JY filled a specific role outlined for her
by bmoreirish (2019-04-11 12:04:41)

In reply to: food for thought  posted by BB Junky


She needed to basically do a little bit of everything, so her scoring stats were not at eye-catching levels like Ogunbowale. She played point only part-time, so her assists were split with Mabrey. She needed to rebound, but didn't post numbers like Shepard and Turner. Oh, and she also was frequently used to defend the opponent's best player.

Her ability to do everything is what made her the #1 pick, and also what led her to be overshadowed by teammates in different areas.

It would be tough to say that a team that lost the national championship by 1 point underachieved. The only disappointing thing for me is that they consistently started the tournament games slow. Hopefully that was just bad luck and not thinking they could just "turn it on" when needed.