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[QUOTE="PvP, post: 5136333, member: 9955"]
What I most like (a very difficult choice as she is so gifted in so many ways) about Sarah's game is one I doubt many will have picked up on.  For as many years as I have followed UCONN wbb, Geno has been consistent in stressing that his players "keep their hands up on defense!!!"  But I have noticed that Sarah doesn't do that.  She keeps her hands low, around waist level nearly all the time.  And, in thinking about it, that is the level the ball is at for the bulk of the time as opponents dribble the ball or often hold it preparing to pass or even sometimes preparing to shoot on scoop shots.  So, it isn't surprising to me that with Sarah keeping her hands where the opponents' keep the ball the bulk of the time, she is leading the team in steals!  It certainly helps that she has amazingly quick hands but when those quick hands are already at the same level as the ball, good things happen!  She has nearly a quarter of all the teams' steals and leads Paige in both total steals and also on a per-40 basis.
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