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I have watched Evina since her Tenn days, I don't remember a run of excellent games - punctuated by probably her best in this game against Marquette. During this run, coming off the bench, she immediately shows leadership. Nika often defers to her Momma E when they are on court together but Evina balances by making sure it is a shared responsibility. Last year she was getting over her injuries and surgeries after two years off the court. Likely the healthiest in a while, she is playing with more abandon.
It is beginning to look like Geno can start or play any combination of 9 players (including Paige) for whatever situation or strategy he wants to use against any team to have an advantage and then change it up as things go along to keep the opponent off balance. There is not much drop-off among 9 players and mixing them up in different combinations ensures such potential advantages...
Don Amore's take on Evina:
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After a series of difficult games, UConn women’s basketball redshirt senior Evina Westbrook was reassigned from the starter to kickstarter.
“I said, ‘Evina, we don’t have anybody coming off the bench that changes the game, so that’s going to have to be you, and that’s all there is to it,’” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “I actually, I think I just said, ‘Nika [Mühl], you’re starting,’ and Evina figured out the rest.”
With Mühl starting and Westbrook coming off the bench most of February, the UConn women’s basketball team began figuring out how best to employ its healthy players. The Huskies have won nine in a row with Westbrook coming off the bench. In those games she’s shooting 58.5 percent as opposed to 37.9 percent in games she started.
The transfer from Tennessee, in her second season playing for UConn, “is the Evina I always thought she’d be,” Auriemma said.
It is beginning to look like Geno can start or play any combination of 9 players (including Paige) for whatever situation or strategy he wants to use against any team to have an advantage and then change it up as things go along to keep the opponent off balance. There is not much drop-off among 9 players and mixing them up in different combinations ensures such potential advantages...
Don Amore's take on Evina:
UConn women’s redshirt senior Evina Westbrook playing her best basketball at the right time
After a series of difficult games, UConn women’s basketball redshirt senior Evina Westbrook was reassigned from the starter to kickstarter. “I said, ‘Evina, we don’t have an…
www.courant.com
After a series of difficult games, UConn women’s basketball redshirt senior Evina Westbrook was reassigned from the starter to kickstarter.
“I said, ‘Evina, we don’t have anybody coming off the bench that changes the game, so that’s going to have to be you, and that’s all there is to it,’” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “I actually, I think I just said, ‘Nika [Mühl], you’re starting,’ and Evina figured out the rest.”
With Mühl starting and Westbrook coming off the bench most of February, the UConn women’s basketball team began figuring out how best to employ its healthy players. The Huskies have won nine in a row with Westbrook coming off the bench. In those games she’s shooting 58.5 percent as opposed to 37.9 percent in games she started.
The transfer from Tennessee, in her second season playing for UConn, “is the Evina I always thought she’d be,” Auriemma said.
