Notes from Today's Open Practice
by MPG (2019-10-08 21:17:14)
Edited on 2019-10-09 10:28:07
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The women scrimmaged against the male practice players in two ten minute quarters. The men won both quarters,though the second one wasn't decided until the final minute. Observations from the scrimmage:
1. Mik and Marta are the vocal leaders and will be the captains based on what I saw today and have read since the summer.
2. Mik was everything that we want her to be in the low post,including rebounding on both ends, so I feel great about her. Rebounding was a major problem when she was not on the floor.
3. Marta is a strong lead guard, who distributed the ball well and played determined defense.
4. Anaya was the third best player for the women and will likely be a starter. She was good at both ends of the court
5. Sam is also likely to start. She displayed the best three point shot on the team and moved the ball well. She will need to work on her defense and rebounding.
6. Abby is likely to continue as the energy player off the bench and showed some good drives to the hoop.
7. Destinee Walker was able to play and looked rusty. She certainly has athletic ability and a good head for the game.
8. Danielle Cosgrove is more agile than last year, but still does not look like an ACC low-post player. When she and Sam were playing together on offense, they both played outside and took turns making cuts to the basket.
9. Nicole Benz, Katie Cole, and Katlyn Gilbert did not play. Muffet did say
that Katlyn will begin practice next week and is expected to play a major role, so assume that she will be the fifth starter.
10. Twin walk-ons were on the bench, but they were not the Quinns. Muffet mentioned their names and I think the last name was two syllables beginning
with H. One of them played in the last two minutes and looked to be a competent guard with some quickness.
11. Muffet stated that she prefers to have eleven scholarship players, but this year's roster will have eight scholarship players and five walk-ons. (I think she forgot that Katie Coles now has a scholarship, but we know what she means!)If the roster will be at thirteen with Coles on scholarship, then the four walk-ons are Benz, the H twins and ?
12. Muffet said that she hoped that the fans enjoyed last season's Big Macs because this year's team won't be approaching 88 points. She asked the fans for patience and lots of vocal support.
13. Recruiting Note: Muffet said that they have Four Commitments and hope to add a fifth. We can now begin guessing who is the silent fourth commit.
14. Michaela was the loudest coaching voice at the practice and was in close communication with Marta. As we suspected Anaya looked like the next option as the primary ball-handler.

That's all I have for now. I probably forgot something, so I'll review this in the morning.

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