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So been a couple of games, but time to check in on our PG again:
With a possible two games remaining in her sophomore season Moriah's stats YTD:
Rebounds - 129 - she has blown through the target of 100 with ease and has upped her production of late - now at 3.4/game. Had a monster game on the boards last night in one of only 2 (?) games this year where Uconn lost the boards battle - much needed help for the posts.
Steals - 99 - needs one more to join a very exclusive club at Uconn populated by Sales (3 times) Williams (Rita, twice) and Rizzotti (once)
Assists - 184 - with only two possible games left it will take some kind of special FF for Moriah to reach the even more exclusive club of 200 assists in a year populated by Sue, Jen, and DT who each accomplished it once. (Have to say her teammates are really letting her down here - if they could only make the shots she sets them up for and finish through the little touch fouls they get, she would be there already! I mean she is showing them them the way by hitting almost 60% of hers - is it too much to ask that they do a little better than 50%?
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Points - 386 - with her current shooting streak she should reach 400 this year - she has raised her average to 10.2 in the last couple of weeks.
Blocks - 8 - it is finally time for us to admit that while the effort is there, the 50 block mark is now out of reach. I still think she has been robbed by the official scorer a few times and that seemed to break her momentum.
But she has two more years so ...
On A/TO she is at 2.88 a great number and at the top of Uconn guards - not sure what the team record actually is, but she is well clear of the obvious competition for best ratio in a single year. She will lead the team in assists and in fewest turnovers of any player getting at least 1000 minutes. (4 starters minus KML)
On shooting percentages - .588, .440, and .768 - The first two percentages lead the team and she will likely finish the year with the highest shooting percent and highest 3 point percentage on the team - competition - Kiah at .587 and Kaleena at .420. Those numbers are just great, but ... Since Feb 1 a stretch of 16 games she is shooting: 65-102 - .637, 21-32 .656 from three, and 19-24 .792 on FTs. (Like I said - she is showing the team how it is done, they just aren't following her lead! And in the tournament 19-28 .679 and 6-8 .750 and 3-3 1.000
Whatever happens at the FF next weekend we have all witnessed one of the greatest statistical years of any guard that has played at Uconn over all the glorious years. And not in the statistics is the fact that she has run this team with great command as the PG and provided lockdown defensive pressure on the opposing guards. I tend to agree with Gary Blair that while the other four starters are AAs she may well be the team's MVP.
With a possible two games remaining in her sophomore season Moriah's stats YTD:
Rebounds - 129 - she has blown through the target of 100 with ease and has upped her production of late - now at 3.4/game. Had a monster game on the boards last night in one of only 2 (?) games this year where Uconn lost the boards battle - much needed help for the posts.
Steals - 99 - needs one more to join a very exclusive club at Uconn populated by Sales (3 times) Williams (Rita, twice) and Rizzotti (once)
Assists - 184 - with only two possible games left it will take some kind of special FF for Moriah to reach the even more exclusive club of 200 assists in a year populated by Sue, Jen, and DT who each accomplished it once. (Have to say her teammates are really letting her down here - if they could only make the shots she sets them up for and finish through the little touch fouls they get, she would be there already! I mean she is showing them them the way by hitting almost 60% of hers - is it too much to ask that they do a little better than 50%?
)Points - 386 - with her current shooting streak she should reach 400 this year - she has raised her average to 10.2 in the last couple of weeks.
Blocks - 8 - it is finally time for us to admit that while the effort is there, the 50 block mark is now out of reach. I still think she has been robbed by the official scorer a few times and that seemed to break her momentum.
But she has two more years so ...On A/TO she is at 2.88 a great number and at the top of Uconn guards - not sure what the team record actually is, but she is well clear of the obvious competition for best ratio in a single year. She will lead the team in assists and in fewest turnovers of any player getting at least 1000 minutes. (4 starters minus KML)
On shooting percentages - .588, .440, and .768 - The first two percentages lead the team and she will likely finish the year with the highest shooting percent and highest 3 point percentage on the team - competition - Kiah at .587 and Kaleena at .420. Those numbers are just great, but ... Since Feb 1 a stretch of 16 games she is shooting: 65-102 - .637, 21-32 .656 from three, and 19-24 .792 on FTs. (Like I said - she is showing the team how it is done, they just aren't following her lead!
And in the tournament 19-28 .679 and 6-8 .750 and 3-3 1.000Whatever happens at the FF next weekend we have all witnessed one of the greatest statistical years of any guard that has played at Uconn over all the glorious years. And not in the statistics is the fact that she has run this team with great command as the PG and provided lockdown defensive pressure on the opposing guards. I tend to agree with Gary Blair that while the other four starters are AAs she may well be the team's MVP.
