Sarah Strong's numbers are not believable...(merged)

[JoePgh]

No one appears to have mentioned that Sarah seems to stay completely out of foul trouble -- almost unknown for a freshman front court player, especially one who gets a lot of rebounds and steals, and one who plays a ton of minutes.

What a luxury for Geno!

 

[JRRRJ]

Every UConn fan understands Sarah Strong is really, really good and going to get even better. But, there are a few that may not comprehend just how well she is playing she is right now. After only 4 games...
Consider:
1. Assists - Sarah LEADS the team with 19 assists. More than Kaitlyn (18) and Paige (17). She is not even a guard...
2. Rebounds - Strong also LEADS the team in rebounds with 32, of which 25 are defensive and 7 offensive. The next highest defensive total is Jana with 16.
3. Blocks - Sarah has 8 blocked shots. The rest of the team has 8 blocks COMBINED..
4. Minutes - Her 118 minutes played is the most on the roster. That averages 29.5 minutes per game.
5. Points - Ok, she is 2nd in points to Paige (64 vs 80), but in her defense, she has taken 1 less shot & only 2 free throws.
6. Steals - Again, 2nd on the team with 10 versus 11 for Paige and 11 for Ashlynn.

Strong is that rare combination of scoring, passing, rebounding and quickness. Hard to nit-pick any part of her game now that the threes are falling. Although it did take 4 whole games for that to work out....

Go Sarah..! Go Huskies..!!

I was going to wait a bit longer, until the ladies have accumulated more minutes. But, since you've started the ranking thing I'll lower my minimum to 80 minutes of playing time and produce the first rate-rating grid.

I still haven't seen the game -- that'll be later this evening -- so no analysis of play.

Since the raw numbers are so low, a difference of one or two would change the ratings in some of the categories. When the values are close enough for that to be true, I call a tie and give the average value with a leading ~. The player listed first of the two has the better value if taken out to more decimal places.

Points	Paige 28.07	Sarah 21.69	Jana 19.02
ORB	Jana 7.21	Sarah 2.37	Ice 2.25
DRB	Jana 10.49	Q 10.00	Sarah 8.47
TRB	Jana 17.70	Sarah 10.85	Paige 7.02
Assists	Kaitlyn 7.83	Sarah 6.44	Paige 5.96
Blocks	Sarah 2.71	Jana 1.31	Paige 0.90
Steals	Ashlynn/Paige ~3.9	Sarah 3.39	KK/Kaitlyn ~2.7
TO	Paige 0.70	KK/Ashlynn ~ 1.0	Sarah 1.69
Fouls	Ashlynn 0.00	KK/Paige ~1.0	Sarah 1.69
Made FT	Paige/Ice ~2.7	Jana 1.97	Kaitlyn 1.74

 

[Crossover]

I continue to marvel at how her size, physique, game
and skill-set are similar to that of JuJu.

And quite unlike anyone in the W

A position-less, power forward (?)

She's a way better defender than JuJu. And much more efficient on offense.

 

[Bone Dog]

She's a way better defender than JuJu. And much more efficient on offense.

And not so “handed” as Juju. The scout on Sarah is bound to be much trickier.

 

[CL82]

She plays like a mature adult, but in her most recent interview she displayed the innocent charm of a shy teenager. Great combination!

She also plays with humility. She's not out there thumping her chest after every play. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind kids playing with passion, but she's just out there doing what she does, making play after play expressionlessly like she is just taking a walk in a park. I can't help but feel she has just scratched the surface of how great she will be.

 

[yhun89]

Sarah is nuts.

A forward with elite passing skills, defense in the paint and the perimeter, can play bully ball, or stretch out to the 3 when needed. Much needed rebounder, who can hopefully help us close the rebound margins against the likes of ND and SC.

Not to mention just the pure, foul-less physicality. She's our next big star for the program after PB leaves.