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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 5287488, member: 2117"] This wasn't true in every game though: In 2019-20 they won due to having much better offensive execution rather than just defense/rebounding. They only won the rebound battle by 2 but won the game 70-52. In 2023-24 they won 83-65 due to an offensive outburst that saw them rack up 69 points through 3 quarters. Defense and rebounding didn't carry them this game. So 4 out of 6 games they won based on rebounding and/or defense being the differentiator, but Dawn is capable of building teams that run really solid offenses. Just a year ago they led the nation in 3pt FG%. This goes both ways though, South Carolina has missed major players in their matchups too: 2024-25 season they were missing their best post player Ashlyn Watkins in both games 2023-24 season their best player Kamilla Cardoso was out for their matchup 2021-22 they beat UCONN by 16 when both teams were healthy, and they won by 18 in 2019-20 when both teams were healthy too. I don't disagree, UCONN's darn near impossible to stop if they're playing pretty basketball, but part of what makes playing against South Carolina so tough is they usually make it quite hard for UCONN to execute at a high level. The matchups this season were the first time since 2019 that UCONN cracked the code and was able to play pretty basketball en route to a win. [/QUOTE]