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Message: [QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 3111945, member: 5823"] Keep in mind that when Geno was recruiting Moriah Jefferson, Kia Nurse is was not their defense prowess that stood out. The UCONN reality is that you have to be able to do both-defend you position and be a consistent offensive threat. Consider Kiah Stokes and Mikayla, both have an outstanding defensive tool box but time on the floor was limited by their inability to be a consistent offensive threat. Some have opined similar to you that UCONN has enough scorers and say things like "Mikayla doesn't need to score". As long as she's on the floor she needs to be threat. To your specific point about UCONN recruiting defensive minded kids, those kids are definitely out there. In the 2019 class Laeticia Amihere before her injury, was the most versatile defender I have ever seem for her size. She had the ability to defend PG, Centers and everything in between the full lenght of the court. Jordan Horston also has an elite defensive tool kit. The tragedy of Jordan going to TN is that elite skill set would have been wasted under Holly. Despite recruiting multiple AA in her time as HC of TN Holly has not produced a single player on the All- SEC defensive team. If Horston had chose UCONN she would be a multiple time DPOY under Geno. The player to keep an eye on in the 2020 class is Leilani Kapinus as I wrote in another post: Kapinus has Gabby Williams athleticism and Kelly Faris defensive technique and intensity. Don't know where Kapinus stands in the UCONN recruiting pecking order but she would be a perfect back court mate to Paige. As a matter of fact those two (Paige & Leilani) were matched up against each other in a ProspectNations? showcase event. The outcome? They both had outstanding moments. Leilani did a better job of checking Paige than Paige did at checking Leilani. Leilani Kapinus tore her ACL in December I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a full recovery and that she suits up for UCONN. [/QUOTE]

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