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Message: [QUOTE="Tonyc, post: 3838709, member: 73"] Well here we go. I expect this to be one of the most watched games this season. A couple of things . I expect SC to pay alot of attention to Paige. Paige can wear you down, can SC defense wear Paige down? We will see. Paige is poised and patient and knows how to get her teammates involved. Paige makes plays and makes things happen. How will they defend her? I expect a lot of different players and alot of difference defenses. SC's focus is to slow down Paige and wear her out. UConn will counter that by running plays to get her open. This is gonna be a tough battle for both teams. UConn is coming into this game without any fear and they are coming in hungry. UConn has grown alot from the Ark and Tenn games. This group has the "I want to" and theyre ready for this battle. They are young and looking forward to the challenge. The Tenn and Ark games both on the road were great experiences and will help them alot in this game. I expect UConn to attack the basket alot. We must play to our strengths which means taking high percentage shots that we know we can make not taking shots we dont make and praying they go it. Liv needs to stay close to the basket and Christyn needs to dribble drive. BTW I expect all our guards to dribble drive especially with so much attention being paid to Paige. UConns offense because of Paige and Evina will open things up in the middle. SC doesnt have that this season, their 3 pt shooting is not what it was and their ball handling is not what is was last season. Paige Evina and Nika are great point guards who exemplify leadership. the guards will win this game for their team. UConn as a team is better then last season. I expect both teams to pressure the ball. UConns ball handlers should be able to handle it. SC may not handle it was well. SC will try and rebound and run and apply pressure on the ball while still trying to maintain Paige. UConn will counter by running their motion offense and defensively trying to keep the SC guards from handling the ball by packing it in and forcing SC to shoot treys. UConn needs to maintain their Poise and Patience while executing their offense. Win or loose this is gonna go a long way for our young freshman. I know they will battle and fight and not give up because they've proved that already. This freshman class has guts, they are tuff and determined and are relentless on defense. If UConn is hitting their shots like they have I dont think SC can put up as many points as UConn. With that said I expect a game in the low 70's / 60's. Although both teams are young SC has experience and UConn has alot of freshman who are gaining experience. If UConn plays their game I dont think they can loose. There are gonna be alot of battles between these two teams over the next few years. We're both young with great rosters and great recruiting classes coming in next season. UConn 69 SC 60. [/QUOTE]

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