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GENERAL COMMENTS:
This is the 2nd match-up with Georgetown in less than one month. In the first match-up, UConn prevailed 79 to 44.
Paige played a huge role in that victory in which she scored 24 points went 11 for 16 from the floor and hit 2 for 3 on 3-pointers. Sarah had a monstrous double-double 17 and 14. UConn out-rebounded Georgetown 42 to 37. The starters except Paige only played about 23 minutes. Everybody who dressed scored. It was very early in the season and both teams have had some time to work things out and have gotten better.
It will be interesting to see where UConn makes up Paige's 24 points. Azzi did not play in the first match-up...so, hopefully, she will continue to make Geno's wish come true that she will step up and replace Paige's offense...she certainly did against Xavier. We saw Allie Ziebel suddenly find her three-point shot and hit five of them against Xavier. We can only hope that she continues to build on that game. Sarah scored 17 points and Ashlynn scored 9 in the first match-up. Additionally, the supporting cast of Cheli, Ziebel, KK, and Qadence all pitched in and got into the box score.
Our two bigs Ice and Jana combined went for 6 points and 8 rebounds. They need to step up at 6'5" and 6'3" I think they can do a better job of rebounding the basketball. Jayden McBride did not play in the first match-up and UConn was able to hold their best scorer Kelsey Ransom to only 7 points. We might see Kelsey try to have a bounce-back game in this one.
The first match-up was a home game at the XL Center for the Huskies...this one will be played in Washington D.C. UConns defense has improved since their first match-up so I expect that to have an impact on the Hoyas getting into their offensive sets and their ability to do what they want to do.
RPI / SOS:
Georgetown's RPI: 74
Georgetown's opponent's RPI: 5, 40, 44, 49, 54, 56, 61, 92, 98, 186, 199, 247, 254, 278
Georgetown's SOS: 28
Georgetown's opponent's SOS: 8,13, 26, 37, 50, 62, 97, 131, 157, 186, 197, 238, 321, 234
UConn's RPI: 5
UConn's opponent's RPI: 4, 14, 19, 31, 50, 60, 74, 76, 96, 105, 129, 132, 133, 137, 258, 275
UConn's SOS: 13
UConn's opponent's SOS: 5, 9, 16, 18, 22, 28, 29, 36, 39, 74, 172, 190, 239, 266, 330, 345
PLAYER ANALYSIS:
Jana El-Alfy, 6'5" - Redshirt Freshman - Center vs Ariel Jenkins, 6'3" - Senior - Center - Ariel played well against UConn in the first match-up scoring 12 points and pulling down 9 rebounds. She was slightly lower than her average of 12.7 points and 10.4 rebounds. Averaging a double/double is no easy feat. Containing Ariel may be a difficult task for our post-players. Jana is improving she is averaging 6''1 points and 5.0 rebounds. Ice will be called in off the bench and Jana's and Ice's combined contributions may be enough to cancel out Ariel's. In this match-up between I expect that Ariel will prevail. ADVANTAGE - GEORGETOWN
Sarah Strong, 6'2" - Freshman - Forward vs Victoria Rivers, 6'0" - Junior - Guard - Victoria averages 12.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.3 steals. She is an excellent three-point shooter and averages 2.8 per game. You cannot leave her open from three she will hurt you. Sarah is having a consistently good season and I expect her to step up in Paige's absence and do even better. Sarah is averaging 17.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.2 blocks. She also shoots the three-pointer well averaging 2 per game. ADVANTAGE - UCONN
Azzi Fudd, 5'11" - Graduate - Guard vs Kelsey Ransom, 5'10" - Graduate - Guard - Kelsey Ransom is Georgetown's spark plug. She is their engine. Last game UConn was able to contain her and held her to only 7 points. I would be very surprised to see that happen again. Kelsey averages 20.6 points, 6 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 2.2 steals, and 1 three-pointer per game. Kelsey also commits a lot of turnovers. She averages 4.33 turnovers per game. I would expect that UConn's defense is aware of Kelsey's turnover issues and will probably keep a lot of pressure on her. Look for KK to take some of the defensive responsibility on Kelsey. Azzi sure gave us a glimpse of what she is capable of in the last game with Xavier. Let's hope she continues to build on what she did in the last game. Currently, .Azzi is averaging 9.7 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.1 steals, and 1.6 three-pointers per game. If Azzi's 23 points indicate what we could expect to see going forward then this match-up promises to be very exciting. However, I think it is a little premature to expect Azzi to score in the 20s every game consistently. ADVANTAGE - GEORGETOWN
