Jan needs to take McCabe aside and tell her to...

[soybean]

...start shooting more shots or else sit down. She is too good not to be utilized 100%. If everyone else is clicking McCabe is the difference maker down the stretch. After today Jan likely understands this team is going to rise or fall from the outside in. Going forward she needs to tighten up the rotation.

 

[Hawksfor3]

...start shooting more shots or else sit down. She is too good not to be utilized 100%. If everyone else is clicking McCabe is the difference maker down the stretch. After today Jan likely understands this team is going to rise or fall from the outside in. Going forward she needs to tighten up the rotation.

3 shots in 28 minutes. The 3 she made was sweet. Yep. Shoot more! Totally with you here.

 

[littlez]

...start shooting more shots or else sit down. She is too good not to be utilized 100%. If everyone else is clicking McCabe is the difference maker down the stretch. After today Jan likely understands this team is going to rise or fall from the outside in. Going forward she needs to tighten up the rotation.

Agree. Otherwise there’s no reason for her to be out there.

 

[cmhawks99]

...start shooting more shots or else sit down. She is too good not to be utilized 100%. If everyone else is clicking McCabe is the difference maker down the stretch. After today Jan likely understands this team is going to rise or fall from the outside in. Going forward she needs to tighten up the rotation.

Totally agree…I’ve never been a huge McCabe fan, even w/so many clamoring for her to play more, but…. She has improved her overall game enough to be on the floor consistently. But it’s not good enough that she doesn’t still need to do her primary thing and that’s shoot!! She does not like to shoot unless she has clean air in front of her, and she doesn’t appear to be terrific coming around screens and letting it fly. Granted they don’t do it a lot, But I’ve never been under the impression, she has a very high basketball IQ or that mentality to her game.

It’s honestly only been since midseason that I thought the rest of our skills improved enough for her to even play consistently!

As far as the rotation goes, she’s already tightened it up by not playing Ava much and you can see how some of our fans feel about that.

 

[Scott559]

McCabe needs to grow her game, She is a spot up shooter and teams work hard to see she doesn’t get many clean shots. Developing the ability to drive and shoot 15 foot pull up vs just hoping to get a clean look from 3 the majority of the time. She has improved defensively, Seems to have decent handles. Adding some variety to her offensive game this offseason would be beneficial.

 

[Beattheohiostate]

Agree. Otherwise there’s no reason for her to be out there.

I would politely disagree. McCabe is solid. She handles the ball well, plays much better defense than last year, and is a positive force on the floor. But I absolutely agree that she needs to shoot more. In that respect, she's a bit like Josh Dix on the men's side. Both seem reluctant to shoot most of the time. Yet there have been a few instances this season, for both McCabe and Dix, when they've been quick to pull the trigger, and when they have, they've been fantastic.

At least half a dozen times a game, including yesterday, I'm shouting at the TV for McCabe to shoot it. Instead, she dribbles or passes off, and Iowa often either takes a worse shot and misses or turns it over. There is seldom any downside to McCabe shooting, and she's shown that she can get her shot off quickly, so don't hesitate. Let 'er fly.

 

[littlez]

I would politely disagree. McCabe is solid. She handles the ball well, plays much better defense than last year, and is a positive force on the floor. But I absolutely agree that she needs to shoot more. In that respect, she's a bit like Josh Dix on the men's side. Both seem reluctant to shoot most of the time. Yet there have been a few instances this season, for both McCabe and Dix, when they've been quick to pull the trigger, and when they have, they've been fantastic.

At least half a dozen times a game, including yesterday, I'm shouting at the TV for McCabe to shoot it. Instead, she dribbles or passes off, and Iowa often either takes a worse shot and misses or turns it over. There is seldom any downside to McCabe shooting, and she's shown that she can get her shot off quickly, so don't hesitate. Let 'er fly.

As others have said it looks like Jan has pretty much cut the rotation back and going mostly veterans and Guyton. And McCabe has a little more experience so she seems to be getting the nod, which is fine. But she had zero assists, no steals, wasn’t very aggressive on D and only took 3 shots in 28 minutes. She did grab 6 boards. It’s kind a game to game thing for me with her. Guyton got some time yesterday and played well, had a few Freshman mistakes in the OT that were costly. Agree with you to let it fly when open.

 

[ronnh]

As others have said it looks like Jan has pretty much cut the rotation back and going mostly veterans and Guyton. And McCabe has a little more experience so she seems to be getting the nod, which is fine. But she had zero assists, no steals, wasn’t very aggressive on D and only took 3 shots in 28 minutes. She did grab 6 boards. It’s kind a game to game thing for me with her. Guyton got some time yesterday and played well, had a few Freshman mistakes in the OT that were costly. Agree with you to let it fly when open.

Totally agree to shoot when open. The key word is open. If she is not wide open she is not that great of a shooter. She cannot create a shot on her own. People have to penetrate and kick it out to her when the defense collapses. She needs to keep moving to get open as well. The rest of her game has improved. Lucy can create her own shot but no one else on the team seems to be capable of doing that.

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

McCabe has developed into a very solid rebounder.