Evina and Held post game incident

[huskeynut]

Nika was smart and kept walking away. Held looked like she wanted to escalate it until E started to quickly walk in her direction. Don't think you really want to mess with Momma E.

 

[darrell]

I love Nika's Emotion, Physicality and Aggression!! We need a couple more of her.......

Ayanna Patterson will absolutely bring it this Fall. If you watched her last August in 3X3, she is exactly that and against really tough International players.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Cmon now. Held was visibly surprised, Nika was expecting it and didn’t flinch after. If a non UConn player did that, you wouldn’t be celebrating it..

Are you a referee? Blind in one eye and can't see out of the other!

 

[MSGRET]

Cmon now. Held was visibly surprised, Nika was expecting it and didn’t flinch after. If a non UConn player did that, you wouldn’t be celebrating it..

Nika wasn't even looking at her she was going to the celebration and Held is the one that initiated the bump. Held had a different look on her face when she realized that Momma E saw the whole thing and was walking over to her, NOT Nika.

 

[Centerstream]

I believe they are referring to Caroline Doty.

Thanks

 

[pacific 44]

Can't wait for Ms. Patterson to dunk over her defender, hang on the rim for a split second, while staring her down and say,"Hoosier Mama."

 

[MSGRET]

Nika wasn't even looking at her she was going to the celebration and Held is the one that initiated the bump. Held had a different look on her face when she realized that Momma E saw the whole thing and was walking over to her, NOT Nika.

Okay @CocoHusky what did I say that you didn't like? If you watch the tape Nika's not looking at Held when the bump was initiated and Held did have a different look when she saw E. coming over to get in between the two?

 

[TheGOAT23]

C’mon! That was Nika’s “no look” bump. Her peripheral view is off the hinges!

 

[Stymie]

Late in the nd game it appeared there was deliberate attempt to be extra physical against Paige. That may be a strategy for teams to get her off her games. When that occurs we need a chippy (enforcer) type such as CD2.

That will be a strategy to get her off the court.

 

[Fossil]

From that video it looks like both of them knew exactly what they were doing. We are Nika just keeps on walking Held plays the woe is me I didn’t know that was happening but if you look at her shoulder she is definitely preparing for the hit. So both are at fault.

 

[Littlemin]

Wow, how the world has changed. Just my opinion, but much ado about nothing; just two competitors saying “goodbye“ to each other.

 

[jabstep]

Actually it wasn't Nika being Nika. It was Held being Held. Look at her right shoulder braced for impacting Nika. Nika celebrating and just look off Held. Held initiated the contact.

She was initiating contact all night. Nika just wanted to rub some slime on her.

 

[#1florida]

Cmon now. Held was visibly surprised, Nika was expecting it and didn’t flinch after. If a non UConn player did that, you wouldn’t be celebrating it..

Better check the video again. Held walked directly at Nika, no surprise to her.

 

[AzzisBraids]

This is one of those "I'm not moving" mindsets from both players. I don't think it's intentionally I just think they both decided that they weren't going to move out of each others way.

 

[EricLA]

Better check the video again. Held walked directly at Nika, no surprise to her.

100% agree. Both players squared their shoulders, neither gave an inch. If Held were on our team, we'd be like "good for her". But she's not. We have Nika, so "good for her".

Side note - Meghan said several times during the broadcast that DePaul was super physical with Nika. Bravo to her for not going back at them, picking up a bunch of fouls during the game, and causing her to be benched. I think Nika knew very well how physical DePaul was with her and she saw a chance to give it back, neither backing down, with no refs to blow the whistle.

Personally I'm thrilled Nika has that attitude. And BTW, Held's pearl clutch astonishment was hysterical given she didn't move her shoulder an inch to avoid the contact. She did exactly what Nika did, but acted like she was in innocent bystander with her mock outrage.

 

[Ex Nutmegger]

IMHO Held was clearly walking right through the UConn team’s space looking for trouble. Nika was actually moving away from her with indifference. Held gets no academy award from me for her “reaction”.

At that point Held was pissed and Nika was proud. Nika had nothing to prove but gave no ground.

 

[Carnac]

Can't wait for Ms. Patterson to dunk over her defender, hang on the rim for a split second, while staring her down and say,"Hoosier Mama."

LOL….good one Pacific.

 

[Zarathustra]

Thanks for the Slomo. Glad that E was there to have Nika's back.

I agree with JellyBean. Rewatching the Slomo... IMO Lexie
does the intial contact ( after a "normal" Nika shout out ) and
Moma " E" seems to catch Lexi's attention = I see Lexi's
eyes redirect / focus on Moma " E" ( as if Evina said something
to get her attention!.). The next UCONN vs DePaul game
will be more than a game= But... just win, ladies! Be cool... let them
do the fouling and allow your superior play to speak volumes!

 

[reelfan]

I smart player doesn't go looking for trouble but doesn't back down if it happens.

 

[HuskyNan]

Nika was smart and kept walking away. Held looked like she wanted to escalate it until E started to quickly walk in her direction. Don't think you really want to mess with Momma E.

I disagree - Nika wasn’t smart at all. She lets her emotions get the better of her sometimes. She may get herself chucked out of a game one day and that could potentially hurt the team.

Emotion, yes, but control it.

 

[temery]

It was actually Nika just being Nika (1:10). E just tried to pacify the situation with Held.

E is a letter. Type the name.

 

[temery]

Who is CD2?

'Exactly. I'm tired of this initial only crap.

 

[temery]

Geno calls Evina E. It’s her nickname

If someone does a search for Evina, the boneyard will show up. If someone does a search for E, they'll get E! Online. A site search for E will get nothing. A site search for Evina will get threads about Evina.

 

[npignatjr]

I disagree - Nika wasn’t smart at all. She lets her emotions get the better of her sometimes. She may get herself chucked out of a game one day and that could potentially hurt the team.

Emotion, yes, but control it.

Based on what? Has she ever mouthed off to a official, never that I've seen.

 

[Bald Husky]

NIKA is the dog, LOVE IT