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Message: [QUOTE="BRS24, post: 4584601, member: 197"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://uconnwbbweekly.substack.com/p/gameday-notes-the-2021-uconn-baylor[/URL] [I]"In early February, Auriemma praised her recent performance in practice and felt she had turned a corner, but then didn’t play her in the team’s next two games. Patterson never got discouraged, though. “I understood the teams we were playing in those games, sometimes I just don't fit in that offensive scheme or defensive scheme,” she said. “So I have no problem with just sitting on the sidelines, cheering on my teammates and just being happy when we get the win.” The team still believes Patterson can make an impact this season, too. Even though her statline doesn’t show much — she’s averaged just 2.3 points and 2.4 rebounds in 10.7 minutes per game — the results are bound to come eventually. Patterson hasn’t lost the faith of the coaching staff either. In fact, they expect her to be a key part in a potential run deep into the NCAA Tournament. “As the games go on now — if we are able to play beyond tomorrow — she's gonna have to help us because the kinds of teams that we're going to face going forward, whether it's foul trouble or whether it's fatigue, she's going to have to contribute,” Auriemma said. “I see a big difference because she's just working through things better right now. She loves it. She wants to get better. She works so hard at it that I want to see her have some success.”[/I] [/QUOTE]

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