Few Thoughts (long):
*Everybody Eats: every player who played contributed.
*A fun game to watch which was basically over by half time.
*DePaul is clearly not the team from years back. I would think that their best player (Peoples) would be maybe the 8th player in UConn's rotation (current active players).
*Paige: all world again. It is just a pure pleasure watching her do her thing. Offense with ridiculous efficiency, Defense with amazing anticipation and positioning, rebounding, passing. A complete (generational) basketball player!
*AE: unstoppable! DePaul tried containing her by trying to be physical with her and it did not work at all. She actually was fouled few more times that were not called.
*Ash: a real good game by her. Her 3-point accuracy was not there but everything else was nice! i love it that she started to drive to the basket more as when she gets to the free throw line it is automatic. 7 rebounds were really good. The only issue i had with her was shooting too early in the end of the 3rd quarter instead of holding the ball for 1 shot (which in this case because she shot too early, DePaul had an opportunity for a 3-point shot which they hit).
*Nika: her defensive job on Peoples was amazing! she took her completely out of the game. If I'm not mistaken, none of Peoples 8 points in this game, came when Nika was guarding her.
*KK: not a good game offensively but found the way to contribute in other areas (defense, rebounding, passing) which is exactly what you'd want from a player who feels it is not their day to score points.
*Ice: way too many turnovers. it was mentioned before that she needs to stop trying to dribble when she gets the ball close to the basket. Another thing is that she must learn to use the backboard when she shoots. Had some nice hustle plays but needs to play by moving her feet faster than react with her hands which causes her to foul a lot.
*Q: aside then shooting the ball from distance immediately upon entry to the game. had a decent game. she shows improvement on defense.
*Ines: the refs stole 2 points from her as there was nothing wrong with the layup which the refs decided was walking.
*Amari: now this is more of the Amari we want and need to see. Played under the basket and had some nice moves to score some points.
*FOG: Shade.
*Few things that didn't work well: what's up with the walking calls when KK or Ines start moving before dribbling. Way too many missed layups.
*Few thigs that work very well: suffocating defense, sharing the ball and the Free Throw shooting was unreal good.
*On to Marquette for a game that potentially can be challenging.