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Message: [QUOTE="ochoopsfan, post: 2900329, member: 420"] From the article linked below---As his team was warming up for arguably the biggest game of the early season, [URL='https://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/geno-auriemma-PESPT008432-topic.html']Geno Auriemma[/URL] got word that his best scorer was sick. Katie Lou Samuelson was feeling sick throughout the day Thursday. She threw up and seemed to be in no condition for a game. In fact, Auriemma would not have been surprised if he was told that Samuelson was unavailable. It was that bad. But Samuelson was focused on playing against [URL='https://www.courant.com/topic/sports/college-sports/maryland-terrapins-ORSPT000188-topic.html']Maryland[/URL]. She struggled in the first half, shooting 2 of 8 for six points. By the second half, though, Samuelson found herself. She scored 17 points in the half, leading the No. 1-ranked [URL='https://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/uconn-womens-basketball-ORSPT000223-topic.html']Huskies[/URL] to an 87-81 win. For Auriemma, this was an important game for Samuelson. Facing one of the best teams in the country in front of a capacity crowd, [B]Samuelson emerged as UConn's best player when it mattered most.[/B] "Lou grew up a lot tonight," Auriemma said. "That was not easy for her to do what she did and she was pretty spectacular, if you think about it, under the circumstances." [URL="https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-uconn-women-basketball-notebook-1230-20161229-story.html"]Samuelson Shrugs Off Illness, Leads UConn Against Terps[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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