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Message: [QUOTE="eebmg, post: 2903232, member: 7548"] Pretty Bizarre to me that no one is commenting on the previous article. Let's try another one [URL='https://www.theuconnblog.com/2018/11/4/18061718/takeaways-from-uconn-huskies-womens-basketball-christyn-williams-olivia-nelson-ododa']Takeaways: UConn Women’s Basketball vs. Vanguard (Exhibition)[/URL] [B]Re: CW[/B] After those first two points I was pretty comfortable,” Williams said. “There’s some things I still need to work on but overall I think I did a pretty good job.” She finished with 10 points, five rebounds and one assist. With a higher confidence level and more poise than most freshmen, Williams can make an impact on a game anytime she touches the ball and Auriemma makes sure to keep reminding her of that. “She’s good at a lot of things,” he said. “Whenever she catches the ball I want her to do something. I don’t know what or how, but I know she’s going to do something with it.” [B]Re: ONO[/B] While her classmate stole the show, Olivia Nelson-Ododa also had a positive outing. She grabbed 11 rebounds — second-most on the team — including seven on the offensive glass — and two blocks. At the same time, Nelson-Ododa clearly has room to grow. Despite a decent height advantage, she didn’t get many good looks at the basket and seemed to struggle with her positioning down low. She got to the free throw line four times but hit just one of those attempts. “She was active. She’s going to get a lot better,” Auriemma said. “She better get a lot better fast because we’re going to need her sooner rather than later. She has a lot to offer.” [B]Bench Disappoints[/B] Beyond those five, it was a different story for the Huskies. Auriemma played his entire roster and gave the reserves plenty of minutes, but they had little to show for it. The bench played the majority of the fourth quarter and were outscored by Vanguard 15-9. Their performance came as little surprise to Auriemma. “I’ve been saying it for two years now,” he said. “We have a big gap between the group we play and the next group.” However, the Huskies will need something from the bench this season. They can’t rely on five players to play 40 minutes every game and stay healthy the entire season. That’s just not realistic. Instead, Auriemma is keeping his expectations down and just wants his bench players to find roles for themselves. “Anyone coming off the bench has to feel they can contribute something because we’re going to need them at some point,” he said. [/QUOTE]

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