That 4th quarter was special. Cece was getting just about anywhere she wanted and scoring almost at will. I love what Bob has built here, but I really wish we could get a player or two in here that would help on the boards. Our ladies seem to get outrebounded every game, and give up lots of O boards. 17 for Toledo last night, 14 for Buffalo, 17 for Miami, 18 for NIU, etc... It's so frustrating to watch the ladies play good defense and force misses only to give up boards and have to defend again and again. Since Jasmine Weatherspoon, it doesn't feel like we've had a solid consistent rebounder in green and white.
We are presuming that Abby Garnett and Ella Pope are injured even though nobody has asked about their status as far as I know. This is a big part of that issue.
They are on crutches
So what all do we know about all of the apparently injured? Any of them possibly coming back?
Abby Garnett hasn't played since the second game of the year. She had 15 rebounds in 35 total minutes in those two games and could really help in an area of weakness if she were healthy.
We also only got to see a small sample of what Ella Pope might do. She played in the first five games and was 7 of 11 on 3-pointers, also rebounded pretty well.
Peyton Guice got hurt around this time last year. She was a starter in 10 of the 12 games she played last year and averaged 4.0 points per game.
Jasmine Hale played off the bench in nearly every game with two starts last year, averaging 2.8 points per game, but has not played this year.
Caitlyn Kroll started every game she played last year, missing about one month but returning, and averaged 6.9 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, has not played at all this year.