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St John's Postgame Thread
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I thought it was just an inadvertent play where a player landed/stepped on another players foot while driving to the hoop. To be honest, I'm surprised it doesnt happen more often with so many bodies in the paint.
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Oops! I didn't notice that.
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Nika stepped on a players foot as she was making a pass on a fast break. She did it, not the other player. I did not see it the way you saw it. It could be seen on the replay.
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I'm watching the game replay and Nika did step on the foot of the defensive player, as has been noted by others here. And Kim Adams did point this contact out during one of the replays that FS1 did.
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You nailed it. Although we lose an edge on defense if Muhl cannot come back.
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My 2 cents on the guard play:
NM can’t play much better than she did in the first Quarter. Looks good with the black eye as well! ? Outside of two plays, she was outstanding! She had 4 steals and 5 points, including a three. Would have had 3 additional assists in the half if we would have hit the shots. Forced layup and gave up dribble penetration once but, she played with a lot of energy! I continue to be impressed how quickly she snags the rebound and pushes the ball up the court. PS: She is only a freshman!
Offensive foul with the push-off that got EW hurt. Funny how Uconn gets called for a lot of offensive fouls but the other teams don’t seem too….or am I just drinking the UConn Kool-Aid?
CW on the break can be lethal if she just make the dag shots. Nobody on this team, including PB, can create their own shot consistently like CW…she just keeps missing….She shot poorly again but yet still played almost the entire game. Defense was solid.
PB – incredible finish over a much taller player with the weak hand. She has really big hands and long arms. Good game, not great and not quite up to her standards, which are ridiculously high. GA finds a way to get her 10 minutes rest though…
I’m starting to think that PB plays possum on defense, lagging back a bit, before she scoops in for the steal. It’s like a BB version of Deon Sanders…making the player look open and baiting them to pass the ball. She tends to play ‘slow to fast’ in order to get the steal.
NM can’t play much better than she did in the first Quarter. Looks good with the black eye as well! ? Outside of two plays, she was outstanding! She had 4 steals and 5 points, including a three. Would have had 3 additional assists in the half if we would have hit the shots. Forced layup and gave up dribble penetration once but, she played with a lot of energy! I continue to be impressed how quickly she snags the rebound and pushes the ball up the court. PS: She is only a freshman!
Offensive foul with the push-off that got EW hurt. Funny how Uconn gets called for a lot of offensive fouls but the other teams don’t seem too….or am I just drinking the UConn Kool-Aid?
CW on the break can be lethal if she just make the dag shots. Nobody on this team, including PB, can create their own shot consistently like CW…she just keeps missing….She shot poorly again but yet still played almost the entire game. Defense was solid.
PB – incredible finish over a much taller player with the weak hand. She has really big hands and long arms. Good game, not great and not quite up to her standards, which are ridiculously high. GA finds a way to get her 10 minutes rest though…
I’m starting to think that PB plays possum on defense, lagging back a bit, before she scoops in for the steal. It’s like a BB version of Deon Sanders…making the player look open and baiting them to pass the ball. She tends to play ‘slow to fast’ in order to get the steal.
My two cents on the wings and bigs:
Liv - Misses shots and 3 early TOs when she gets the ball on the low block – really bad coming from a Jr and potential AA. She still walks with the ball when her back down move doesn’t work, and then she gets scared that her shot will get blocked. I wish she would just go up strong. Hustling for rebounds though which is good. Had a double-double in the first half which is terrific production after the early TOs.
AG – nice offensive rebound to give us another opportunity to score. Too bad CW missed the open 3. Great steal and coast to coast lay-in. Who says she can’t dribble? That is complete BS. Second steal by AG in back to back possessions. She then dribbles across mid-court again and finds MM for the nice dish. Who says AG can’t pass?? Complete BS! That is 4 straight points that were ALL AG.
Two possessions later, AG with the rebound – that makes 3 out of 4 possessions she has made her presence felt! Next possession she draws a foul. Two possessions later, she posts up and draws another foul and hits both FTs. Short on the 3 – got to hit them.
A possession later, she gets another offensive rebound. Then later puts the ball on the floor and explodes to the rim, drawing a foul and hitting both FTs. Then finishes the game with another rebound.
Terrific stretch of minutes by AG, but would GA have given her the opportunity if NM didn’t get hurt?
AE – nice game once again, not dominate but didn’t need to be. She naturally creates space when she gets the ball and that is something Liv can’t do with her slight frame. I really think she is going to be huge for us in the tournament and, IMHO, she is much better than Collier was at the same time.
EW – made a long jumper (I thought it was a 3 actually) but shot still looks a bit flat to me. Solid overall game.
AM – missed both threes but her touch was terrific, nice arc and straight, just a bit short – typical of a player who hasn’t played in a long while.
MM – good game. Having fun. Kid can really sky.
Liv - Misses shots and 3 early TOs when she gets the ball on the low block – really bad coming from a Jr and potential AA. She still walks with the ball when her back down move doesn’t work, and then she gets scared that her shot will get blocked. I wish she would just go up strong. Hustling for rebounds though which is good. Had a double-double in the first half which is terrific production after the early TOs.
AG – nice offensive rebound to give us another opportunity to score. Too bad CW missed the open 3. Great steal and coast to coast lay-in. Who says she can’t dribble? That is complete BS. Second steal by AG in back to back possessions. She then dribbles across mid-court again and finds MM for the nice dish. Who says AG can’t pass?? Complete BS! That is 4 straight points that were ALL AG.
Two possessions later, AG with the rebound – that makes 3 out of 4 possessions she has made her presence felt! Next possession she draws a foul. Two possessions later, she posts up and draws another foul and hits both FTs. Short on the 3 – got to hit them.
A possession later, she gets another offensive rebound. Then later puts the ball on the floor and explodes to the rim, drawing a foul and hitting both FTs. Then finishes the game with another rebound.
Terrific stretch of minutes by AG, but would GA have given her the opportunity if NM didn’t get hurt?
AE – nice game once again, not dominate but didn’t need to be. She naturally creates space when she gets the ball and that is something Liv can’t do with her slight frame. I really think she is going to be huge for us in the tournament and, IMHO, she is much better than Collier was at the same time.
EW – made a long jumper (I thought it was a 3 actually) but shot still looks a bit flat to me. Solid overall game.
AM – missed both threes but her touch was terrific, nice arc and straight, just a bit short – typical of a player who hasn’t played in a long while.
MM – good game. Having fun. Kid can really sky.