create contact.

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