Duke- Game thread

[Icebear]

Peters pulls Stewie to the ground. Stewie to the line. lead back to 28

 

[Icebear]

UConn just playing stiffling D all the way to the end.

 

[Vowelguy]

Venerey comes in; throws the ball out of bounds. God I love her.

 

[Icebear]

Kelly diving to the floor for the ball with 1:36 left. Tenacious.

 

[bruinbball]

Kelly Faris getting a chant in Gampel!

 

[VAMike23]

Stewieeeeee

 

[Icebear]

Stewie for 33333!!!!! Now with 13 in the game.

 

[NutmegDog]

increasingly common line for Stewie 0 points 1st half, 13 second. Great, but got get it going sooner as the season goes on.

 

[Icebear]

Subs in and still hungry on D.

UConn wins by 30.

 

[VAMike23]

Scrubs -- I mean, McD AA's -- in.....

 

[Icebear]

There is zero chance ND will put together a game like Duke. ND isn't scared, they won't quit, better coach, and nothing passive about them. Duke is big on reputation, small in results. UConn can surely beat ND, but not like this.

Nah, just Duke plays a clean game.

 

[VAMike23]

ND is far more aggressive on both ends

 

[msf22b]

See Doggie, you had nothing to worry about

 

[OneTrickPony]

Wow...Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide (er, Ms. Faris)...could there be two more different halves...?

 

[Vowelguy]

Halftime stats:

REBS -- UConn 18-12
TOs -- UConn 11 -3
FG PCT -- UConn 50% - 35%
AST/BLK/STL -- Tied 11-11

2nd half
REBS -- UConn 21 - 10
TOs -- Duke 12 - 3
FG PCT -- UConn 50% - 35% (same!)
AST/BLK/STL -- UConn 23 - 7
FOULS -- Duke 12 - 4

Utter domination

 

[Zorro]

The SAK (Swiss Army Knife) strikes again!

 

[RadyLady]

There is zero chance ND will put together a game like Duke. ND isn't scared, they won't quit, better coach, and nothing passive about them. Duke is big on reputation, small in results. UConn can surely beat ND, but not like this.

I disagree to a certain point. I think with a game like this - fewer turnovers especially in the second half and shots falling, UConn can pull a decisive win against ND. We will just have to disagree.

 

[pap49cba]

Joanne P. must have nightmares about Geno.

 

[semper]

I had to miss the second half. Was afraid to look...this is FANTASTIC. Can't wait to see the wrap-ups!

 

[RadyLady]

I think that Duke played very well when their star freshman was in - she was the difference maker as far as I could see - once she went out with fouls, Duke fell apart.

 

[Samanthabrown3]

UConn averages 14 turnovers a game, and that's what they had. They'd save us a lot of heart attacks, though, if they spread them out over the game instead of piling them up in the first half.

 

[Icebear]

Duke held to 19 points in the second half.

One of the most easily over looked bits in the game is how willingly Geno played various combinations of subs early on. He is starting to trust these kids in big games and they held their own today. Mo and Kiah only had 6 minutes each but a number were in the first half when the game was far from resolved.

 

[pap49cba]

And the great Chelsea Gray finishes with 2 pts. & 4 to's. Are you kidding me?

 

[Icebear]

And the great Chelsea Gray finishes with 2 pts. & 4 to's. Are you kidding me?

Who guarded her? LOL

 

[RadyLady]

Duke held to 19 points in the second half.

One of the most easily over looked bits in the game is how willingly Geno played various combinations of subs early on.

have noticed this since the start of the season - I like it - he has confidence that these kids will learn. Yes, there are a lot of turnovers early on, but I am thinking that we will see less of that going forward and more stellar ball movement such as what we saw tonight