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Jana and Ice appreciation thread

Jana and Ice played EXCELLENT tonight!! So proud of them. They blocked out not allowing UCLA offensive rebounds. When they couldn’t get them, the guards came in to rebound as they should. Betts was going to get hers anyway, but they held the other players in check. EXCELLENT team defense by the Huskies.

Also, we have to give a “shout out” to the practice players as well according to Paige.
 
Jana is fierce. My brother calls her a bright lights player. Best games against the best competition. She’s going to be a great leader for this team over the next couple of years.

And I love ice. All year long she has done nothing but play selfless team ball- tipping rebounds to teammates while she keeps her opponent on her back- or setting brutal screens for our guards when they are being tightly guarded. She doesn’t need the stats for herself- it’s like Nika getting joy from helping her teammates score.

Way to come up Big!!
 
And for Jana to have the game she did with her parents watching in person for the first time this season. That had me tearing up because it has to be so hard for them with their daughter half way across the world.
 
Well, Geno had some plans to slow down Betts. It was simple to have Jana the Fierce come alive and battle her, and we know now that we can play any big out there and win. Our confidence just went thru the roof. It was beautiful basketball again. Geno certainly has them ready. Wooooooowww!!!!!!!
 
Jana was huge, can't say enough about her performance. There was a point in the second half when I questioned why Ice was on the bench, Jana was already on the bench, and Geno had Sarah guarding Betts. I was wondering why he would risk Sarah fouling Betts, but a minute later, Ice came in the game. I was thinking at the time that Geno was making a mistake by risking Sarah, but of course, he is the master, and my reservations were soon gone when Ice entered the game. Great defensive performance by Iced and Jana, and overall, a championship performance.
 
HuskyNan said:
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Awesome video clip in the second frame. You can really see the love in that family. And Jana is totally Daddy’s little girl. This reminded me of the video from last summer of the teams summer hijinx. You could see in that one how much Jana loves Paige and the rest of her teammates. The big girl has a huge heart.

If this game becomes the baseline Jana and Ice bring into next season, I’m much less concerned about any portal additions to the frontcourt.
 
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Betts had 9 points at halftime, which means that most of her 26 came after the game was all-but decided.

There’s a small but vocal contingent on the boneyard that bemoans UConn playing in the Big East, in part because it doesn’t prepare them to play against bigs. Well, Jana and Ice have gone up against two of the best in the nation the last two games. They didn’t score against Beers and didn’t shut down Betts, but they did what was asked of them in both games. They held Beers to 10 points and scored 11 against Betts. Most importantly, they played a big part in holding two high-octane offenses to under 60 points. Or if you’d prefer, they helped UConn to two 20+ point wins against those two teams.
 
I love Jana’s fire and emotion but I have to say the only time I yelled at the TV last night was when Jana got called for a foul with 2:37 left in the game and she started arguing with the ref, I was yelling, “Let it go, Jana!”. No need to fire up a demoralized UCLA by getting a T late in the game
 
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