Congrats to Gabby Williams!!

[EricLA]

For her 2nd double double and hopefully many more to come!

18 points on 8-11 shooting, 2-2 from the FT line, and 14 boards. Not to mention, 2 assists and 4 steals. This kid is special.

And honorable mention to Miss Saniya! Seemed to have a really good overall BBIQ tonight and scored 11 points on 4-5 shooting.

2nd honorable mention to the bench. I don't know how many minutes T and P played, but you know the bench played a LOT more minutes the 2nd half than in the first, and yet we continued to play solid defense and pull away even further from Cinci...

It's so great to see the future not only being productive, but looking really good doing it! Keep it up ladies!!

 

[HoopsFan21]

First double double (I think...!) and hopefully first of many more to come!

16 points on 7-10 shooting, 2-2 from the FT line, and 13 boards. Not to mention, 2 assists and 3 steals. This kid is special.

And honorable mention to Miss Saniya! Seemed to have a really good overall BBIQ tonight and scored 11 points on 4-5 shooting.

It's so great to see the future not only being productive, but looking really good doing it! Keep it up ladies!!

Second double-double. Her first was against SMU.

 

[Sonny44]

Love that girl!

 

[TroyHouse66]

Battle Born!!

 

[mrmojack]

She just continues to amaze me. She is really going to be something else.

 

[housekeys]

The next "special" one.

 

[MilfordHusky]

If Gabby stays healthy and continues to improve at this rate, she could be the best player in her class.

 

[Huskie78]

My favorite UConn Huskie! Go Gabby!!

 

[rugbymate]

it will be interesting to see if she gets important minutes in the South Carolina game...their bigs could be an eye opener for her at the 3 or 4 position

 

[MilfordHusky]

it will be interesting to see if she gets important minutes in the South Carolina game...their bigs could be an eye opener for her at the 3 or 4 position

Or the reverse.

 

[Geno-ista]

I am sure u may see her earlier in that So Car game than we think. I think it will throw them off and make or normal offense tougher to adjust too. Even before tonight's phenomenal performance. She owned the floor tonight. And I thought Chong has been playing great. And not even about the threes she's been draining. She takes total control of the offense. Defensive intensity has picked up too. With our 3 deep bench, i am beginning to think we may be as strong or maybe even a stronger team than last year. And Stokes continues to be great at what she is great at!

 

[geneticrex]

It's hard to believe this kid missed basically 2 seasons with serious knee injuries, comes to the top program in all the land where she's not only moved from the backcourt to the frontcourt for the first time in her life, but moved to a position where she is considered fairly undersized, yet still has performed brilliantly.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

"For me going undefeated is not as important to me as maybe it used to be, now I just want to process to be good, players to get better," Auriemma said. "Watching Gabby Williams play tonight, that makes the process really enjoyable for me. Watching somebody get that good in front of your eyes, that makes the process really, really cool. I can coach a long time if I can watch what I am seeing in her every week, every week, every week."

 

[mauconnfan]

That's a special talent. Best athlete I've seen in a long time. Wow

 

[Sonny44]

Those top three recruits next year, as good as they are, are going to find it pretty tough breaking into the starting lineup.

 

[JS]

Best athlete I've seen in a long time.

Flashback: Fifth in the Olympic trials at the age of 15
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The thing that gets me about Gabby is the consistency. I keep waiting for her to come down to earth, but the good games go on and on. What kind of minutes will she get on Monday?

 

[Tonyc]

Gabby has fight and determination coupled with tremendous confidence. I cant wait to see her against SC. She could create foul problems for them with her quickness.

Watching all the non starters with all the minutes theyre getting they are all gaining confidence and playing better. A lot of that has to do with getting a lot of minutes, a lot of that has to do with the conference we're in. Its fun for me to watch them develop. On Tuesday we will see how Geno plays it with the non starters. The fact that UConn has so many 3 pt shooters and is so quick is going to present problems for SC. Our ballhandleing will be key. This is a game where Tuck Stewie and Kia need to stay out of foul trouble and attack the basket and they will. Can you imagine if SC packs it in and leaves our 3 pt shooters open. We are very hard to defend.

 

[huskeynut]

Watching Gabby continues to amaze me.

First, her leaping ability is off the charts. Second is her sense of were she is in relation to the basket when she gets the ball, especially down low. She is able to quickly know her defenders presence and quickly move to the hoop for that short shot or layup.

Third, her defense. she is always on the balls of her feet, constantly moving/ bouncing and ready to move. And she is showing she can anticipate passes and its starting to get some steals.

I think she is going to cause SC a lot of trouble!

 

[DobbsRover2]

Just Gabulous. Every player at UConn has been unique in their own way, but I have never seen anyone who has such an incredible ability to kiss her shots off the glass from 5-10 feet away and who seems so comfortable with the notion that the board is so vital for almost every shot. And she is so Rodmaniac on rebounds that no opponent is going to have an answer for her in the years ahead. You wonder if she and Nina Davis of Baylor are one of the new models for a WCBB player that all of the top coaches will be desperately searching for.

Just a complete joy to watch, compounded by the fact that we will be seeing her for 130+ more games at UConn.

 

[geneticrex]

I guess it's unanimous.

 

[j66kicker]

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The thing that gets me about Gabby is the consistency. I keep waiting for her to come down to earth, but the good games go on and on. What kind of minutes will she get on Monday?

I bet plenty, barring a meltdown on Saturday. She pays great in games and, according to Geno, she practices great. So aren't those the criteria?

 

[Zorro]

I think that the SC fans who are so (justly) proud of their bench may find the Huskies' bench considerably aggravating.

 

[dtbtbtb]

Just saw the game again and can't stop marveling at this amazing kid. It seems like the saying: "she wants it more than the other person" got her picture on it!

 

[TroyHouse66]

h-nut:
<<...she is always on the balls of her feet, constantly moving/ bouncing and ready to move.>>

CALLS for NCAA investigation of Gabby Williams
The NCAA officials will need to install a floor-level, stop-action camera just to verify Gabby's play. There's some question of legality involved.

There are several rebound/putbacks where Gabby was sandwiched between players... she seized the ball, rose up between the two, elevated above them, and scored! The levitation happened so quickly that there is some suggestion that her feet couldn't have touched the floor, before bounding so quickly.
Is there a formal NCAA prohibition against levitation? Can she be prosecuted for defying the laws of gravity? Could she be hit with sanctimonious sanctions? Does her play fall under NCAA or FAA regs?

 

[Rayvin56]

Just Gabulous.

Now that you've planted that in my head, I'll probably be exclaiming "Gabulous!" after each of her gravity defying moves from now on. Thanks for that.

 

[DobbsRover2]

Well, as Coco Chanel said, "A girl should be two things: classy and gabulous."

#15 can be both, and the rest of the Huskies can settle for being classy and at the head of the class.