What game were you watching? I wish our fans can both win and lose with class. The refs are usually assholes to us, but in this game they did not treat either team with favoritism.

First of all Clark is in a class all by herself. She led them early as she was responsible for either scoring or assists in the first 15 of 17 points for Iowa. LSU did close in and make a comeback, while Clark missed a few shots and had 3 turnovers in just a few minutes time due to pressure defense and LSU took a nice lead, then tied at halftime.

Great first half, but the second half, Clark's super range and superior passing just gutted our lady Tigers and they got outplayed by a better TEAM! The passes from full court, half court, or set screen & roll plays.

Clark had 41 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds and shot 29 times (20 3's and 9 other), hitting on 9-20 (45%) from 3's that she was making from 26, 27, 28 or more feet (Unbelievable)

Well, the gas you are referring is bullshite as she was only 6-7 from the free throw line... For someone that active shooting, 7 FT are not that much. Her teammate had 6 FT and another 4 FT.

For LSU, Reese took 21 FG attempts (Mostly ALL Alligator-Armed, shoot from the hip Jesse James Crap she always does) and she had 8 FT, therefore, she had a higher percentage of FT to shots taken than Clark.

Clark % of FT to Shots 6/29 = 21%
Reese % of FT to Shots 8/21 = 38%

So, take your bullshite reach for refs pouring gasoline by giving Clark all the calls and like she lived on the FT line.... She did not have too, because she was raining 3's from the MOON!! Or, making amazing passes to her teammates who were active and cutting to the hoop.

Reason why LSU lost is this:

Clark's 41 points and 12 assists, and team ball movement
FG%- Iowa 46%, LSU 38%
3 Pt%- Iowa 42% LSU 33%
FT%- Iowa 77%, LSU 65%

Should have put Johnson guarding Clark (more speed as HVL too short and slow). Sure, she may have fouled out but Clark with 12 less points would have been a huge difference.

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Posted by Mahootney

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Member since Sep 2008

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Posted on 4/2/24 at 6:40 am to Dubaitiger

If lsu capitalized on their +16 offensive rebounding, made 2 extra layups, and hustled back on defense for 2 fewer layups by Iowa, that's 8 points and an lsu win.
4 buckets all game.
4 drives instead of poa or HVL 3's.
4 feeds to the post vs long range jumpers by morrow.

Lsu had a terrible shooting night. That's why they lost.

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Posted by mdomingue

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Member since Nov 2010

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Posted on 4/3/24 at 4:01 pm to Dubaitiger

quote:
For LSU, Reese took 21 FG attempts (Mostly ALL Alligator-Armed, shoot from the hip Jesse James Crap she always does) and she had 8 FT, therefore, she had a higher percentage of FT to shots taken than Clark.

Clark % of FT to Shots 6/29 = 21%
Reese % of FT to Shots 8/21 = 38%

I agree with a lot of what you posted but this is not a clear indication of anything and a bad example to use. Reese is a paint scorer and part of he repertoire is drawing fouls from contact under the basket, and she is very good at it.

But, fouls are not what cost LSU this game. If you simply look at FGAs and FTAs the opportunity is there. LSU normally shoots FG% @ 46.7% with FTs @ 74.9%. In this game, they were FG% @ 38.6%, and FT% @ 64.7%. If they shoot enough better to split the difference they score 9 more points, they lost by 7. The 3rd quarter decided the game.

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