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Surly1 said:
UConn has had some great defensive teams in the past, but I doubt there has been a player like Blanca that Geno could bring off the bench with her athletic skills and immediately impact the game. She will be an absolute terror on both ends of the court come tourney time.

Most times when Azzi is mentioned after a game, it usually has to do with her impeccable shooting. However, her defensive job on Jazzy Davidson was splendid. Azzi was so close to Jazzy, she heard her thoughts.

At this stage, UConn's team defense is ahead of its offense. Let that sink in. When the offense catches up, UConn will be a team with few weaknesses.
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Nykeaha Sales was more dominant her freshman year off the bench
 
Stagnant said:
Yeah; by her standards. She was really off today. She lost her balance a few times. She didn’t catch the ball clean a few times. Very unusual.
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I think it was the travel. it's a lot. Once she got going in the second half it was a different story.
donalddoowop said:
I think Strong could have done anything she wanted to do if it was necessary.
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She still had 14 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks and one of them was a definite "nasty".
 
topogigio said:
After the first few minutes, I mentioned to Mrs. Gigio that Sarah did not look right. She said "she looks pale" (Mrs. Gigio is very good at TV diagnosis'). Sarah was definitely not running on all cylinders, but kept clawing away and doing her best. A solid team backside beating on the opponents home court. Defense was outrageous, and Azzi shut Davidson down. Blanca is really special, Ash has her sniper scope working along with Azzi, and KK runs the show on high speed.
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That may have been it with Sarah. TV diagnoses are always the most accurate!
 
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I was sitting there watching the 3rd quarter and thought that we were really discombobulated and barely getting by during "another one of those 3rd quarters". Then at the end of the quarter I saw where we scored 30 our highest scoring of the game. I guess it might have been because I was used to seeing USC actually scoring.
I too thought that Serah was having a terrific game and then she missed two FTs and she was taken out.
I will repeat what others have posted, Azzi put on a defensive clinic guarding Davidson, she didn't reach double digits until there was about 3 minutes left in the game. I think Azzi was resting on our bench.
Was really happy to see the after game handshake line between Kayleigh and the USC coaches, each seemed good about it and respectful.
 
Just another well played game by the NO 1 team in the country. This game showed Uconn is ready defensively to take on the elite teams and our scoring will get better with the coming games in the Big East. 10 and 0. A VERY good start and Uconn's new players are for real and contribute big time.The Mission ...... Win the NCAAQ National Title. The Answer....... UCONN accepts wholeheartedly and will not let Huskies fans down... GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!
 
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Just another well played game by the NO 1 team in the country. This game showed Uconn is ready defensively to take on the elite teams and our scoring will get better with the coming games in the Big East. 10 and 0. A VERY good start and Uconn's new players are for real and contribute big time.The Mission ...... Win the NCAAQ National Title. The Answer....... UCONN accepts wholeheartedly and will not let Huskies fans down... GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!
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Zanzman said:
Jana’s foul on a a screen with a out 5 minutes left worse call all night she was planted for 3 seconds the girl backed into her
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Actually the foul should have been on Azzi who shoved the USC player into Jana. That said, a lot of times when USC players fell we were called for nonexistant fouls.
 
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Basingstoke said:
I got Michigan flashbacks during the 3rd and fourth quarters because of, what seemed like, innumerable bunnies missed - on the other hand, USC had no one going super nova on us...
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Strange the number of layups missed by so many of our players. Other than Sarah, our players seem to rush their layups. The second half was difficult to watch with USC players nearly always falling down to get an easy whistle, foul or not. It seems like too many fouls are being called away from the ball.

The first half for many games is clinic basketball. Our defense is a thing of beauty. Geno has the players to run other teams into a tizzy. Our guards seem to love playing defense and getting turnovers. Several of our players had outstanding games today including Shade, Serah, #4 and KK. Wow.
 
victor64 said:
Love the Kobe’s the players wore!

-you have to look hard to find anything to even nit pic with this defensive performance. They just never allow an easy look.

-Advantage Azzi in the head to head matchup against Jazzy.

-Ash kept her streak alive of getting at least one offensive rebound in every game. She probably had her best game of the year.

-It is a stat that not even DavidInNaples would have but I wonder how many times Ash has ended a quarter or half with a basket in her career. I bet a half dozen at least.

