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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3818377, member: 1131"] A lot of people on the TN Postgame thread seemed to think that UConn got totally outplayed in the paint, and that our big players were ineffective. I think they are wrong. As usual, it helps to look at the box score: [LIST] [*]Olivia played 31 minutes and picked up only 2 fouls (both in the second half). She didn't have to miss any time due to foul trouble -- in fact, no UConn player except Aubrey did, and Aubrey's foul trouble didn't occur until late in the game. She was 0-for-4 from 3 (all attempts were early in the game, and then she stopped attempting 3's), but 2-for-3 from 2-point range. I believe both of these scores were in the 22-point 4th quarter. She hauled down [B]11 rebounds, including 4 offensive rebounds. [/B]She had 3 blocks and zero turnovers. Her opponent, Tamari Key, also played 31 minutes but picked up 3 fouls and had 9 rebounds, 5 of which were offensive. Key scored 10 points, blocked 3 shots, and committed 4 fouls. Basically the two players were equally effective, but Liv saved most of her ammunition for the 4th quarter when it is fair to say that she dominated. [*]Aaliyah Edwards played 21 minutes and had 6 points, 3 rebounds (1 offensive) and 3 fouls. Her opponent, Kishkituah, who is either a junior or a senior, played 23 minutes and scored 3 points with no fouls. In other words, they played each other roughly evenly. [/LIST] Bottom line: UConn did not get dominated by Tennessee's big players. Tennessee's size on the perimeter was a bigger problem, since they were able to guard a lot of jump shots that would have been open against other opponents. As a team, though, UConn blocked 7 shots and TN blocked 6 -- again, not a big difference. It is invalid to conclude that UConn was flummoxed by Tennessee's size, or that this is likely to occur when they play other teams (South Carolina?) with similar size. [/QUOTE]

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