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Message: [QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 2414401, member: 250"] Elsewhere Katie Lou talked Crystal: “When she’s shooting like that or when anyone on our team … is shooting like that, it’s so much harder for teams to figure out, well, who we going to stop?” Samuelson said. “Having that versatility with every single player is kind of what we want to be at and show every game because we want to be able to go to anyone that’s hot that game. That just opens up the floor for the rest of us and when she’s shooting like that, that helps me and that helps[Napheesa Collier] and that helps Gabby, too.” And Geno and Gabby offered thoughts on the second half let down. Auriemma said UConn was coming off a demanding week of practice, which contributed to a less than active second half. The energy was lower and the defense less intense as Stanford outscored UConn 39-29. “Fatigue is part of it, but we’re supposed to be the team that doesn’t show fatigue,” said Williams (11 points, seven rebounds). “We’re supposed to be the team that never gets tired and out-hustles everyone for 40 minutes, not 20 minutes. So that was disappointing for us. I also think it was, our mindset and our approached changed. “Going into the game, it was our first time stepping onto the [floor] for the 2017 season. Everyone was excited, everyone had all the adrenaline going. In the second half, I think, with the score being what it was, we relaxed so much. That’s not what great teams do.” [URL="http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-women-1113-story.html"]UConn Opens Season With 78-53 Win Over Stanford[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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