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Marquette is a solid team and Kudos for them playing us close in the first half. That Karlan kid is a baller! Paige's half court shot - wow. Was there any doubt it was going in? LOL. Held them to 21 points in the 2nd half. 3 point shooting was on point tonight, especially Paige, Nika and Ash. In fact, our 3 point % (65)was better than our FT % (50). All 5 starters in double figures!
  • Paige - what more can you say about her? Every game she plays she shows why she's a NPOY caliber player. Tonight was no exception. Not as efficient as we've seen her in the past, but LOVED her taking 18 shots. POG easy call.
  • Ash - she did a lot more than just score - rebounding, stealing, just a solid beast out there harassing Marquette at every turn.
  • Nika did what Nika does these days - shot 5-9 overall and nailed three 3-pointers.
  • Liya - missed too many shots going 5-13, but still managed a double double. The foul calls against her continue to be head scratching.
  • KK - freshman wall? No thank you! Continued her solid play. LOVE her game.
  • Ice - not an eye popping game, but 4 points, 3 assists, 5 rebounds - continues to be solid off the bench. but that 2' airball?!
  • Q - so happy she nailed that 3. Seems to play better when she lets the game come to her and doesn't force things.
Defense really clamped down. Especially in the 2nd half. Yet another game the team should be super happy with. Also happy we had enough of a solid lead to get Amari and Ines some time against a really good NCAA quality team. Handed Marquette their first home loss. Bravo!
 
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I was surprised that Geno didn’t give Ice some help with Karlen in the first half. Ice had no chance against her. Of course, Karlen couldn’t handle Edwards either.

I suppose Paige was due for a logo 3. She has done everything else.

Until Marquette’s last two first half possessions, UCONN played great after Aaliyah got her third foul.

Speaking of fouls, Aaliyah’s first foul was one of the worst calls we will see all year. Typical though because Aaliyah is the leading victim of bad officiating. Not even close.

Shade keeps getting better and better. She is forcing less and you can tell the game has slowed way down for her. Even though the stats may not show it, she did a nice job guarding Hare.

The key to the game may have been Nika’s 8 point burst in the second quarter.

I thought KK forced things on offense. Maybe a little anxious playing front of her family.

When UCONN has ten or fewer turnovers, it takes a monumental task to beat them

Geno has shown a lot of patience with Ice. This was game 20. How much longer will his patience last?

Nika and Shade played really well but it was the Paige show. Again.
 
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The announcers mentione how the officials were a Final Four crew. Only think I could think of was how poorly officiated the Final Four was last season.

19 at half - I need more than 26 for the game from Paige.

Ice needs to find some game. She isnt showing a thing on either end of the court.

Happy with how the team is playing. They may or may not be good enough to win a national championship, but I think for the most part the team is playing to its max potential.
 
Agree with comments, but few other observations
  • Shade is one of the smartest freshman I can remember wearing the UConn uniform. Never takes an unadvised shot. She has basically filled Azzi's role for the team.
  • I have been critical on Nika at times, but for about 5 minutes in Q2, she was fantastic and single handedly gave us our first big lead.
  • Ice still makes a lot of mistakes hanging onto the ball and putting the ball on the floor. Hopefully she continues to improve by tournament time as we may need more from her.
  • Q sometimes forces her shot. I'd be more comfortable if she wasn't always shoot first.
  • Only negative today was a few dumb fouls for KK and AE. We have no room for error when it comes to foul trouble.
Great game overall
 
AgStatesman said:
The announcers mentione how the officials were a Final Four crew. Only think I could think of was how poorly officiated the Final Four was last season.

19 at half - I need more than 26 for the game from Paige.

Ice needs to find some game. She isnt showing a thing on either end of the court.

Happy with how the team is playing. They may or may not be good enough to win a national championship, but I think for the most part the team is playing to its max potential.
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Ice is still essentially a freshman. All four freshmen looked young at times tonight.
 
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Marquette hung with them for most of the 1st half (boy can they shoot 3s!), but then UConn was UConn and asserted their dominance and put away the game for good. And how about those long 3s for both teams to end the half? :eek:

Love that as much as Paige dominated, everyone else around her was lighting it up as well!
 
I refuse to believe there are seven teams that are better than UConn. The AP voters need to look at NET and Massey, both of whom have similar results with different algorithms. This week’s AP and Coach’s polls were in an alternate universe.
 
