Is this team even better with Affolter starting?
Molly is terrific
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Yes, clearly better.
And is Affolter the second best player on this team right now?
Affolter has plenty of hustle too, plus size, strength, and a good shot. Love her game and Molly's as well.
Maybe 4th behind Martin and Stuelke. But ya, she should be starting the rest of the way.
She brings a lot of much needed pressure on the defensive side of the court. With clark needing to play soft so we can keep her on the court for scoring, Syd covers a lot of ground without fouling too much.
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Duh, in my enthusiasm I forgot about Stuelke, lol. Martin has always been a little too hot and cold imo, but granted she is the more proven commodity right now.
I'd take Sydney Affolter on my team literally any day.
Sydney is the Swiss Army knife any team needs.
they're playing better the last two games this isn't like a P.Mac situation, molly is actually a valuable part to the team
She is always around the ball, doing good things I might ad. She's not afraid of anything. That home game against osu when the ball got hit clear up in the air SA zeroed in on the ball and didn't even look at any one from osu, she didn't care if she ran over someone, she was getting the ball. And she did and made a heck of a pass for the score. I noticed osu players kinda got out her way 😳
Molly gives the team another driver and assister and sometime scorer like Sydney so they are complimentary
I've been saying the last few weeks that Affolter will lead the team in scoring, rebounding, and assists next tear. Her play lately makes me feel vindicated.
Efficiency stats love Syd. She is 3rd on the team in WS/40, barely behind Stuelke. She is 2nd in BPM, OBPM, and DBPM. 3rd in PER. 5th in eFG%, ahead of CC and Kate.
Affolter's minutes per game has nearly been equal to the starters all season, so I never thought it mattered if she started or not. I do agree that Molly has the driving and fluidity factor that is second only to CC, and a skill we really need on the floor at times. We will be even better when Molly is back during the NCAA tournament.
I also think we don't need a PG transfer for next year. Syd, McCabe and Kylie will fill the two guard spot minutes and have enough ball handling. Syd handles the ball a lot right now.
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Efficiency stats love Syd. She is 3rd on the team in WS/40, barely behind Stuelke. She is 2nd in BPM, OBPM, and DBPM. 3rd in PER. 5th in eFG%, ahead of CC and Kate.
Affolter's minutes per game has nearly been equal to the starters all season, so I never thought it mattered if she started or not. I do agree that Molly has the driving and fluidity factor that is second only to CC, and a skill we really need on the floor at times. We will be even better when Molly is back during the NCAA tournament.
I also think we don't need a PG transfer for next year. Syd, McCabe and Kylie will fill the two guard spot minutes and have enough ball handling. Syd handles the ball a lot right now.
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I hope Kylie really, really works on her handles in the offseason. She has all the tools to be very good but her handles are a little suspect imo
I expect Affolter to be on the all tournament team tomorrow with CC. She’s been that good then past two games.
I was saying to my wife earlier that while I love Davis, I think the team is more capable of a deep March run with Affolter getting all those minutes. We don’t necessarily need more scoring. We need rebounding and defense which Syd gives us.
Absolutely. She gets going so fast and then loses the ball too often...
That would be fine IF she replaced the other stats as well, but that's not happeningKylie will replace CC's turnovers next year
Syd will always give effort to impact the game, never a watcher
People seem to be forgetting that Affolter started the last Nebraska game. The Hawks are playing better now as a team. It's not solely due to Affolter starting.
Yeah she has a rather high, wooden dribble. Needs to smooth that out if she is gonna handle the ball more next year.
I like Sydney a lot. She is a hard worker nd always out hustles the opposition.
Affolter has also improved as the season went on! I think the coaches have managed the roster and playing time well. Her hitting 3's is what has really unlocked a lot for her
