Orange and White Game

Tara would NOT be pleased.
Freshmen look good. They do not back down. Jak is sneaky good.
Still no one faster than Shay.
S Morris playing pg for the white team.
 
Great to see Morris playing with the team against the practice players. She did not have good scoring opportunities with the team make-up in the inter squad scrimmage.
 
Rori is Rori; and Amo and Deyona are smoother, more confidant versions of Amo and Deyona.

The striking thing about Amina and Jak are how physically similar they appear with very similar games, very quick and mobile with the ball for forwards. They also have very similar builds, long and lean; Amina having a slight bulk advantage. At this first sighting, they even appear to be the same height, although the roster gives Amina two inches. The best thing about them is you wouldn't think they were freshmen, their skills are more advanced than other highly rated front court freshmen we have had in past years.

Who is the 2nd guard? I wish I knew since both Shaylee and Sonya bring a lot. Sonya is a step quicker, but Shaylee was wearing a large knee brace which may hamper her a bit. I would give the nod to Sonya, but it is very close. More play in the exhibition games will reveal more.

Play was a bit ragged, with lots of fouls; Faye had 8 in the 1st quarter. But Faye is a banger and appears to love rebounding. If Taylor is out for an extended period, I could see an athletic starting lineup of:
Rori
Sonya/Shaylee
Amo
Deyona
Jak/Amina
with Khadija Faye off the bench. But I'm sure Shay would slide in there somewhere.

I did not see Femme on the court...I may have missed her. But Taylor and Jordana did not play as expected. A new #25 played a bit in the 2nd half...I assume she is a walk-on.
 
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Zig72 said:
Rori is Rori; and Amo and Deyona are smoother, more confidant versions of Amo and Deyona.

The striking thing about Amina and Jak are how physically similar they appear with very similar games, very quick and mobile with the ball for forwards. They also have very similar builds, long and lean; Amina having a slight bulk advantage. At this first sighting, they even appear to be the same height, although the roster gives Amina two inches. The best thing about them is you wouldn't think they were freshmen, their skills are more advanced than other highly rated front court freshmen we have had in past years.

Who is the 2nd guard? I wish I knew since both Shaylee and Sonya both bring a lot. Sonya is a step quicker, but Shaylee was wearing a large knee brace which may hamper her a bit. I would give the nod to Sonya, but it is very close. More play in the exhibition games will probably reveal more.

Play was a bit ragged, with lots of fouls; Faye had 8 in the 1st quarter. But Faye is a banger and appears to love rebounding. If Taylor is out for an extended period, I could see an athletic starting lineup of:
Rori
Sonya/Shaylee
Amo
Deyona
Jak/.Amina
with Khadija Faye off the bench. But I'm sure Shay would slide in there somewhere.

I did not see Femme on the court...I may have missed her. But Taylor and Jordana did not play as expected. A new #25 played a bit in the 2nd half...I assume she is a walk-on.
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I’m thought Sonia was better defensively. The guys were seriously taking advantage of Shaylee early in the scrimmage. Sonia, Shaylee, and Sonia were good together but Shay is going to wind up on the floor a lot for the same reasons she did last year. Shay made a couple of nice drives against the practice players that were fun to watch.
My biggest disappointment was not getting to see Taylor Jones in action.
 
In fairness, the men's team was unlike anything the women will see this year. None of them appeared taller than 5'8" and they were all quick as rabbits with nice bball skills.

Agree about Shay....she has not stagnated...getting better every year.
 
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I did not see Femme on the court...I may have missed her. But Taylor and Jordana did not play as expected. A new #25 played a bit in the 2nd half...I assume she is a walk-on.
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Vic announced at media availability today that Femme was out as well as Taylor. He said they also added a walk-on this week so I’m assuming that’s #25.
 
Thank you all for the updates and based on what you all saw what is your prediction on the starting lineup so far and who impressed you the most in the scrimmage?
 
Jacob Johnson said:
Thank you all for the updates and based on what you all saw what is your prediction on the starting lineup so far and who impressed you the most in the scrimmage?
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My guess for the starting lineup is Harmon, Morris, Holle, Moore, Gaston. However, Shaylee, Amina, and Jak won't be sitting on the bench for very long. Amina and Jak impressed me the most because of their athleticism, composure and confidence as freshmen. It was only a scrimmage but both of them played like they've been at Texas longer than 4 months. Vic keeps singing the praises of Amina and Jak and it's well deserved.

To add onto what others reported about the scrimmage, our players look like they are in great shape. Vic had them playing fast and physical (very physical at times). They were competitive and seemed to be taking the scrimmage very seriously. Shaylee scored around 15 points in the intra squad scrimmage and Sonya scored around 16 when they were scrimmaging the practice squad.
 
Jacob Johnson said:
Thank you all for the updates and based on what you all saw what is your prediction on the starting lineup so far and who impressed you the most in the scrimmage?
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#21 on the White team was the best player on the court. Unfortunately for the program, he is a guy. Seriously, it was a physical, defense-dominated scrimmage in which nobody really lit up the lights.

I seriously think any combination of the Top 9 could start: Rori, Deyona, Amo, Shay, Sonya, Shaylee, Jak, Amina, Khadija.

I haven't seen Taylor and Femme this year, but they have to be considered also. Vic is going to love his options all year, the team is so deep.
 
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#21 on the White team was the best player on the court. Unfortunately for the program, he is a guy. Seriously, it was a physical, defense-dominated scrimmage in which nobody really lit up the lights.

I seriously think any combination of the Top 9 could start: Rori, Deyona, Amo, Shay, Sonya, Shaylee, Jak, Amina, Khadija.

I haven't seen Taylor and Femme this year, but they have to be considered also. Vic is going to love his options all year, the team is so deep.
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Agree about having options. However, we need to get our posts healthy otherwise we are going to be thin at the 4 and 5 if we get into foul trouble.
 
Nice to see such high praise for the freshman. I knew they were going to be great but based on what I’m hearing I didn’t think they would be this good so early. Can’t wait to watch them against someone other than themselves on Sunday.:hookem:
 
So I had a friend attend the game and what I was told was that Faye is fairly aggressive like tackle football type of aggressive. Lol can someone who went inform me if this is true or was my friend being dramatic.
 
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So I had a friend attend the game and what I was told was that Faye is fairly aggressive like tackle football type of aggressive. Lol can someone who sent inform me if this is true or was my friend being dramatic.
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At one point she had 5 points and 8 fouls. (Yes, they just played on.)
 
Jacob Johnson said:
So I had a friend attend the game and what I was told was that Faye is fairly aggressive like tackle football type of aggressive. Lol can someone who sent inform me if this is true or was my friend being dramatic.
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He was being dramatic. Let's not forget that "Hadi" played a large role in beating us at home last year with 11 rebounds and 3 blocks in 18 minutes (3 fouls).
 
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