What's missing from some of these game analyses is the fact that UConn traveled either 3,000, 4,000, or 5,000 miles (all mentioned on the BY) with little rest and no time to recover from jet lag. They played in an extremely hostile environment against a team in whose head danced visions of sugar plums after defeating Baylor. No KLS, their best pure shooter. Yet they dominated UCLA as they have everyone else, showing no mercy (except in their usual 4th qtr. swoon). For me, Meg's 3 3-pointers in the 1st half when Gabby was being a bit too exuberant stood out. I was gobsmacked by the confident and no-hesitation shots the next great Husky put up. Pheesa's retooling, looking just like the 2016-17 model, made me jump around the room (terrifying my pets; my wife slept soundly upstairs) with joy. Gabs was great, Danger was the incarnation of MoJet. Z didn't seem to make much impact, but she did clog the lane and take down some rebounds. Kia was the real Canada, ferocious and tireless. On the whole a typical UConn beat-down: edge ahead, increase the lead, put on a death-spurt, and forget that the game has a final quarter. BUT tired as they must have been and the stress they must have faced, makes me all too willing to cut them slack for the thud at the end.
