re: Shout out to Del Rosario

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Yes rebounding was good. But her defense was slow, didn't move very well. She scored a whopping 2 points the whole game. We need her to score 6-8 points when she is in 15 minutes or more. We really needed her to score the last 4 minutes when Angel fouled out.

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She is playing the #1 team in the country and the deepest/most talented post depth in the country. SC is as tough as its going to get for Rosario. She will take it and learn. Flaujae disappeared in this type of game last year and she got better from it. Rosario will do the same.

Was she realistically ready to guard a 6'7 Cardoso who is a senior? No, she had some struggles but she did do some good things. She doesn't score as well because they also never attempt to pass her the ball or attempt to get her involved on offense. The entire last 4 minutes of the game was HVL and MK jacking up shots and Morrow/Flaujae/ADR were not involved.

Some of y'all are being overly critical of a true freshmen vs the #1 team in the land, who happens to still be pretty raw and developing. Go watch her during the summer and now. She will look dramatically different come next season but for now Rosario is playing well enough to actually be productive in minutes off the bench. We aren't getting anything else from anyone on the bench. Its the guard depth which is the biggest issue.