Should be a good game today, hard to tell where Auburn is based on who they have played. Saw North Carolina play live, a team that took them to OT, and I wasn't impressed with NC. It was a very early game, but their execution was pretty terrible. Statistically we are a very similar team to Auburn with the exception of rebounding, based on stats alone we are a much better rebounding team even though it hasn't looked that way the last couple games.
For a change we are the deeper team most of the time this year and that has helped us a good deal, in their bigger games Auburn has really only gone 6 deep with a couple others playing sparing minutes, not a lot of depth for them this season though which keeps them out of their pressure defense. If we take care of the ball and out hustle them on the glass we should win by 10. Going to have to play some defense though, this Auburn team can score, a trait they have not had the last several seasons. We will not be able to just outscore them tonight. We do have a significant height advantage at 4 out of 5 starting positions, Rennia and Evina will both likely have a big height advantage which should make finishing at the rim a bit easier.
We have more length than any team they have played so far so hopefully it bothers them on their shot and passing.
If C. Green draws the match-up on Unique Thompson she better come ready to play. It would be nice to have the guards penetrate and try to get her in foul trouble early, otherwise I fear Thompson may drop 35 on us, our post defense has been non-existent this season and Thompson is a monster on the O-boards with 54 already this season. Thinking Mimi Collins will get quite a bit of time tonight based on her recent play and her defense.
