In this edition of the Three Point Shot, guest panelists Trey DiGiglia, head girls basketball coach at Barbe, and Sharde Henry, head coach at Washington-Marion, discuss the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four.

Who has been your favorite player to watch?

TD: There are many to choose from, but I am going to go with LSU’s Angel Reese. The Bayou Barbie has been dominant. She has an SEC record 32 double-doubles this season. She has an unconventional scoring style but she is productive and efficient, and she attacks the glass on both ends of the court. Her energy and spirit really drive the team. Her confidence and personality impacts the entire program in such a great way. Kim Mulkey really lets her be herself and it has worked out brilliantly.

SH: Virginia Tech’s Georgia Amoore. My first time seeing her play was the Elite Eight game and she is the truth. Elizabeth Kitley is their best player stats-wise but Amoore is the engine of that team as well as the heart and soul. I watched her single-handedly break the Ohio State press, which is their bread and butter. She made them get out of it in the first quarter. She had a scary injury in the first half. If she wouldn’t have been able to come back in that game Virginia Tech would’ve lost. She is just that valuable to the team. I love the hometown team LSU, but I can’t wait to see what she does against them.

Who’s going to win the national championship?

TD: My heart says the girls from Baton Rouge, but my head says South Carolina. Dawn Staley’s crew is so talented and well-rounded. They really have no weaknesses. It would take an all-time performance from Caitlin Clark to upset South Carolina in the semis and I think they will dominate the glass enough to pull out a close one over Kim Mulkey’s Tigers in the championship. South Carolina 79, LSU 71.

SH: As much as I hate to say it, South Carolina. I really want to go out on a limb and pick another team but they are just so dominant and so deep I can’t see another team beating them. The amount of buckets they get from second-chance points is unmatched and this is what I believe puts them above the other three teams. Their depth is insane, you never know who their leading scorer might be. Aliyah Boston, Zia Cooke, Brea Beal, Victoria Saxton — they all come at you hard and strong.

Who is your favorite player from a past Final Four?

TD: I loved watching Diana Taurasi at UConn. She was so intense and competitive. Her ability to score in such a variety of ways was incredible to me. I remember being surprised every time she missed. Her basketball IQ was extremely high; it seemed like she was playing a different game than the other players. She could control the game without taking a ton of shots.

SH: Arike Ogunbowale from the 2018 Notre Dame team. The ice in her veins and her Mamba mentality was a sight to see during the tournament.