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(12-10-2021 05:35 PM)burden Wrote:  

(12-09-2021 10:36 PM)cschierh Wrote:  Santoro has looked good -- Dingle but a better passer and a much better 3-point shooter. (Dingle still drive like nobody I've ever seen. She's playing for Fordham these days.)

Santoro could be as good as Zerman before she graduates.

I'm not sure the reserve bigs are as shaky as you saw. Dunn is just as freshman. She's made 10 3s and is shooting 39% from distance, which is about 13th in the MAC. She had 10 points against Penn State and has had four rebounds in five different games, playing 16 minutes a game. Her style is a lot like Thall's, and she'll easily step into that role when Thall graduates.

Bexley Wallace, the big post who played about six minutes against Duquesne, was a top 100 recruit out of Pickerington Central. She didn't do much at Penn State and tore her Achilles right before the first game last season. So it was the first time she's played in almost two years. Starkey said her all-around game is good. Nobody is going to push her around inside, but I have major questions about her stamina at her size. She's never been a big scorer.

Lexie Jackson, the 6-4 center who played pretty well at the end of last season, has been sick. As a freshman, she had beat out Marchese by the last eight games. (Marchese transferred to a D II school. What a bust she was.)

Kent could be a really good team, but we'll see in MAC play. Buffalo also looks really good. They just beat Rhode Island and VCU in back-to-back games and beat Syracuse earlier.

Good to hear Lexie was just sick and not injured. I was wondering about that. I saw that Dunn had the go ahead to shoot 3’s so I figured she had an off night. My guess is Wallace is the next Marchese. Her stats at PSU weren’t good and they were beating her down the court with ease. Thats why I never get too excited about P5 transfers. There’s about 5 reasons they transfer and at least four of them are bad. There are exceptions but they are few and far between.
Watching the game I got the impression Wallace was the first big off the bench but it sounds like we have 2 other options. Makes me feel a little better.

According to a pre-game article in the Record-Courier a couple of hours ago, Wallace is expected to see lots of action against Clarion. She is still recovering from the Achilles injury.