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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3744342, member: 2117"] Neither has exactly lit it up, but ONO put up better numbers across the board than Cooks did both as sophomores and did so against better competition. Williams didn't have the sophomore season UCONN fans hoped she would, but she played very well against good teams as a freshman. 28 and 19 in two games vs. Notre Dame, 16 vs. Louisville, and 14 vs. UCLA. Even last year despite her struggles, she still put up 21 against a very defensive Baylor team. She's shown she can score in a variety of ways and against good competition, it seems more like a mental switch for her than lack of ability to produce. In contrast, Carter only has 1 season of work to look at and she didn't have good games against Stanford or either South Carolina matchup. Maybe it's not fair to brand her as struggling against better teams with a limited body of work, but I believe those were the only teams along with Tennessee all season that had big 6'3+ physical posts, and Carter struggled with production in all 4 games and foul trouble in 3. ONO might be a better comparison to Carter since both are the same age, play the same position, and both struggled against opposing bigs but could be dominant against smaller players. That said, between the two I'd give ONO the edge from an eye test. She showed off a better midrange game, better passing and was a better defender than Carter last year despite Carter putting up more points. I don't see the gap between the two being that significant and anything can happen on a given day, but that's my 2 cents on the comparison. In regards to bench play, Westbrook was a big time producer prior to transferring (15 ppg, 5 assists per game) and had huge games against very good teams (29 vs Stanford, 16 vs ND, 19 vs Mississippi State). Bueckers is regarded as the best #1 recruit in quite some time, and Makurat played very well as a freshman with her production increasing consistently throughout the season. Makurat had a great A/TO ratio and was a major bright spot last season....there's nothing negative about "having" to start her. All 3 should be massive weapons for the Huskies this year and primary players. [/QUOTE]

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