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Message: [QUOTE="cferraro04, post: 4147703, member: 267"] With all due respect to the poster's statement that there will be no response to his comments, I feel compelled to respond to the poster's comments as I find some agreement and some disagreement. Either way the big three...our seniors are essential to UConn's ability to weather the storm while we wait for our injured players to return to the line-up. While I would agree with the poster that both Williams and Ododa are underperforming I wouldn't say that they are terrible. On the other hand, I do not agree that Evina is terrible at all. She did have one sub par game against Louisville. But since Paige went down against GT which was the first game without Paige and certainly an adjustment game Evina had 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 11 points in a low scoring game she was one of the bright spots for UConn. In the UCLA game she was in my opinion exemplary she pulled down 7 rebound, had 7 assists and went for 17 points In the Louisville game she underperformed with the rest of the big three. However, on the season Westbrook is averaging 4.0 rebound; 3.9 assists and 10.1 points. Is there room for improvement for her averages? Absolutely! But, terrible doesn't accurately describe Westbrook's play. Both Williams and Ododa are underperforming for the season and as seniors they need to step it up, especially now that we have been hit hard by the injury bug. Williams averages of 2.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 13.8 points need to trend upwards during this period of transition while we wait for our other pieces to return to the line-up. I would like to see Williams average around 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 18 points a game. As far as Ododa she has been slightly underperforming the entire season. She has had some good games but averages of 7.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 8.6 points per game need to move upwards as well. Let me be clear..she is only 2.6 rebounds and 1.4 points off of averaging a double / double. I believe Ododa is capable of averaging a double / double. As a big she is a pretty good passer...but, she needs to be more aggressive on the glass and she needs to average double figure scoring...I think she is capable of averaging 10 rebounds and 14 points a game. Bottom line Evina, Williams and Ododa are our seniors, the team is struggling with losses from injuries and the transfer portal..now is the time for them to step up and not only provide the scoring and other stats but they need to provide that much needed senior leadership. Their time is now! They can define their entire UConn career in the next 2 months. [/QUOTE]

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