One could wax poetic about Paige again and again, but kudos tonight go out to Ashlynn & Nika. Ashlynn didn't force a thing, played strong defense and battled on the boards. Nika continues to display an improved offense. She was part of that stellar second quarter run.

I know Aaliyah is strong, but she gets mauled too many times throughout a game without a call. Thankfully, she never loses her cool.

Marquette was playing well and all of sudden were swept up into the vortex, and never really stood a chance afterwards.

Can't wait for Saturday's game. KK versus Hannah will be like the Olympic finals between Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis. I'd like to see who is faster baseline to baseline.
 
EricLA said:
Marquette is a solid team and Kudos for them playing us close in the first half. That Karlan kid is a baller! Paige's half court shot - wow. Was there any doubt it was going in? LOL. Held them to 21 points in the 2nd half. 3 point shooting was on point tonight, especially Paige, Nika and Ash. In fact, our 3 point % (65)was better than our FT % (50).
  • Paige - what more can you say about her? Every game she plays she shows why she's a NPOY caliber player. Tonight was no exception. Not as efficient as we've seen her in the past, but LOVED her taking 17 shots. POG easy call.
  • Ash - she did a lot more than just score - rebounding, stealing, just a solid beast out there harassing Marquette at every turn.
  • Nika did what Nika does these days - shot 5-9 overall and nailed three 3-pointers.
  • Liya - missed too many shots going 5-13, but still managed a double double
  • KK - freshman wall? No thank you! Continued her solid play. LOVE her game.
  • Ice - not an eye popping game, but 4 points, 3 assists, 4 rebounds - continues to be solid off the bench. but that 2' airball?!
  • Q - so happy she nailed that 3. Seems to play better when she lets the game come to her and doesn't force things.
Defense really clamped down. Especially in the 2nd half. Yet another game the team should be super happy with. Also happy we had enough of a solid lead to get Amari and Ines some time against a really good NCAA quality team. Handed Marquette their first home loss. Bravo!
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Fantastic game!!! Everybody eats. Paige doing what Paige does best, SCORE! Ashlynn getting better with every game, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. WOW!! Marquette is a competent team, but not in Uconn's league. Our starting 5 is really asserting themselves and will get even better in future games. I predicted another smack down and they delivered. Now, BRING ON NOTRE DAME. We are ready and on our home court, no problem!! GO FRESHMEN!!!! GO HUSKIES!!!!
 
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One of the keys to this season is that when UConn gets a lead, the defense has continued to stifle any potential runs the other team may have. Then they continue to build a lead off of that defense and the other team has to play out of their comfort zone trying to catch up. Ashlyn had a foul line pull up jumper blocked. Bet that doesn't happen to her often. She then stole the ball right back. Nika hit two big three point shots when Aliyah had to go to the bench with her third foul. She won't win any all time scoring awards, but she has a knack for hitting shots when they are most needed. Hit two pretty foul line pull ups as well.

All of them played pretty well in my opinion. Yes, there is room for improvement (Ice needs to work on strengthening her hands it seems to me) and they will need make their layups and foul shots if the want to beat the Irish on Saturday.
 
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Ozimoto said:
Nika hit two big three point shots when Aliyah had to go to the bench with her third foul. She won't win any all time scoring awards, but she has a knack for hitting shots when they are most needed. Hit two pretty foul line pull ups as well.
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The person who used to do that for the team was Evina. A streaky shooter, but when the team needed a bucket or a 3, Evina often was the one to get it.
 
I didn't see Ice attempting any fade aways today... Maybe that's why she was clanging bunnies off the bottom of the rim. Still, she's moving better and competing for boards. I don't think she's far off from being a good reliable rotation piece.
 
AgStatesman said:
The announcers mentione how the officials were a Final Four crew. Only think I could think of was how poorly officiated the Final Four was last season.

19 at half - I need more than 26 for the game from Paige.

Ice needs to find some game. She isnt showing a thing on either end of the court.

Happy with how the team is playing. They may or may not be good enough to win a national championship, but I think for the most part the team is playing to its max potential.
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Ice is getting the court time and the ball in good spots. She needs to elevate with her eye on the rim. Our bigs coaches need to get her going. If we miss this number of layups against the top 10 teams were in trouble.
 
