Albany game thread

[HuskyNan]

Crystal with the ankle breaker!

 

[oldude]

Geno's taking a look at what his team looks like without Lou & Pheesa on the floor....eh so far...

 

[Tenspro2002]

Pretty rough stretch for Butler. Comes in and concedes a few offensive rebounds, travels.

Hell of a move by Dangerfield right there.

 

[connie]

Great footwork and still buy Gabby.

 

[BigBird]

Hughes has been good. He's clearly done his homework

Spot on. And it's helpful that the PBP (Eric) can give some pre-game coaching on what the team is about.

 

[JordyG]

Pheesa in

 

[MilfordHusky]

Gabby with a nice steal and misses the layup. Grrr!

Crystal fakes out everyone and makes the floater.

 

[TitleTown]

They can't play Butler and Dangerfield at the same time.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Offense always looks worse with Napheesa out

Indeed!

 

[JordyG]

Nice play by Albany's # 15 this game.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Collier has incredible balance and body control when banking in the contested 5-8-footer. Not an easy shot at all, but she shoots probably 80% on them.

 

[JordyG]

My goodness. Pheese has missed 4 in a row!

 

[Jimbo]

Crystal just registered her 100th assist of the season, making her the fifth Husky to reach that plateau this year! (Lou became the fourth when she passed the 100-assist mark earlier in this game.)

 

[connie]

Gabby with 16 points!

 

[HuskyNan]

What was that?

 

[HoopsFan21]

58-32 half

 

[ochoopsfan]

Baskets in the Paint at the half

Albany 6 (4-2)
UConn 17 (10-7)

 

[connie]

My goodness. Pheese has missed 4 in a row!

Yes! But what is great about her is she does not seem to be at all bothered by that. She simply continues to go up for the next shot.

 

[JordyG]

Letting the Albany player dribble down alone for a open layup at the end of the half is enough for a Geno halftime tirade.

 

[JavaMan]

 

[MilfordHusky]

When Albany doesn't turn the ball over, they make shots. 41% is good against UConn.

 

[1-of-the-6]

They can't play Butler and Dangerfield at the same time.

It has nothing to do with Dangerfield. Butler, as usual, is the problem. Is she a nice kid? Sure. But can she play at anywhere near a UCONN level? No. There are 100 D1 posts in the country that are better.

 

[JordyG]

Jessica Fequiere has play very well for Albany in the first half inside and outside. She has a nice little game.

 

[ochoopsfan]

What was that?

Both the Albany and the UConn player moved inside the arc area before the 2nd FT was made. Thus, the 2nd chance FT was negated.

 

[Mulligan]

It has nothing to do with Dangerfield. Butler, as usual, is the problem. Is she a nice kid? Sure. But can she play at anywhere near a UCONN level? No. There are 100 D1 posts in the country that are better.

Got that right...

 

[JordyG]

Both the Albany and the UConn player moved inside the arc area before the 2nd FT was made. Thus, the 2nd chance FT was negated.

Yes. What was interesting was that Lou almost beat them to it.

 

[BigBird]

A convincing half, yes. Enjoyable to watch, yes. Lots of good things, but Geno isn't going to be too lavishing with praise. It seemed that UConn was making mistakes that are atypical.

 

[eebmg]

Crystal just registered her 100th assist of the season, making her the fifth Husky to reach that plateau this year! (Lou became the fourth when she passed the 100-assist mark earlier in this game.)

Great. Get it out of the way.

 

[UcMiami]

This is just the kind of game that is really hard for Natalie - no true post players on Albany but a lot of decent shooters with quickness - giver her a Coates or a Brown to bang against and she is much more comfortable.
And with the pressure/trapping defense Geno is experimenting with, there is a lot of open floor and not a lot of good boxing out

 

[Jimbo]

Rebecca and Andy trying to make a "Lobo" pun while discussing New Mexico State's upcoming game…but the Lobos are UNM; NMSU's team is the Aggies…