Ashlynn Shade, 5'10" - Sophomore - Guard vs Khadee Hession, 5'9" - Freshman - Guard - Kadie averages 5.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.5 steals per game. She only scored 4 points in the first outing. Ashlynn averages 8.2 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.6 three-pointers per game. Ashlynn scored nine points in the first outing. I think Ashlynn's defense, her pull-up jumper, and her overall hustle play will cause her to prevail in this match-up. ADVANTAGE - UCONN
Kaitlyn Chen, 5'9" - Graduate - Guard vs Jaeda Wilson, 5'8" - Freshman - Guard - Jaeda averages 4.9 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. She did score 10 points against UConn in the first outing. Kaitlyn does need to be a little more offense-minded and does need to be more consistent in her shooting. She is averaging 5.7 points, 2.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.1 steals. With regards to how Kaitlyn overall impacts the game given her playmaking, defense, etc. ADVANTAGE - UCONN
BENCH:
UCONN will bring 18.6 points and 11.9 rebounds off the bench. They will also be able to sustain the defensive pressure on Georgetown. Georgetown will bring 15.0 points and 12.6 rebounds off the bench. I believe there is a lot more potential for impacting the game coming off of UConn's bench than Georgetown's. ADVANTAGE - UCONN
INTANGIBLES:
Georgetown has the homecourt advantage, we are playing without Paige, they are a somewhat scrappy team, and their star way underperformed in the first meeting of these two teams. I think these things add up to: ADVANTAGE - GEORGETOWN
COACHING:
No one is better than Geno and Chris at getting a team ready when they are missing key players. UConn has had a lot of practice playing without its stars in recent years. The coaching staff is more experienced than Georgetown's. ADVANTAGE - UCONN
SCORE:
UCONN - 74
GEORGETOWN - 59
MOV - 15
This is the 2nd match-up with Georgetown in less than one month. In the first match-up, UConn prevailed 79 to 44.
Paige played a huge role in that victory in which she scored 24 points went 11 for 16 from the floor and hit 2 for 3 on 3-pointers. Sarah had a monstrous double-double 17 and 14. UConn out-rebounded Georgetown 42 to 37. The starters except Paige only played about 23 minutes. Everybody who dressed scored. It was very early in the season and both teams have had some time to work things out and have gotten better.
It will be interesting to see where UConn makes up Paige's 24 points. Azzi did not play in the first match-up...so, hopefully, she will continue to make Geno's wish come true that she will step up and replace Paige's offense...she certainly did against Xavier. We saw Allie Ziebel suddenly find her three-point shot and hit five of them against Xavier. We can only hope that she continues to build on that game. Sarah scored 17 points and Ashlynn scored 9 in the first match-up. Additionally, the supporting cast of Cheli, Ziebel, KK, and Qadence all pitched in and got into the box score.
Our two bigs Ice and Jana combined went for 6 points and 8 rebounds. They need to step up at 6'5" and 6'3" I think they can do a better job of rebounding the basketball. Jayden McBride did not play in the first match-up and UConn was able to hold their best scorer Kelsey Ransom to only 7 points. We might see Kelsey try to have a bounce-back game in this one.
The first match-up was a home game at the XL Center for the Huskies...this one will be played in Washington D.C. UConns defense has improved since their first match-up so I expect that to have an impact on the Hoyas getting into their offensive sets and their ability to do what they want to do.
