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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 5344554, member: 7511"] Back in January of 2023, I had tickets to a UConn game at the XL Center. My wife and I arrived early enough to see the player shoot around, before the actual structured pregame warmups. UConn had just signed and redshirted Jana El Alfy for the spring semester. She had, and still has, a beautiful shooting stroke, all the way out to the 3-pt line. She is the daughter of the HC for the Egyptian national team, having played basketball from age 3. Needless to say, I was really excited as I watched Jana drain one 3 after another. Fast forward, after a missing the 23-24 season with an Achilles tear, Jana slowly but surely developed this past season to become a capable college Big. She took exactly 4 x 3-pt shots all season, making 1. While all UConn fans are hopeful that Jana can unlock her shooting touch this coming season, particularly from the arc, there is a big difference between making shots in practice and knocking them down during the pressure of games. Okot may well bridge that chasm for the Gamecocks this coming season. Time will tell. [/QUOTE]