Women's Hoops Blog

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Monday, August 23, 2004

Coach Chancellor has been intent on getting Taurasi involved in the offense -- throughout the preliminary round, he tried to run plays for her, but she remained a reluctant shooter. Yesterday, she finally got going.

"It felt good," Diana said. "I want to do whatever I can to help this team."

With Smith hurt, it will be even more important to have Taurasi hitting some outside shots.

Greece is next. They'll have thousands of fans going berserk. And they think they have a chance: "We won't come here as lambs to be slaughtered," said coach Georgios Tsitskaris.

Wednesday morning, 7:30 eastern on USA.