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UConn survives Duke with a 53-45 win over the 7 Seed, now it’s the 1 seed of the Portland 3 Regional USC. They are 29-5 with a PAC-12 record of 13-5. In the PAC-12 Tournament they beat UCLA in a double overtime game 80-70 in the semi-finals then in the championship game they beat Stanford 74-61 winning the last ever PAC-12 championship. Their best win was both games against #5 Massey rated Stanford 67-58 and last Sunday at the champion game in Las Vegas. While their worst loss was against Washington at home 59-62, Massey rated #51. They are rated by Massey #9, with an SOS of #7, an offense rated 26th and defense rated 17th. They averaged in Conference play 71.2 points, while allowing 64.8 points. Average 36.7 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 7.4 steals, 5.5 blocks and 11.2 turnovers a game. Shooting 40.5%, 76.9% in free throw shooting and only 34.5% in 3pt shooting accuracy.
Their starters for the PAC-12 Tournament and first three NCAA Tournament games were Kaitlyn Davis F, 6’2” SR, 32.6 Mins, 5.4 Pts, 7 Rbds, 2 Asts, 1.8 Stls, 1.4 Blks, 1.2 T/O and 3.4 PF’s. Rayah Marshall C, 6’4” JR, 28.2 Mins, 8.8 Pts, 12 Rbds, 1.2 Asts, 1.6 Stls, 1.6 Blks, 1.2 T/O’s and 3.4 PF’s. JuJu Watkins G, 6’2” FR, 37.6 Mins, 24.6 Pts, 7 Rbds, 3 Asts, 1.4 Stls, 2.2 Blks, 5 T/O’s and 2.4 PF’s. Kayla Padilla G, 5’9’ SR, 35.4 Mins, 9.8 Pts, 3.8 Rbds, 3 Asts, 0.6 Stls, 0.8 Blks, 0.8 T/O’s and 3.4 PF’s. McKenzie Forbes G, 6’1” SR, 38.4 Min, 20 Pts, 2.8 Rbds, 2.4 Asts, 1.4 Stls, 0.6 Blks, 3 T/O’s and 2.2 PF’s. The bench averages approx. 16 minutes per game, with 2 to 3 subs averaging 8.2 Pts, 8 Rbds, 2.4 Asts, 1.4 Stls, 2 T/O’s and 4.2 PF’s. All 5 losses were in conference, they were to Utah both home 68-74 and away 58-78, at UCLA 64-71, at Colorado 59-63 and at home against Washington 59-62. If UConn plays like they did against Duke they lose, but I believe they will be able to win this game, because I don’t think that they will shoot as bad as they did against Duke.
UConn survives Duke with a 53-45 win over the 7 Seed, now it’s the 1 seed of the Portland 3 Regional USC. They are 29-5 with a PAC-12 record of 13-5. In the PAC-12 Tournament they beat UCLA in a double overtime game 80-70 in the semi-finals then in the championship game they beat Stanford 74-61 winning the last ever PAC-12 championship. Their best win was both games against #5 Massey rated Stanford 67-58 and last Sunday at the champion game in Las Vegas. While their worst loss was against Washington at home 59-62, Massey rated #51. They are rated by Massey #9, with an SOS of #7, an offense rated 26th and defense rated 17th. They averaged in Conference play 71.2 points, while allowing 64.8 points. Average 36.7 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 7.4 steals, 5.5 blocks and 11.2 turnovers a game. Shooting 40.5%, 76.9% in free throw shooting and only 34.5% in 3pt shooting accuracy.
Their starters for the PAC-12 Tournament and first three NCAA Tournament games were Kaitlyn Davis F, 6’2” SR, 32.6 Mins, 5.4 Pts, 7 Rbds, 2 Asts, 1.8 Stls, 1.4 Blks, 1.2 T/O and 3.4 PF’s. Rayah Marshall C, 6’4” JR, 28.2 Mins, 8.8 Pts, 12 Rbds, 1.2 Asts, 1.6 Stls, 1.6 Blks, 1.2 T/O’s and 3.4 PF’s. JuJu Watkins G, 6’2” FR, 37.6 Mins, 24.6 Pts, 7 Rbds, 3 Asts, 1.4 Stls, 2.2 Blks, 5 T/O’s and 2.4 PF’s. Kayla Padilla G, 5’9’ SR, 35.4 Mins, 9.8 Pts, 3.8 Rbds, 3 Asts, 0.6 Stls, 0.8 Blks, 0.8 T/O’s and 3.4 PF’s. McKenzie Forbes G, 6’1” SR, 38.4 Min, 20 Pts, 2.8 Rbds, 2.4 Asts, 1.4 Stls, 0.6 Blks, 3 T/O’s and 2.2 PF’s. The bench averages approx. 16 minutes per game, with 2 to 3 subs averaging 8.2 Pts, 8 Rbds, 2.4 Asts, 1.4 Stls, 2 T/O’s and 4.2 PF’s. All 5 losses were in conference, they were to Utah both home 68-74 and away 58-78, at UCLA 64-71, at Colorado 59-63 and at home against Washington 59-62. If UConn plays like they did against Duke they lose, but I believe they will be able to win this game, because I don’t think that they will shoot as bad as they did against Duke.
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- Currently the point spread is UConn -8.5 pts, so the game should be close but I believe that UConn wins in the end, getting win #32 for the season. UConn 72 – USC 67.
