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Paige #1 in 3s

Paige is phenomenal, she is a much better shooter than I realized when being recruited. She does move around relentlessly a la Richard Hamilton, and she is really quick at taking a pass, squaring up and getting her shot off. She seems to have great body mechanics and never seems off balance when jumping/shooting. I'm amazed last few games how open she is at times, which I attribute to her constant motion. And, over the years when one team plays another team that has a superstar, the defensive philosophy is sometimes to let the star have their points but keep everyone else from having good games- maybe they are gambling that they can live with Paige getting 20 or 30 or 40 points if no one else has a decent night. I don't know, just speculating how she gets so open.

I'm really looking forward to South Carolina game- I haven't seen South Carolina this year, this will be a tough game!
 
maccca3232 said:
From Page 62 of the 2020-21 UConn Women's Basketball Media Guide

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Megan shot .451 from the arc last year, so she just missed top 10.

Check out the 2015 team: Mo at .496 and Kaleena at .482. The 1989 team wasn't too shabby either: Bascom at .476 and Lamb at .473.

There are only 2 players listed on there twice: Sue Bird and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis. How many times will Paige shoot .457 or better? How about Azzi?

In the presser tonight, Geno said that Paige has been making shots since September, so this is nothing new. He also said she's shooting "only 60%." Then he made reference to Kaleena shooting "82% in February." (I think that was an exaggeration.)
 
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Page is unbelievable! She scores so well. Do you think she‘s more valuable as a scorer or distributor? Pg or 2g? I’m starting to think that her scoring prowess is more valuable than her distribution, both of which is on a WNBA first team level. We are so damn lucky to have her.
 
Phillyconn said:
Page is unbelievable! She scores so well. Do you think she‘s more valuable as a scorer or distributor? Pg or 2g? I’m starting to think that her scoring prowess is more valuable than her distribution, both of which is on a WNBA first team level. We are so damn lucky to have her.
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Only to think that we could have a repeat of this next year with her friend Azzi coming in.
 
Phillyconn said:
And she was the best player on the team! The only thing I’m trying to say is that Maya could score over, under or through you. Tremendous athleticism on the drive, finished by a sweet finger roll! High altitude release on jump shot! She could muscle you down low, rebounded with the big boys.
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Guaranteed Paige accounts for a higher percentage of the offense than Maya did her freshman year. No knock against Maya. She is an all-time great.
 
hoophuskee said:
Cannot say Paige is Maya certainly.

But Paige can score in more different ways. Maya's way though proved to championship elite.
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You can say Paige is Maya and then some. As a freshman has the ball in her hands much more often, is a better passer and shooter at this point and without a Tina Charles or Renee Montgomery she's carrying this team as a freshman in quite an impressive manner. Her consistency is startling at this point with her only bad shooting game in their loss, points out her importance. Right now you'd be hard to find any freshman who has had an impact of this proportion thus far. I mean long way to go and prove will be in the long run. But wow, she's really special.
 
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mauconnfan said:
You can say Paige is Maya and then some. As a freshman has the ball in her hands much more often, is a better passer and shooter at this point and without a Tina Charles or Renee Montgomery she's carrying this team as a freshman in quite an impressive manner. Her consistency is startling at this point with her only bad shooting game in their loss, points out her importance. Right now you'd be hard to find any freshman who has had an impact of this proportion thus far. I mean long way to go and prove will be in the long run. But wow, she's really special.
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Yes she is special. Amazing just like Maya. I've been on here hyped on Paige form the get go and even after the close game vs Tenn still spouting how impressive I thought that win was. I've been much more "pro" for this team than some on here is my point.

But with that said-- Maya played two big time OOC teams vs Stanford and LSU in her frosh year and smoked them. Paige has played two top 20 OOC teams - one she couldn't hit,- and the other she didn't turn on the motor until the 4th quarter. Maya had the motor on in the 2nd or 3rd game into the season vs Stanford. I agree what Paige is doing right now is super impressive and more compared to Maya - but this top 5 opponent imo is great barometer. If Paige struggles vs South Carolina and UCONN doesn't win-- I don't think it can be said she is or better than Maya.

With that said- if she has even just a "very good" or maybe "just good" and UCONN wins (or is super loss) yeah she is "and then some."
 
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