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Providence Postgame Thread

Another good thing - the free throw shooting has been excellent the last two games;12 of 13 today and 13 of 14 against Tennessee for a combined 93%. Great free throw shooting can make the difference in a tight game. Let’s hope they keep it up!
 
As I noted in the chat room, poor Providence gets to play the Huskies after a loss twice this season. The first time was after USC (a 67-41 win) and now after Tennessee.

I like what Coach Batth is doing at Providence. If she can land some better athletes, the Friars could make some noise in the Big East
 
Bone Dog said:
A good win against a decent defensive team on the road.
  • Paige was smothered in the 1st quarter, but Kaitlyn and Ash carried the team with 7 and 8 pts.
  • Paige picked it up in the 2nd quarter with 8 hard fought points.
  • In the 3rd quarter, Azzi hit 5-5 from 3 and 17 points. The game was completely out of reach after that.
  • Sarah looked a bit tired, missed some layups, but rebounded well. This is probably to be expected after the Tennessee game in which she really shined.
  • This was a decent bounce back game with some very shiny parts, including smothering defense, and some uneven parts as well.
  • I also would have liked to see more minutes for Jana in games like this. She did some good things, had a few TOs and one really good loose ball chase down on a long rebound. I want to see more of that.
One worrisome note: Aubrey didn’t play and seemed to be limping on the sideline.
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Great points.

That's the thing about Azzi and I actually thought we saw a glimpse of it in the Tennessee game. She was just also in foul trouble so she didn't play a big stretch of the 4th quarter. But she can start off slow and just explode. It's the law of averages and Geno has always talked about this with her, how in a short stretch she can score a lot of points. She was 0-4 against Tennessee then made 3-4. Anyways she played great in the 3rd. My only thing with her and Paige, I feel like they take not so great shots at times. I get them being aggressive so u almost take it. But Azzi had some forces on drives. Paige had some quick threes. Let me not overstate, there's probably 2 or 3 shots a game from each that feel forced. And then a couple of times I'm thinking in my head after a make...y don't they do that all the time. Paige had a beautiful post up, it was so simple. I think she's done that once in the past like 5 games.

Ash had a really good game. I thought Morgan kinda struggle. Jana is having a bit of a hard time but I thought the team did a good job getting her touches.
 
EricLA said:
The announcers called this a "bounce back win" for UCONN. Was it really? I expected a 40 point win over a team who is 3-10 in the Big East (but they were picked 3rd - mystifying). 8 points in Q4 did nothing to build the lead.

Defense was solid, ball movement mostly good, but the rebounding was simply not good. We gave up 11 O-boards, and lost the rebounding "battle" by 1 - 37 for PC, 36 for UCONN.

Yet again the 3 point shooting was on point... against an overmatched team. Until this team shows they can actually knock down open shots against a good team, I'll continue to be underwhelmed. It's nice for the stats, makes fans excited, but really sort of an optical illusion.

I will say I was glad that the subs of Q and Allie did not come in till very late - midway thru Q4. I think Geno needs to give the starters and KK/Ash more PT together for better chemistry. I'm not sure Morgan is an answer off the bench as she continues to just be ok.

Bottom line tho, a fun game to watch against an overmatched opponent.
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A very good assessment of this game. Defense carried the day, great double teams and better closing on shooters. PC plays a long clock so it's easy to put late clock pressure on them if our players are clock aware.

It's still somewhat concerning with so many missed or poorly finished shots around the rim. Why are we playing so rushed? We did find a nice stroke from three-point land.

Lots of second half foul calls were a mystery, like the ref teams had been changed at halftime. The game became difficult to watch and probably to play.
 
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EricLA said:
The announcers called this a "bounce back win" for UCONN. Was it really? I expected a 40 point win over a team who is 3-10 in the Big East (but they were picked 3rd - mystifying). 8 points in Q4 did nothing to build the lead.

Defense was solid, ball movement mostly good, but the rebounding was simply not good. We gave up 11 O-boards, and lost the rebounding "battle" by 1 - 37 for PC, 36 for UCONN.

Yet again the 3 point shooting was on point... against an overmatched team. Until this team shows they can actually knock down open shots against a good team, I'll continue to be underwhelmed. It's nice for the stats, makes fans excited, but really sort of an optical illusion.

I will say I was glad that the subs of Q and Allie did not come in till very late - midway thru Q4. I think Geno needs to give the starters and KK/Ash more PT together for better chemistry. I'm not sure Morgan is an answer off the bench as she continues to just be ok.

Bottom line tho, a fun game to watch against an overmatched opponent.
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Your last sentence summed up the game best. For me, nothing to get excited about against another weak team in Big East. The glaring thing I didn't like was like you said, Providence had 11 offensive rebounds. That doesn't give me any hope against South Carolina next Sunday.
 
My concerns: 1. Is Sara hitting the freshman wall? She's been playing well, but no longer great the past couple of games.
2. Can KC and Ashlynn have good shooting games in BIG games. They have both been shooting well lately, but came up empty in the big game against TN. I'm tempted to include Azzi here, but not quite ready to.
3. Aubrey's health. A concern she did not play today, especially since she looked so good against TN.
4. Post play, especially if Ice is hurt worse than we know. Providence outrebounded us, I believe
Despite all that, I remain hopeful. Go Huskies!
 
A win against Providence really doesn't show anything..it's easy to shoot 3's when no one is guarding you(Azzi)and if Paige played like this against good teams then I would think they have a chance next Sunday but she hasn't

Ash played well like she usually does against inferior teams but Jana continues to struggle but she plays hard as does Morgan who I really liked at the begining of the year but seems to have regressed quite a bit

On to another cupcake Wed with St.Johns
 
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It is a win. And a cause for celebratiion. Reality - we should crush Providence every time.

