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Message: [QUOTE="wbball novice, post: 3409345, member: 8663"] I'm still mentally exhausted. As a UConn fan, very exciting, and an exhilarating win over a "rival," though it was a win over a team ranked 23 by the #3 ranked team. But not really a game to be proud of. According to ESPN, UConn's winning shooting percentage was last below 32% in 2004. The beginning of Q3 had some dreadful shooting; if I was watching any other women's basketball game I would have changed channels. This heavily publicized game, shown on the main ESPN channel did no favors for women's basketball. CD carried the team in the first half, then she ran out of gas; hope she isn't going into a slump, because she has been one of the most consistent of the players. Griffin was very impressive in the second half, a one-player chaos machine. It was as if she gave the Vols the game equivalent of a nervous breakdown. However, this was her first breakout game; pump the brakes. Anna, on the other hand, has been pretty consistent over several games -- she ended up subbing for Kyla for most of the game & contributed to the UConn counterattack in the second half. Megan hit some key 3s & did good defensive work in the absence of Olivia, but was unreliable on layups. Kudos to Olivia for doing some damage when she returned in Q4; in some ways fortunate she got 2 fouls fairly early in the first half. Being on the bench may have helped her strong showing in Q4; she was certainly the most rested of the players who closed the game. Christyn seems to have the yips in her shooting attempts (though she hit 2 3s against Tulsa), but she made some key rebounds and seems to have regained her layup touch. I wouldn't relegate her to the bench quite yet. For the team as a whole, the moment seemed to have more of an effect on UConn; the tightness I suspect was largely psychological. Liked the second half since it was more of a team effort, despite Crystal's heroics in the first half. Vols played a little scatter-brained (27 TOs!) and might have made the UConn defense seem better than it was -- but no doubt the smaller Connecticut players were not intimidated by the Tenn size -- a good test for them. [/QUOTE]

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