EricLA
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Senior day. Geno said that you never know what to expect - some teams are more emotional, some teams less so. This team was surprisingly emotional. But not sure if that really is a surprise! One other great thing to note - Geno said even tho Dorka participated in senior day, he expects her to come back next season. Music to this Husky fans' ears!
PC got out to a 4-1 start. That lineup of Paige, Christyn, Evina, Dorka and Olivia was not a good lineup. We went the first 4 minutes without scoring a basket. I'd like to NOT see Evina ever go another game passing up every shot and taking 0. If that's going to cause a shooting slump like she had in this game, I'd rather see a few less assists and a few more shot attempts. Anyway, after the slow start, it was off to the races. It seemed like almost every few minutes there was a highlight reel play.
2nd half was a bit of a different story. Credit to PC for coming out and playing hard. That has to give them good confidence going into the BET and facing other teams less talented than UCONN. But that's not surprising - we could do no wrong in H1. It's almost impossible to keep up that kind of perfect play. Hated seeing Sheppard get injured for PC. Always worry whenever it's a knee type of injury that it could be an ACL. Prayers that it's not.
The 3rd quarter was a bit more sloppy. Some bad passes that had no chance of being successful, point blank layups missed by Ducharme and Edwards, Williams trying to back down a bigger and stronger player wasting a shot attempt, etc. Q4 was much of the same. I get that there is a certain amount of letdown expected when you build a huge lead, and again, credit to PC for playing hard till the end, but the 2nd half won't go down as an exercise in well played basketball, that's for sure.
Bottom line, a great senior day.
PC got out to a 4-1 start. That lineup of Paige, Christyn, Evina, Dorka and Olivia was not a good lineup. We went the first 4 minutes without scoring a basket. I'd like to NOT see Evina ever go another game passing up every shot and taking 0. If that's going to cause a shooting slump like she had in this game, I'd rather see a few less assists and a few more shot attempts. Anyway, after the slow start, it was off to the races. It seemed like almost every few minutes there was a highlight reel play.
- Olivia absolutely owning the post and single handedly getting 3 PC players into foul trouble. That continued into the 2nd half with Baskerville and Geary picking up fouls #4 each trying to guard Olivia. And her moves around the basket were phenomenal. Attacking, driving thru contact, and MAKING shots.
- Paige with not 1, but 2 insane passes. One a full court bullet to Williams for a great layup, and one a no-look to Williams again for a swish 3.
- Williams defense on Crooms who lit up UCONN for 28 in the first game, had 1 point and no shots at half time.
- Tremendous alley oop from Azzi to Paige - even tho Paige missed it, you can see the future chemistry already for those 2.
- The offensive rebounding was tremendous. For the game, we had 18 and outrebounded PC by almost 20. People have complained in the past about our bigs not taking advantage against smaller teams. That has not been the case lately and certainly was not the case today.
- FT shooting was incredible. We only missed 4. Oliva went 3-7 so there you have it!
2nd half was a bit of a different story. Credit to PC for coming out and playing hard. That has to give them good confidence going into the BET and facing other teams less talented than UCONN. But that's not surprising - we could do no wrong in H1. It's almost impossible to keep up that kind of perfect play. Hated seeing Sheppard get injured for PC. Always worry whenever it's a knee type of injury that it could be an ACL. Prayers that it's not.
The 3rd quarter was a bit more sloppy. Some bad passes that had no chance of being successful, point blank layups missed by Ducharme and Edwards, Williams trying to back down a bigger and stronger player wasting a shot attempt, etc. Q4 was much of the same. I get that there is a certain amount of letdown expected when you build a huge lead, and again, credit to PC for playing hard till the end, but the 2nd half won't go down as an exercise in well played basketball, that's for sure.
Bottom line, a great senior day.
- Wonderful again seeing Paige not only on the floor, but doing "Paige" things.
- Dorka with a double-double, half of her rebounds on the offensive end
- Christyn with really good defense on PC's best player. Crooms scored most of her points when CW was not in the game
- Even tho Olivia "only" had 13 and 8, she completely dominated the post and got numerous PC players in foul trouble.
- Azzi, Caroline and Aaliyah with solid but unspectacular games. All did some nice things on the floor.
- Great seeing Amari and Piath get into the game. I think they would have gotten in earlier if we'd played better in Q4. Amari really does have a sweet stroke and nice seeing her drain a 3!
