Final from QOC.  Once again, the Indian defense was their strong point. They had lots of intercepted passes and steals. The McCracken county did a good job shutting down Hunt with a zone in the first half. They have the size to surround her and make it hard to feed inside. The first quarter was played fairly even. McCracken county had a 10 point lead at the half off and increased it to 17 after the third quarter. The Indians made a couple of runs, but we weren’t quite able to get over the hump and catch up. Now a couple days rest for the Indians and then preparation for Butler next week.

5 hours ago, rjal said:

Final from QOC.  Once again, the Indian defense was their strong point. They had lots of intercepted passes and steals. The McCracken county did a good job shutting down Hunt with a zone in the first half. They have the size to surround her and make it hard to feed inside. The first quarter was played fairly even. McCracken county had a 10 point lead at the half off and increased it to 17 after the third quarter. The Indians made a couple of runs, but we weren’t quite able to get over the hump and catch up. Now a couple days rest for the Indians and then preparation for Butler next week.

If 67 points against is their defensive strong point, then this team is in t-r-o-u-b-l-e.  McCracken is solid but they scored whenever they wanted to and controlled the game more than I would have expected based on both teams talent on paper.  This tournament raised more questions than answers for the Indians.  

19 hours ago, rjal said:

Final from QOC.  Once again, the Indian defense was their strong point. They had lots of intercepted passes and steals. The McCracken county did a good job shutting down Hunt with a zone in the first half. They have the size to surround her and make it hard to feed inside. The first quarter was played fairly even. McCracken county had a 10 point lead at the half off and increased it to 17 after the third quarter. The Indians made a couple of runs, but we weren’t quite able to get over the hump and catch up. Now a couple days rest for the Indians and then preparation for Butler next week.

True they have a lot to work on.  Specifically I thought they did a good job pressuring the ball and creating turnovers.  Of course playing that type of defense leaves people open so they need to do a better job of covering the open man.    These high level events expose the deficiencies that need to be worked on and help teams prepare for the end of the season when it matters most.