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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 2941847, member: 6819"] Which is something I said before the season started and you agreed with. Today, well, UConn took the lead at 7:41 of the first quarter and never relinquished it. On many plays ND looked slow off the mark. Their intensity seemed to ebb and flow. When they beat UConn in the FF Young had a monster game, and UConn made sure today that didn't happen. Arike is a streaky shooter that frankly works better in an offense that uses more isolation. She was streaky today. I was surprised how UConn was able to neutralize Shepard. I was also surprised how little ND utilized Turner. UConn was patient and very deliberate on offense. Usually they play with more pace in that end, but today Geno relied on precise spacing and passing, not pace. But whenever UConn got the rebound the forwards led the break. In shape or not, Mabrey is ND's weakness at the point. Plain and simple, and the UConn guards took advantage of it. When UConn went to the bench for Liv (and only Liv) she altered shots and ND's decision making inside. As soon as she hit the floor ND should have walked the ball up and worked inside/out. They should have posted Arike on the block against CD. In fact, they should have worked inside/out the entire game. Instead they put up early shots, lost the transition game to UConn, and covered poorly in the half court. When Pheesa returned to the floor with 3:50 (I think) left in the game, UConn was up by 15. By 15. Incredible. [/QUOTE]

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