RPI / SOS:
Georgetown's RPI: 74
Georgetown's opponent's RPI: 5, 40, 44, 49, 54, 56, 61, 92, 98, 186, 199, 247, 254, 278
Georgetown's SOS: 28
Georgetown's opponent's SOS: 8,13, 26, 37, 50, 62, 97, 131, 157, 186, 197, 238, 321, 234
UConn's RPI: 5
UConn's opponent's RPI: 4, 14, 19, 31, 50, 60, 74, 76, 96, 105, 129, 132, 133, 137, 258, 275
UConn's SOS: 13
UConn's opponent's SOS: 5, 9, 16, 18, 22, 28, 29, 36, 39, 74, 172, 190, 239, 266, 330, 345
PLAYER ANALYSIS:
Jana El-Alfy, 6'5" - Redshirt Freshman - Center vs Ariel Jenkins, 6'3" - Senior - Center - Ariel played well against UConn in the first match-up scoring 12 points and pulling down 9 rebounds. She was slightly lower than her average of 12.7 points and 10.4 rebounds. Averaging a double/double is no easy feat. Containing Ariel may be a difficult task for our post-players. Jana is improving she is averaging 6''1 points and 5.0 rebounds. Ice will be called in off the bench and Jana's and Ice's combined contributions may be enough to cancel out Ariel's. In this match-up between I expect that Ariel will prevail. ADVANTAGE - GEORGETOWN
Sarah Strong, 6'2" - Freshman - Forward vs Victoria Rivers, 6'0" - Junior - Guard - Victoria averages 12.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.3 steals. She is an excellent three-point shooter and averages 2.8 per game. You cannot leave her open from three she will hurt you. Sarah is having a consistently good season and I expect her to step up in Paige's absence and do even better. Sarah is averaging 17.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.2 blocks. She also shoots the three-pointer well averaging 2 per game. ADVANTAGE - UCONN
Azzi Fudd, 5'11" - Graduate - Guard vs Kelsey Ransom, 5'10" - Graduate - Guard - Kelsey Ransom is Georgetown's spark plug. She is their engine. Last game UConn was able to contain her and held her to only 7 points. I would be very surprised to see that happen again. Kelsey averages 20.6 points, 6 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 2.2 steals, and 1 three-pointer per game. Kelsey also commits a lot of turnovers. She averages 4.33 turnovers per game. I would expect that UConn's defense is aware of Kelsey's turnover issues and will probably keep a lot of pressure on her. Look for KK to take some of the defensive responsibility on Kelsey. Azzi sure gave us a glimpse of what she is capable of in the last game with Xavier. Let's hope she continues to build on what she did in the last game. Currently, .Azzi is averaging 9.7 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.1 steals, and 1.6 three-pointers per game. If Azzi's 23 points indicate what we could expect to see going forward then this match-up promises to be very exciting. However, I think it is a little premature to expect Azzi to score in the 20s every game consistently. ADVANTAGE - GEORGETOWN
Ashlynn Shade, 5'10" - Sophomore - Guard vs Khadee Hession, 5'9" - Freshman - Guard - Kadie averages 5.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.5 steals per game. She only scored 4 points in the first outing. Ashlynn averages 8.2 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.6 three-pointers per game. Ashlynn scored nine points in the first outing. I think Ashlynn's defense, her pull-up jumper, and her overall hustle play will cause her to prevail in this match-up. ADVANTAGE - UCONN
Kaitlyn Chen, 5'9" - Graduate - Guard vs Jaeda Wilson, 5'8" - Freshman - Guard - Jaeda averages 4.9 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. She did score 10 points against UConn in the first outing. Kaitlyn does need to be a little more offense-minded and does need to be more consistent in her shooting. She is averaging 5.7 points, 2.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.1 steals. With regards to how Kaitlyn overall impacts the game given her playmaking, defense, etc. ADVANTAGE - UCONN
BENCH:
UCONN will bring 18.6 points and 11.9 rebounds off the bench. They will also be able to sustain the defensive pressure on Georgetown. Georgetown will bring 15.0 points and 12.6 rebounds off the bench. I believe there is a lot more potential for impacting the game coming off of UConn's bench than Georgetown's. ADVANTAGE - UCONN
INTANGIBLES:
Georgetown has the homecourt advantage, we are playing without Paige, they are a somewhat scrappy team, and their star way underperformed in the first meeting of these two teams. I think these things add up to: ADVANTAGE - GEORGETOWN
COACHING:
No one is better than Geno and Chris at getting a team ready when they are missing key players. UConn has had a lot of practice playing without its stars in recent years. The coaching staff is more experienced than Georgetown's. ADVANTAGE - UCONN
SCORE:
UCONN - 74
GEORGETOWN - 59
MOV - 15
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