“I was hurt. I was just out of an ankle injury and playing through pain,” Kitija Laksa recalled. “But now, with everything that we’ve done [this season] and the way we’ve practiced, we’re ready. I’m ready.”
I assume that there will be no excuses offered/given if they lose to UConn tonight. "We're ready, I'm ready". As poster Chrissaran (above) pointed out, they have yet to play a ranked team. They have not played any team that has prepared them to play UConn. A string of "mid-majors" with a sprinkling of cupcakes thrown in to add a bit of flavor. That's been their schedule to date. They lost to Long Beach State 73-68 during a tournament in Las Vegas last month.
If their top 5 scorers score their season average tonight, that's 66 points. I don't believe that will happen. USF will need more than 66 points to beat UConn.
2016-17 Women's Basketball USF Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 07, 2017) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 13-1 6-0 3-0 4-1 CONFERENCE 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 11-1 5-0 2-0 4-1
## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg
33 LAKSA, Kitija 14-14 463 33.1 107-252 . 4 2 5 54-126 . 4 2 9 34-36 . 9 4 4 11 51 62 4.4 24 0 13 27 2 10 302 21.6 ppg
12 JESPERSEN, Maria 14-14 456 32.6 73-159 . 4 5 9 23-67 . 3 4 3 33-39 . 8 4 6 44 90 134 9.6 25 1 28 36 4 9 202 14.4
11 PUJOL, Ariadna 14-14 467 33.4 67-138 . 4 8 6 13-48 . 2 7 1 51-71 . 7 1 8 30 59 89 6.4 30 1 47 32 2 15 198 14.1
22 FLORES, Laia 14-14 491 35.1 43-108 . 3 9 8 7-33 . 2 1 2 40-52 . 7 6 9 7 49 56 4.0 20 0 99 26 1 16 133 9.5
10 FERREIRA, Laura 9-0 131 14.6 17-44 . 3 8 6 11-26 . 4 2 3 9-9 1.000 3 22 25 2.8 9 0 13 11 1 4 54 6.0
23 HENSHAW, Tamara 14-5 316 22.6 38-65 . 5 8 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 5-14 . 3 5 7 36 67 103 7.4 23 0 10 8 13 10 81 5.8
13 NAGY, Dorottya 13-0 199 15.3 29-57 . 5 0 9 3-5 . 6 0 0 11-15 . 7 3 3 14 21 35 2.7 23 0 14 23 5 11 72 5.5
03 BOND, Jazz 13-0 99 7.6 13-32 . 4 0 6 5-16 . 3 1 3 2-2 1.000 2 15 17 1.3 6 0 3 6 6 2 33 2.5
14 CASHIN, Paige 5-0 25 5.0 5-6 . 8 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.6 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 2.0
45 WEBER, Katelyn 11-9 101 9.2 6-10 . 6 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 14 20 34 3.1 9 0 2 7 2 0 14 1.3
32 WARIOBA, Nancy 6-0 27 4.5 3-5 . 6 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-4 . 2 5 0 2 7 9 1.5 4 0 1 2 1 2 7 1.2
20 DE JESUS, Nachalie 5-0 26 5.2 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 4 5 1.0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0.0
Total.......... 14 2801 401-878 . 4 5 7 116-321 . 3 6 1 188-244 . 7 7 0 192 447 639 45.6 178 2 232 185 38 79 1106 79.0
Opponents...... 14 2801 299-860 . 3 4 8 96-308 . 3 1 2 109-150 . 7 2 7 129 311 440 31.4 294 - 152 178 41 70 803 57.4
Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Totals
USF 266 239 318 283 1106
Opponents 182 202 209 210 803
Date - Opponent Score
11/15/16 North Florida 78-42
11/21/16 Jacksonville 64-52
11/24/16 North Carolina 83-55
11/26/16 Georgia 81-65
11/30/16 FIU 91-41
12/02/16 at Butler 74-59
12/11/16 at Arkansas State 78-59
12/14/16 St Francis 129-80
12/19/16 Long Beach St. 68-73 (L)
12/20/16 Santa Clara 63-54
12/21/16 UNLV 77-42
12/30/16 Stetson 74-60
1/4/17 at Tulane 62-53
01/07/17 Tulsa 84-68