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Actually 7 UCONN players in the game...unfortunately, Ayanna didn't do anything to contribute on the stat sheet, so she isn't listed there.
Yes my mistake, 7 players. I was hoping to see Ines comes with some minutes.
 
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Sometimes against good teams we really struggle to score. Lou had to work hard for her points but we lacked that 2nd scorer until Caroline stepped up. We are going to keep seeing this but if Caroline and Aubrey can give us 10-15 points we can pull through most games against top teams. They clog the middle and do their best to shut down Lou. We had Caroline today fortunately, who was the real player of the game today. These girls are dog tired though playing an tough opponent with basically 5 players.
 

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Yes, with only 6 players in today's game.
Yes, Kaizen. However, UConn had Ines on the bench who has shown she can be trusted against teams better than Marquette but for some reason, Geno did not play her. He did not play her against Creighton when they were up by thirty until very late in the game. He should not be complaining about players being tired.
 
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One of the most impressive parts of Caroline’s game is her defense. She contests a lot of shots. She’s also rebounding well. It seems like she is really helping the team defense though most of all even when her shot isn’t falling.
 
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Sometimes against good teams we really struggle to score. Lou had to work hard for her points but we lacked that 2nd scorer until Caroline stepped up. We are going to keep seeing this but if Caroline and Aubrey can give us 10-15 points we can pull through most games against top teams. They clog the middle and do their best to shut down Lou. We had Caroline today fortunately, who was the real player of the game today. These girls are dog tired though playing a tough opponent with basically 5 players.
I really don’t think this will continue to happen when you had two players who have scored 30 points this season back into the rotation. You’ll have 3 players starting who need to be doubled to stop them from scoring.
 

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With Azzi and Aubrey coming back games like this we win by alot more. We too will have a longer bench. Those non starters who wouldnt have gotten alot of time now have and are better for it. They will need more time now that we are aware of no home games in a row.
 

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I gotta disagree, rather vehemently, Eric. This team was exhausted. In the first quarter, on a close up of Lou, she was red faced and gasping for air. I think they were fabulous given the pushing, grabbing defense and short bench.
Gotta agree with you. To me it also seemed that the last couple minutes of each quarter, the players that had played the whole quarter were running on fumes...but they were still running!!! The next three games could see the same thing as there isn't going to be a lot of time to rest. Maybe, just maybe, Azzi will get some minutes and Aubrey will be cleared to go and the games will return to "normal". I liked this game, things were harder than the Creighton game but everyone played their butt off and we earned a hard fought win.
 

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One of the most impressive parts of Caroline’s game is her defense. She contests a lot of shots. She’s also rebounding well. It seems like she is really helping the team defense though most of all even when her shot isn’t falling.
Don't tell Geno that. Did you hear what he said after the game?:confused:
 

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Yes, Kaizen. However, UConn had Ines on the bench who has shown she can be trusted against teams better than Marquette but for some reason, Geno did not play her. He did not play her against Creighton when they were up by thirty until very late in the game. He should not be complaining about players being tired.
Ines has 7 stitches in her forehead. She would have been in jeopardy playing against this team.
 

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Geno doesn’t play Inez because of turnovers. She will get better in that regard over time. He just can’t afford to take Nika out of the game right now.
Does she make any more than some of the starters? If she played more maybe she would make less.
 

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First of all, a great win. THAT'S the bottom line. Not a game that was easily watched. It was one of those game we appeared to be lathargic. However UConn was still able to hold Marquette at bay without much help from the bench. It's hard to play well when you're tired. I think given the status of the roster, UConn played well enough to get the job done. Look at the box score and the number of bench players and minutes they used compared to UConn. Now everyone can rest, and be ready for Butler Tuesday. Aubrey should be back, and we may see a glimpse of Azzi as well.

We won the game, yet there are still a lot of posters not satisfied, pointing out the obvious negitives. UConn did just enough to win. That's all we can ask. This was not one of their better games, but UConn did do a lot of good things on defense. They took Marquette completely out of their normal game routine. Per CD on Bob Joyce's postgame show, Marquette's leading scorer only took two shots the entire game. It was not a good game for Marquette either, they lost. Let's compliment the players (team) for their effort today. They gutted it out. Only two day's rest before they travel to Indianapolis to play Butler on Tuesday.
 
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No I didn’t. I watched on a cellphone.
You have my sympathies. I've watched games on my cellphone. That's one step away from not watching it at all. :confused: Hopefully you can watch the replay when posted in the boneyard later today. Happy new year TeamFirst. :)
 
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Marquette was quick on getting back on defense, shutting down our quick breaks....I thought we should have passed more to the inside to create fouls (if they were called), and to give outside shooters more space. UConn worked hard though, good defense, but missing players will catch up with anyone, sooner or later. Great game for Caroline and Lou.
 
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1. Marquette is a very well coached team. They run their sets and consistently got one of our big's on their guards and then posted up our guards with a forward.
2. On defense they know our offense and made us work hard for shots. They took AE out of the game.
Which most teams have had trouble doing.
3. These are the kind of games that we help us in the Dance. Tough hard fought never say die games.
4. The healthy troops are on the way.
5. I think Amari can score down low if given the chance.
 
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This team was justifiably exhausted. It looks like Amari and AP aren’t in Geno’s plans ..at least not now. Azzi and Aubrey need to return ASAP. Exhaustion leads to injuries. Way too many minutes for these players. What they did in the 4 th quarter was amazing but not healthy.

What Lou did today with the defense focused on her was player of the game worthy. Hopefully, CD is truly back. Her performance today was aa big reason for the W.
 
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