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Message: [QUOTE="DavidinNaples, post: 2636566, member: 3537"] [ATTACH=full]29556[/ATTACH] The Huskies had not yet finished the handshake line, after the St. Francis victory, when the criticism of Geno started... "He ran up the score." "UConn is bad for the game." "He played the starters too long." :rolleyes: The only evidence for the complaints and charges was the score, 140-52. Many of the critics had not even seen the whole game or analyzed the action. The Geno haters and UConn detractors had a field day with tweets, news articles, and posts on team websites. They were all wrong, of course, but this group never lets facts get in the way of their narrative. So here are 7 facts to set the record straight, not that it will matter to some. 1. [U]St. Francis took 57 three point shots because that is how they play, every game.[/U] In fact, this season, St. Francis took 1,152 threes. By comparison, UConn took 678. Jessica Kovatch, for St. Francis, was the 2nd leading scorer in the nation and took 372 threes all by herself. That is 200 more threes than Katie Lou tried this year. (176). 2. [U]St. Francis runs a fast-paced offense. and has all season[/U]. This season, they averaged 72 shots per game and ranked 3rd in the country for the fastest pace on offense. Against UConn, they took 81 shots and over 70% were taken with less than 15 seconds gone on the shot clock. Their game plan was to run and shoot threes, quickly. 3. [U]Azura led Uconn in scoring with 26 points and played only 15 minutes[/U]. Napheesa was 2nd in scoring with 25 points and saw only 17 minutes of action. You don't run up the score with the two leading scorers playing less than half the game each. Of the other starters, Gabby had 22 minutes, Katie Lou played 24 and Crystal was on the court for 21 minutes. Kia played 29 minutes, but scored 0 points in the 3rd or 4th periods. 4. [U]In this game, UConn's bench played more minutes (87), took more shots (45) and scored more points (62) than in any other game this season[/U]. Geno maximized his use of the bench, despite the starters not having played in 10 days and having another game Monday. 5. [U]With the fast pace of St. Francis, UConn was able to take 91 shots[/U]. (Against UCF, which slowed the game down, the Huskies took 54 shots.) [B]Of the 91 shots, starters took 46 and the bench took 45[/B]. 6. [U]St. Francis lost 9 games this season and gave up 2,455 points[/U]. Those losses include Southeast Missouri State (who scored 82 pts), Columbia (who scored 94 pts) and William & Mary ( who scored 92 pts). Is anyone surprised UConn scored 140..?? ;) 7. [U]St. Francis took 81 shots, but only made 18 baskets[/U]. On their 63 misses, they only had 8 offensive rebounds. UConn grabbed 54 defensive rebounds. More scoring and better rebounding by St. Francis would have slowed UConn's offensive and held the score down a bit. Geno called off the full court press, stopped running the fast break and had the ball walked up the court in the 2nd half. None of that will stop the critics from complaining. Haters gonna hate..!! :rolleyes: The final words on the results from this game are best summed up by the St. Francis coach, who said, [I]"UConn did not “run the score up”. They played the game the way it should be played. They competed every possession, no matter the situation, opponent, or the score. They respected us & the game by doing that. And our team did the same. Competed every possession." [/I] [B]Go Huskies..!![/B] [/QUOTE]

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