The Washington Huskies (15-14 overall, 7-11 Pac-12, 12-5 at home) host the San Francisco Dons (20 – 11 overall, 6-5 on the road) on Thursday, March 16th at 7pm.
San Francisco Defense vs Huskies Offense
San Francisco holds opponents to an average of 66.1 points per game — while averaging 67.3 points on offense.
Per Synergy, the Dons use player-to-player defense (man defense) 84% of the time and allow 0.753 points per possession, which ranks in the Top 40% nationally.
By comparison, UW’s defense allows 59.7 points per game — while averaging 61.6 points on offense.
The Dons rank in the Bottom 15% nationwide in zone defense, transition defense and press defense.
Offensively, the Huskies face man defense 91.6% of the time this year and struggled mightily — averaging 0.709 points per game, which ranks in the Bottom 25% nationally.
This all suggests a tightly contested game that will likely be won by the first team to 60 points.
San Francisco Player Preview
Redshirt junior Ioanna Krimili is a 5’10” guard from Greece.
Krimili averages a team-leading 17.1 points, along with 3.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2 steals in 32.5 minutes.
Ionna Kremili shoots 43.3% from two-point range and 41.2% from behind the three-point line.
Kremili’s shooting chart shows that she is efficiently dangerous from all areas of the court except in the lane.
San Francisco forward Debora Dos Santos is a 6’0″ redshirt sophomore from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Dos Santos is the Dons’ second-leading scorer at 13.0 points per game; along with, 7.5 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.7 blocks in 19.4 minutes.
Deborah Dos Santos shoots 55.2% from two-point range and has zero three-point attempts.
Her shooting chart shows that her offense is limited to inside the lane — she has only three shot attempts from outside the lane this year.
