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Batouly and the Guinea National Team

Definitely a good showing. I'm not sure that Geno envisions her as a stretch 4 for UConn though. We need her to bang more than take 3s.
 
This young woman deserves every good thing that can come to her. I hope her injuries are behind her and she can play up to 40 minutes (as needed) this coming season. She’s definitely an athlete and she would be great regardless of if she’s a starter or a reserve.
 
The only reason why she didn't score more points or have any offensive rebounds is because the rest of the team shot so bad and most of the time when they shot she was not near the basket to get any rebounds. The only thing that she was having problems with was her free throws. I think she will be a great asset to the team this year, maybe even the 5th starter.
 
Cape Verde wins the second game 60 - 48, looks like Batouly will be in Storrs for the Summer instead of the FIBA qualifiers.
 
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I only watched the first quarter, but it was apparent that the game was not being played at a UConn pace. Batouly jogged between ends of the court, and was setting up near the foul line at both ends. When an opponent beat her defender, Batouly wasn’t exactly quick or effective with help defense. (Maybe she was instructed to stick with her man.)

In other words, she wasn’t playing the way Geno would expect her to play, so I don’t think that the 40 minutes proves much about her stamina or readiness to play big minutes for UConn.
 
Looks like she fouled out after 32 minutes or so after 12 points and 15 rebounds.
 
awhom111 said:
Looks like she fouled out after 32 minutes or so after 12 points and 15 rebounds.
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Didn't watch the second game, but if it is anything like the first, the refs were not kind to her. She was getting fouled almost every time, both on offense and defense. It was clear that Batouly was the best player on Guinea and Cape Verde wanted to keep her in wraps and was so physical. They were always pushing, shoving and holding her so that she would get upset and sometimes retaliate. Like in most games the refs only catch the retaliation. I think she will do fine in her final year at UConn.
 
MSGRET said:
Didn't watch the second game, but if it is anything like the first, the refs were not kind to her. She was getting fouled almost every time, both on offense and defense. It was clear that Batouly was the best player on Guinea and Cape Verde wanted to keep her in wraps and was so physical. They were always pushing, shoving and holding her so that she would get upset and sometimes retaliate. Like in most games the refs only catch the retaliation. I think she will do fine in her final year at UConn.
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I completely agree. That got the message from game 1 to 2 that she was the one to focus on and she just didn't have enough talent around her to combat that. I still think thevwhole experience bodes well for her final season at UConn.
 
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