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EricLA said:
Marquette is a solid team and Kudos for them playing us close in the first half. That Karlan kid is a baller! Paige's half court shot - wow. Was there any doubt it was going in? LOL. Held them to 21 points in the 2nd half. 3 point shooting was on point tonight, especially Paige, Nika and Ash. In fact, our 3 point % (65)was better than our FT % (50). All 5 starters in double figures!
  • Paige - what more can you say about her? Every game she plays she shows why she's a NPOY caliber player. Tonight was no exception. Not as efficient as we've seen her in the past, but LOVED her taking 18 shots. POG easy call.
  • Ash - she did a lot more than just score - rebounding, stealing, just a solid beast out there harassing Marquette at every turn.
  • Nika did what Nika does these days - shot 5-9 overall and nailed three 3-pointers.
  • Liya - missed too many shots going 5-13, but still managed a double double. The foul calls against her continue to be head scratching.
  • KK - freshman wall? No thank you! Continued her solid play. LOVE her game.
  • Ice - not an eye popping game, but 4 points, 3 assists, 5 rebounds - continues to be solid off the bench. but that 2' airball?!
  • Q - so happy she nailed that 3. Seems to play better when she lets the game come to her and doesn't force things.
Defense really clamped down. Especially in the 2nd half. Yet another game the team should be super happy with. Also happy we had enough of a solid lead to get Amari and Ines some time against a really good NCAA quality team. Handed Marquette their first home loss. Bravo!
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How efficient do you want her? 61% FG, 80% on 3s, 5 assists and zero turnovers. You're hard to please. ;)
 
Marquette found out that spanking they took on New Year's Eve was no fluke.

Defense Defense Defense!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a great effort to stifle Marquette's offense. The run at the end of the 2nd quarter and the run in the 3rd quarter were fueled by that defense.

Offensively once we got it going, there was no stopping UConn. All five starters in double figures!! 13 straight wins.

This freshman class is growing game by game.
 
HN edit - this is a transcript of CD‘s postgame radio interview

We didn't start great, made couple of defensive mistakes... and then that spurt.

Ash made a couple of big plays - lay up, knocked in a three.
Hard to take her out. Plays a lot of minutes. Never gets tired.
Not easy place to play. Physical team.
They didn't hit the glass because they were concerned about out transition.
AE didn't have a great game, but good to come back to get a double-double
Q gave good minutes, defensive plays, knocked in a shot
Happy for KK, didn't foul, played in front of fans

Defense plan?

King/Karlen - supposed to go over every screen didn't... so they made some shots. Hare is a good shooter, made shots.
End of game, they were tired, our conditioning took a toll....

We had 6 TOs in first half, 3 were offensive TO. No mindless turnover.

Paige knee - yikes. Foul?

She had two more blocks... hate to tell you.

CD: I think this kid crossed her up, but Paige swears she didn't

Half court three - fitting.

CD: Do that end of practice, didn't make one. I didn't think it was going in. (lol) That's Paige. She thinks everything is going in.

tomorrow off. Great weekend. 4 champ teams honored. Lots of players coming back and can spend time with team. Part of the program is carrying on traditions. Now that they're telling stories... some of those traditions I may not want passed on. lol

Caroline ?

If you think if you look at her comments that's what she's going to focus on. Support of teammates, program and campus. Whatever she needs to do, whatever we need to do. Chance to rest, do what docs say, gives her an opportunity. Quality of life key, basketball is second to that,
Health is most important - her life, her personal business. She's a quiet kid. Doesn't spread her life with a lot of people. Say hello, but know she's doing whatever she needs to do.

Bob: Good win... CD: Great win.
 
I didn't see a 26-point win coming in this one. When Paige went down I saw the season flash before my eyes. I was so relieved to see her back into the game and she didn't waste time letting the fans know she was okay. The half-court buzzer-beater at the half was the icing on the cake. We are starting to get some consistency on our offense...five players in double figures.

Except for Paige's 26 points the rest of the team was pretty well balanced. Eleven three-pointers...and we are doing this without Azzi and Caroline. Shooting 53 percent from the floor and 64.7 percent from three-point wasn't too shabby either. Another double-double for Aaliyah. 11 steals and only 8 turnovers...that is what they are going to need against Notre Dame. And, Ashlynn's 15 points, 3-3, 6 rebounds was a great game for the freshman.

The only downside was 50 percent from the foul line. And, our defense gave Karlen free reign in the first half. But, Geno's adjustments demonstrated why he makes the big bucks. Karlen had 19 points in the first half and only 2 in the second half.
 
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