This is like playing Bama in Tuscaloosa in football
At least one of the fouls was away from the ball. She used to get Big T the same way. Those seem like small plays in the game but they really affect the player's psyche when they get called for ticky tack fouls early in the game.
the illegal screen, if called equally, would have really leveled USC. they hit a moving screens quite often. as for the reaction, when they get hit with all those ticky tack fouls right off the tip, it does tend to make them clam up. Jessica was no different last night.... she got 2 and she wasn't much the same. boston was allowed to push, shove, elbow, climb the back the rest of the way.
oh...and Tina Napier was a ref when we played USC for the Natty. She was also the lead official when we played USC the next year in the SEC tournament final -- I was at that game and it was over quickly as we'd exhausted most of the fouls possible (and impossible).
the illegal screen, if called equally, would have really leveled USC. they hit a moving screens quite often. as for the reaction, when they get hit with all those ticky tack fouls right off the tip, it does tend to make them clam up. Jessica was no different last night.... she got 2 and she wasn't much the same. boston was allowed to push, shove, elbow, climb the back the rest of the way.
oh...and Tina Napier was a ref when we played USC for the Natty. She was also the lead official when we played USC the next year in the SEC tournament final -- I was at that game and it was over quickly as we'd exhausted most of the fouls possible (and impossible).
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