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Message: [QUOTE="DavidinNaples, post: 2454732, member: 3537"] [ATTACH=full]26681[/ATTACH] UConn entered the 4th quarter against Notre Dame down by 8 points. Within 26 seconds, the deficit was 11 points and the Huskies needed a miracle to pull out a win against the 2nd best team in the country. With two All Americans injured on the bench, it wasn't a miracle, but heart and effort that produced one of the finest 4th quarters of UConn basketball ever. Consider: 1. [B]No substitutions[/B] -[U] Geno played the best five he had left for the full 10 minutes of the 4th quarter[/U]. (Not counting the Katie Lou free throw sub with 15 seconds left. No time went off the clock.) No subs, no problem..! :cool: 2. [B]No scoring for you[/B] - For the final 9:34 of the game, the Huskies outscored ND 26-6 and turned an 11 point deficit into a nine-point victory. 3. [B]Cold, stone cold[/B] - The box score shows Mabrey, Ogunbowale and Shepard scored 21, 19 and 10 points respectively. But, 47 of those 50 points were before the 4th quarter. [U]Only 3, all by Ogunbowale, came when it mattered most[/U]. Combined, those three were 1-10 in the final 10 minutes, with 3 turnovers and 4 fouls. Burrrrr...! ;) 4. [B]No offensive rebounds[/B] - Notre Dame had 17 offensive rebounds for the whole game against the Huskies. Only 1 came in the 4th quarter and that was with 58 seconds left to play. [U]Napheesa (4) and Megan (5) Walker had 9 combined defensive rebounds to limit the Irish to one and done for the whole 4th period[/U]. 5. [B]Husky scoring - [/B]UConn scored 26 points in the 4th period without a basket from Katie Lou, Gabby or Napheesa..! :eek: No need, because they got 8 pts from Z, 7 from Kia and 2 each from Crystal and Megan. (Plus some free throws.) 6. [B]Clutch free throws[/B] - Despite playing hard the whole game, the Huskies went 7-8 from the charity stripe in the final period. Azura was 2-2, Megan 1-2 and Pheesa a perfect 4-4 to put Notre Dame away. 7. [B]Conditioning - [/B]Napheesa and Crystal played all 40 minutes of the game. Kia played 33, including virtually all the 2nd half. They dominated a tired ND squad. The camera showed Pheesa making 4 straight free throws during the last minute to play and she looked like she had just woken up from a nap. [U]The result of the 4th quarter was all about conditioning. :)[/U] Greatest 4th quarter ever..? Maybe, maybe not. Considering the opponent and the 11 point deficit, I'm putting it in the top 3. :D Go Huskies..!! [/QUOTE]

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