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Rich Elliott's latest blog entry is about Stewie bouncing back after a sub-part offensive game against OSU.
http://blog.ctnews.com/elliott/2013/12/07/as-expected-stewart-bounced-back-offensively-vs-uc-davis/
Some great quotes from Geno:
“I don’t go to practice and try to figure out how to help Stewie score. That just comes. She knows what she’s doing out there, and in the course of our offense she’s going to get shots. But she’s got to put a little time and effort into it. She’s got to work at it a little bit. And (Thursday) she did.
“But the other things, I spend a lot of time with Stewie on those things. I spend a lot of time on her defense, a lot of time on rebounding, a lot of time on moving without the ball and doing things when she doesn’t have the ball in her hands. Those are the things that we do at Connecticut to help our really good players become great players. . . . There’s so many other things that she has to do that she has to get better at. And she improved this week. From Sunday to (Thursday), she got better. I don’t mean just (Thursday) in the game. This week in practice, she got better. And that’s a good sign.’’
"And the fact that she went hard to the offensive boards, that’s an area of the game that very few people pay a lot of attention to. She’s very difficult to box out, and she’s very difficult to keep away from the basket. Stewie should have a double-double every night, in my mind, just like Stefanie (Dolson) does. Or close to it anyway. Maybe that’s why Stefanie gets so many double-doubles because Stewie doesn’t. And (Thursday) Stewie went and rebounded the ball, and there were none left for Stefanie. So they should be fighting each other for rebounds instead of the other team.’’
http://blog.ctnews.com/elliott/2013/12/07/as-expected-stewart-bounced-back-offensively-vs-uc-davis/
Some great quotes from Geno:
“I don’t go to practice and try to figure out how to help Stewie score. That just comes. She knows what she’s doing out there, and in the course of our offense she’s going to get shots. But she’s got to put a little time and effort into it. She’s got to work at it a little bit. And (Thursday) she did.
“But the other things, I spend a lot of time with Stewie on those things. I spend a lot of time on her defense, a lot of time on rebounding, a lot of time on moving without the ball and doing things when she doesn’t have the ball in her hands. Those are the things that we do at Connecticut to help our really good players become great players. . . . There’s so many other things that she has to do that she has to get better at. And she improved this week. From Sunday to (Thursday), she got better. I don’t mean just (Thursday) in the game. This week in practice, she got better. And that’s a good sign.’’
"And the fact that she went hard to the offensive boards, that’s an area of the game that very few people pay a lot of attention to. She’s very difficult to box out, and she’s very difficult to keep away from the basket. Stewie should have a double-double every night, in my mind, just like Stefanie (Dolson) does. Or close to it anyway. Maybe that’s why Stefanie gets so many double-doubles because Stewie doesn’t. And (Thursday) Stewie went and rebounded the ball, and there were none left for Stefanie. So they should be fighting each other for rebounds instead of the other team.’’
