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Message: [QUOTE="Huskee11, post: 3782117, member: 7171"] I realize it is early to draw season by season comparisons but I am finding some trends in the shooting department to be interesting. Our overall shooting percentage, 56.6%, is far better than last season`s 47.9%. That is in spite of the fact that our three point percentage this season, 34.5%, is worse - 40.0% last season. Our shooting percentage this season on two pointers is an astounding 64.8%, up from 52.3% from last season. Three pointers comprise only 27% of our total shot attempts, compared to 35% last year. In comparison to 2017-2018 and 2018-2019, we are also shooting a lower three point percentage, higher two point and overall percentages, and we are relying on the three less. Somewhat surprisingly though, the 34.5% three point percentage is only slightly less than the three point percentage for 2018-2019, 36.4%. Those numbers reveal what we already see - a team less reliant on the three, with a number of shooters who can make the three but haven`t found the groove just yet. It also shows that we have an improved inside game - ONO and Edwards primarily. I think it also shows that we have more players this year - Paige, Evina, and an improved and more active CW - who can put the ball on the floor and get to the hoop or in the lane for high percentage shots rather than settling for spot up outside jumpers. "Create off the dribble." It is worth focusing on this, since it is not a dimension we have seen a lot of from UConn in recent years. It might be the kind of thing that gets us over the top in big games. I also noticed some quirky stats from the Villanova game: Every starter had at least 3 points, 3 assists and 6 rebounds. Four of the starters had either 7 or 8 field goals and between 17-19 points. Everyone who played more than one minute scored, had at least one rebound, at least one steal, and at least one turnover. Only three players accounted for our total of 10 fouls (4, 4, and 2), and only one player accounted for our 3 blocks. [/QUOTE]

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