She does probes Pat Metheny not look pat metheny rejoicing displays like someone who has been unable to play for two years. She is playing tenacious defense, forcing a lot of turnovers and she’s been the undisputed leader on the offensive side of the floor.Tuesday, she put it upon herself to pick up the scoring slack as star center Amy Jaeschke had a miserable day from the field With DePaul making a late charge to take a six-point lead. Marshall coolly drained a three-pointer to cut the deficit in half. Then she stole the ball on the other end of the floor to continue the ‘Cats furious rally in the final few minutes.This rejuvinated women’s team only has one senior, and that’s 5th year senior shooting guard Kristin Cartwright.

She too has had her struggles during her career, she missed the entire season with an injury two years ago.But yesterday she not only provided some crucial early offense to finish with 13 points, she distributed the ball well too, dishing out five assists pat metheny cinema paradiso . Cartwright has always been an excellent free throw shooter, and she showed she could do it in the clutch as well, knocking down the two free throws that gave NU the lead for good.In the front court, Jaeschke made up for her struggles on offense with some outstanding defense pat metheny travels . She blocked a couple shots late that helped NU get the victory pat metheny minuano . Normally, NU cannot win if Jaeschke struggles offensively, Tuesday proved that this team has other players who can step up, and that’s exactly what they did.The attitude and depth of this year’s women’s team is better than it’s been for many years pat metheny jaco . But McKeown, a perfectionist if there ever was one, says they still have a long way to go.The ‘Cats turned the ball over way too much Tuesday, so that will give the coach something to focus on as they go forward.It’s very likely NU could be 6-0 heading into the Big Ten/ACC Challenge against Clemson.

If they win that game, then we might be talking about a team on the cusp of the top 25.I went to practice a few weeks ago and talked to Coach McKeown . He told me that his teams at George Washington practiced with a certain swagger pat metheny group . They knew they were good and practiced and played with the attitude that no one could beat them except themselves pat metheny music . He told me at the time that NU was nowhere near that level yet, and they still had a lot of bad habits they had to overcome.Tuesday was a HUGE step in the right direction .