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Our guard situation is the best it's been in a long time


We also have a team loaded with seniors. I completely understand your point about the injuries to Jean and Berry. Jean was out last season too but came back to contribute. I expect the same in a few weeks from her. Losing Berry is rough but honestly Baptiste is an upgrade so there's no major loss there. Berry would've given Magarity and Baptiste a few more minutes rest.

Let's say Jean will be healthy enough to contribute 10-15 minutes the remainder of the season and Camp will get out of her slump and get better as the season progresses (as she did last season), that will make life easier for Magarity and Baptiste. Sheppard isn't having the year I was expecting. Mabrey is struggling at times like most true freshmen do. Magarity is being over worked and over guarded because we simply don't have enough front court depth and because of Kenny's offense. I'd like to see us play inside more offensively. I'm tired of seeing most of our players beyond the perimeter during offensive sets. It just seems too predictable for opposing defenses. I realize that most of our ACC opponents are bigger than us and deeper than us (at least the teams we faced so far), but I believe that we have enough talent and experience to over come that. Why not play Mabrey and Sheppard more than Kendyl to begin with? Would playing Sheppard more improve her game? IMHO, I think it would. My starting 5 would be Emery (one of the best guards in the ACC), Mabrey at PG with Camp and Sheppard backing her up, Magarity at center, Baptiste at PF, and Jean (when healthy) at SF along with Camp. Maybe we just need to go with Emery (Sr), Sheppard/Mabrey, Jean (Sr)/Camp (Sr), Baptiste and Magarity (Sr)? Kendyl Brooks can give the guards 2-3 minute of rest. As the regular season comes closer to an end, I would hope that all of our seniors would feel a sense of urgency to get to the NCAA Tournament, especially Camp and Magarity who have been here for 5 years without a NCAA bid.

[Post edited by Old Line Hokie at 01/18/2019 4:09PM]

(In response to this post by SoCloseHokie)

Posted: 01/18/2019 at 4:04PM



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