Langhorne's 34 Declaws Bears' Repeat Bid, 82-63 (On to the Elite 8)

If people didn't know who she was before the tournament, after back-to-back 30 point outings Crystal Langhorne had told everyone she's for real. She went head-to-head against an All-American in Sophia Young and dominated her. 14 of 18 for 34 points and 15 rebounds. Baylor tried match up after match up and no one could check her. That one Baylor player was forced to basically foul Crystal everytime she touched the ball. It was a thing of beauty.

We came out strong, weathered the Baylor run (that we all knew was coming) and then finished the half strong and started the second half like we started the first half. Angel and Charmaine are a win over Utah from playing in Boston. Not bad for two gals that played on a 10-win team their freshmen year.

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Positives

Langhorne. I think we all know why.
Defensive Intensity. People said we couldn't play defense, well Baylor shot 33% and Sophia Young was the only player in double figures.

Marissa Coleman. She played her best game of the tournament. She rebounded efficiently and when the team needed offense she hit several key buckets.

Jeff Walz. He was the one who changed that end of the half play to go to Langhorne, who thought he was crazy. Nice call coach.

Rebounding. We were down 1 at the half in the rebounding margin. We finished +7. I liked the way we boxed out and attacked the glass all night long.

Turnovers. Except for a small stretch, we did a great job with the ball. I was shocked to see we had 12 turnovers, I thought we had fewer.

Toliver. She shook off the SJU game and controlled the offense. Also it looks like her shooting touch is slowing coming back into focus.

Newman. 6 rebounds, but what I liked the most is that she took the Baylor players off the dribble and to the bucket. I love it when she does that.

Overall Energy. I have seen the team play like this at the start of a game before, but the way they came out to start the second half was the best I have seen them all year.

Free Throw shooting. Can't complain about 13-for-16 nor about the way we have shot them thus far in the tournament.

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