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Message: [QUOTE="Gael, post: 5357167, member: 14181"] Can you tell much from a preseason scrimmage? I could tell that UConn was at least 66 points better than SCSU, that the bench (formerly: what's a bench?) scored 46 of the the 105 points, that the team hit 14-34 on three-point shots (41.2%), that the team hit 18-23 on layups, that they went on a 36-0 run at one point, and that they scored 46 points in the paint. THAT all told me a lot. Positively. Do stats tell the whole story? No. In my opinion, the the actual and potential stories on the majority of players was even more positive than the stats. For this early in the season, and with so many combinations and permutations of players, the chemistry was really good. More importantly, so was the ball physics. I like players who can make productive scoring moves in the teeth of the defense, aggressively, and draw lots of fouls. FT-drawers. Newcomers Blanca and Serah—and maybe Fish— are unabashed FT-drawers. I like that . . . and them. Wait, Blanca has had 11 TOs in two preseason games! Hmmm. What I see is perhaps the most athletic 6-2 (+?) specimen ever to don national flag blue. One who has very quick reflexes, and moves, and decisions, and cerebral synapses. Her TOs have come mostly from aggressive but slightly mistimed shoot, pass, dribble decisions. Aggressiveness and quickness can't be learned; better timing can. Blanca's natural gifts will become a force. For good. Her three-point shooting is literally still up in the air. That, too, can be improved by learning. [/QUOTE]

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