-Blanca continues to demonstrate that she is a difficult guard for any defender off the dribble. Especially when the defender is a big.

-K9 seemed to press in her return to Los Angeles but redeemed herself with a spectacular up and under at the end.

-With each passing game, Serah provides clues as to why she was the BIG 10 defensive player of the year.

-Maybe it is non conference and still early but nobody seems to follow Michigan’s lead and play zone.

-It seemed USC was getting some home court advantage with calls. It didn’t affect the outcome but all the Trojans had to do was fall and they got a call.

-It is weird to say, but by her standards, Sarah had an off day.


A little ragged in the second half but overall, this team seems to get better and better. Especially on defense.
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I agree that Sarah had an off day and that, in the end, it was a fine game for ASH. Let's also note how good Blanca was on defense. Coach seemed to hold back using both Heckel and Allie. Not sure why. Williams still missing some baskets from underneath which look makable. Nice that she made 12 footer early. Geno played Caroline earlier than usual, and earlier than some who have been ahead of her on depth chart. I wonder if she is starting to find herself, a bit more, in practice.
 
You know when your all-American player has ok game that wasn't statistically dominant and we beat a ranked team with ease, that the team understands the assignment. Some days you just don't have your best stuff but you grind and your teammates pick up the slack. UCONN is a vibe and the vibe is good!!!
 
Stagnant said:
The end of the third quarter was rough. All of a sudden a barrage of points for USC. I think the refs changed the way they were calling the game and defensively… we didn’t really know what to do when that happened.
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I agree.
They were oo busy laughing how easy the game went.
 
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freshler40 said:
Strange the number of layups missed by so many of our players. Other than Sarah, our players seem to rush their layups. The second half was difficult to watch with USC players nearly always falling down to get an easy whistle, foul or not. It seems like too many fouls are being called away from the ball.

The first half for many games is clinic basketball. Our defense is a thing of beauty. Geno has the players to run other teams into a tizzy. Our guards seem to love playing defense and getting turnovers. Several of our players had outstanding games today including Shade, Serah, #4 and KK. Wow.
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#4 ???????????????????? Blanca Quiñonez.
 
I just finished watching the game and I need to read the posts but I'm confident the comments have well covered the goings on so I'll just add my impressions.

Going into the game I was curious how we would respond playing against a pretty good team. Pretty dang well I'd say. Real well.

That was the best defensive game I've seen any UConn team play. USC just never had any breathing room. For the whole game. Just awesome.

This is a TEAM. They played at a level you want to see in February. They absolutely schooled USC.
 
EricLA said:
Even tho the score said blowout, it sort of didn't feel like that for much of the 2nd half. Credit to USC. We got the lead up to 39 and then the wheels fell off for a while. But the first half was elite.

On the good side:
  • The defense was mostly incredible
    • Allowing 9 points in Q1 and 8 in Q2 was incredible
  • Azzi, Ash, and Blanca all had nice games.
    • Azzi's defense on Jazzy was elite.
    • I thought Blanca showed why she is one of the top 5 freshmen in the country
  • The ball movement was often really good. Lots of assists.
  • Serah continues to improve
  • KK is just so good. She could score 0 and still be a huge asset on the floor.
  • I thought Jana had some nice moments
On the not so good side:
  • We only got about 70% of Sarah Strong
  • Not a good game for Kayleigh or Allie
  • Poor Caroline. LOVE her, but so far this season, she's been overmatched in almost every situation on the floor.
  • I never complain about the refs. They were awful.
I was surprised at the amount of 1 on 1 play from USC. London Jones has never seen defense like this before. I thought the decision from them to full court press almost to the end against all our subs was an unfortunate decision by their coach. Kennedy Smith is good, Jazzy is going to be good as well.
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Not sure how Allie had a poor game? She was only on the floor for 7 minutes. She had one nice assist and if she made some major boo boo
I didn’t see it. I was wondering myself why she didn’t get more time? I assume she did something Geno was not happy with but I’m not sure what it was.
 
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They seem to have a couple games a year where the refs were abysmal. This one was for the record books. Awful officiating.

Defense was top shelf. Offense was a bit off. I’m going to invest stock in rabbit farms. Lots of bunnies hanging around.

My wife said I bet Sarah doesn’t feel good. Looks like she was right.

I think Marquette will be tougher than USC. Go UConn!
 
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