change, to make the games go a little bit
faster and hopefully be a little bit more
exciting for our fans."
Senior center Candice Agee said the
change will put a higher premium on
stamina. "With the media timeouts be-
ing every 9ve minutes instead of four
minutes, our conditioning has to get bet-
ter because now we have to play in longer
stretches," she said. "We've spent a lot of
time over the spring and the summer
conditioning so we'll be able to with-
stand the longer periods of time without
a break. I think it's cool, though, because
it's more like what you see in high school
and in the WNBA. So it won't be much of
a culture shock and will help in the long
run with those who are going to continue
their careers a
