Disappointing to be outscored by 24 off turnovers and still lose by only 6. I was hoping Swanson would start the 3rd quarter after having a great 2nd quarter, but we went back to the starting lineup and promptly fell behind never to recover the lead. Frustrating to say the least. Several times throughout the game we had chances to tie or take the lead only to turn the ball over for a score. Our last turn over came with Purdue down 3 with a change to tie with a 3 but s bad pass and all of a sudden we’re down 6 with just seconds to go. The turnovers are painful to watch. This was a winnable game.
Swanson was battling some kind of leg issue in the second half. Cramps maybe? She had a pained expression and was stretching every which way on the bench.
Good effort but the turnovers killed them. I was encouraged that the whole team and the head coach seemed to have some fight tonight. I don't think this team understands what it means to play hard.
I would love for McKenna Layden to get to play on the wing more instead of being forced to play the 4 most of the time.
Sophie Swanson seemed more engaged tonight. She actually took some good shots instead of forcing up impossible shots.
Markowski is what I hope Lana McCarthy becomes in a year or two. She has almost as many post moves as Kevin McHale. Lol.
I still think it's past time to play mainly Freshmen and Sophomores with a little Lombard and Bass sprinkled in. I don't see the value in playing Collier so much. If she scored once in a while I could see her playing but she doesn't contribute much production wise.
I would love to see Amiyah Reynolds to kick up her aggression level about 100 points. You can see she has some talent but she's so timid.
I noticed during the timeout huddles that it looks like Mila Reynolds has lost some weight. She looked kind of slim and trim standing there. Hopefully she has finally decided to get serious and live up to her potential.
I hope I'm wrong. I have this bad feeling that we are going to be decimated by transfers after the season. Coach Gearlds has to find a way to keep her youngsters this off season. If she can keep her Freshmen and Sophomores.....add in the 3 signees.....and maybe get ONE or TWO TOP transfers....this can be turned around faster than some think. Can't afford to have several transfer out and have to start over again or import an entire team from the portal. Especially with Purdue's NIL budget.
My preferred starting lineup the rest of the way.
5 - Lana McCarthy
4 - Kendall Puryear
3 - McKenna Layden
2 - Sophie Swanson/Amiyah Reynolds
1 - Rashunda Jones