Glad to see Ash and Azzi shoot well. Will it continue the rest of the season? Not sure.

Jana is getting better. Some very good post moves today.

We know the starting 5. Establish the 3 to 4 off the bench.

We know Ice is out for 3 to 5 weeks.
 
Stagnant said:
Aubrey not playing is a concern. Someone will need to ask Geno about that if there is a postgame presser.
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It is not a concern unless they say it is. She is the most recent person coming off injury and just played her highest minutes yet in a physical game. It’s not at all unusual to be sore after that effort. There is no need for her to push herself through pain at this point.

and I just saw post 39. Question answered for all of us
 
HuskyNan said:
No, but during extended minutes today, Jana’s confidence was visibly growing. That’s a big plus for the team
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I agree she made some nice inside moves but needs to finish much better. She gets visibly upset when she fouls, thinks she is fouled, or misses inside shots. I think her mental game improvement has to match her physical game improvement for her to be a significant factor.
 
Great defense today.

Also great to see Azzi lighting it up in second half. Such a gorgeous shot.

A little inconsistent in first half offensively, but corrected a lot of things the second half. Rebounding was not great.

Enjoy Super Bowl everyone!
 
Does anybody really think UConn would have been outscored in the fourth quarter if Geno left just three of the starters in? Win by almost 40 and still get complaints about the fourth quarter.
 
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Morgan is always moving, always boxing someone out, always running. She isnt always in the right spot but she works as hard as anyone and disrupts the other team all the time. Shes only a freshman so she will get better so how about cutting her some slack.
 
topogigio said:
I agree she made some nice inside moves but needs to finish much better. She gets visibly upset when she fouls, thinks she is fouled, or misses inside shots. I think her mental game improvement has to match her physical game improvement for her to be a significant factor.
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She finished better than Sarah did today.
 
BRS24 said:
Injury updates -

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Great about Aubrey but oh man, sucks for Ice! I really enjoy watching her play and was really rooting for her to get in her groove. This means she's back for March.. mid March?

Re today, I really thought some of the shots (Azzi and Morgan, especially) were really forced which lead to avoidable turnovers. I always really enjoy watching Ash play and wonder why she doesn't get more minutes.
 
I’m just back from the game and I’ll share my biggest take-away.

Venue: Normally the PC women play at Alumni Hall on the Friars campus, it is a gym. For the Huskies game they moved it to Amica Mutual Pavilion in downtown Providence which seats 14,000. They didn’t sell out, but the UConn crowd dwarfed the typical PC women’s crowd.

Kids: UConn & its stars, particularly Paige Bueckers, do so much to foster the sport. I sat lower near the hoop and was surrounded by families with emerging women’s sports fans. The adults had UConn sweatshirts/caps and the kids had towels, clothing, and signs.

I sat just to the left of a family with 3 girls maybe 5-8 years old, each with a sign. I asked to see them, which they liked and two were UConn and the big one was Paige Bueckers. Each of the tots had painted faces with player numbers, UConn insignias, husky dog faces to compliment their UConn jerseys (pint-sized) and Mardi gras style beads. They were having the time of their lives jumping up every commercial break waving their signs to get on the AMP jumbotron. Every UConn basket, especially every Paige basket, the kiddies were dancing and high-fiving.

Granted Providence is only 90 minutes from Storrs and a lot of us to allegiances to both states, but watching Meg Culmo & Allen Bestwick it seems to be commonplace for road games.

Thirty years back when I’d go to the Hartford Civic Center to see a UConn women’s game I could pick my seat, it is gratifying to see what the UConn program, and fan-friendly players like Paige, Azzi and others have done for the sport.

Game-wise: Mismatch as expected. UConn continues to concern me with its lack of frontcourt. I love Jana’s work, but she seems sluggish and lacking agility. Plus gaining as many fouls as baskets will hurt us down the road against higher ranked teams.
 
donalddoowop said:
Does anybody really think UConn would have been outscored in the fourth quarter if Geno left just three of the starters in? Win by almost 40 and still get complaints about the fourth quarter.
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I think complaining about only scoring 8 points in a quarter is a valid complaint.
Not sure how many shots were attempted or what the FG% for the quarter was, but I don't think it's something to write home about. The object of running the offense, no matter the score, is to put the ball through the hoop.
And to be clear, each team scored only 8 points in the 4th.
 
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Centerstream said:
I think complaining about only scoring 8 points in a quarter is a valid complaint.
Not sure how many shots were attempted or what the FG% for the quarter was, but I don't think it's something to write home about. The object of running the offense, no matter the score, is to put the ball through the hoop.
And to be clear, each team scored only 8 points in the 4th.
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With Brady out for a month or so, she'll get a chance to tip the balance in the right direction, otherwise we got a front court with nobody over 6"2"
 
donalddoowop said:
Does anybody really think UConn would have been outscored in the fourth quarter if Geno left just three of the starters in? Win by almost 40 and still get complaints about the fourth quarter.
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It is not unreasonable to expect our bench to score more than 8 points against Providence, especially since our depth was supposed to be a plus this year.

Where are all the "our bench would be a top 20 team" folks?
 
Husky fanatic said:
Jana continues to show glimpses of what we expect followed by boneheaded plays. So exasperating!
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With Brady out for a month or so, she'll get a chance to tip the balance in the right direction, otherwise we got a front court with nobody over 6"2"
 
hookshot said:
With Brady out for a month or so, she'll get a chance to tip the balance in the right direction, otherwise we got a front court with nobody over 6"2"
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Jana certainly shows flashes of why Geno was so high on her.......hopefully, her overall game will continue to improve commensurate with the additional minutes she gets.......
 
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