Hard to tell as her minutes seem less and she isn't paired with the starters. Two things might help her, keeping her arms vertical and closing out on a player she has switched to. Too often she plays a long hedge and the opposing player is open for a three pointer. Jana rebounding position looks good and she calls for the ball well. With playing the second group though it seems harder to get her the ball down low.
They announcers thought they were doing studio analysis. They weren't even watching the game.
A thought on Serah’s game today. She rebounded effectively and played really well on defense. Her shot misses from point blank range are mystifying. I’m hoping that she fixes that soon, because if and when Serah finds her offense, She elevates UConn to another level.
I think Geno wants to get her going. It seems to me that she’s suffering a crisis of confidence
By a new trinity, do you mean a new trio of Azzi, Sarah and Blanca?
Ice is still injured.
She was more aggressive today, which was great. Once Serah starts making the bunnies, look out.
Yup. But tell me there is a 4th contender. Sareh may slip in but I need to see more.
Agree with most of your observations, Eric, especially touting Blanca's upside. She is wonderfully athletic, and, if she'd stop trying to do so much, she'd be more effective. I'd really like to see her starting games to accelerate her development and because of Serah's disappointing work, which you described well. With the players on this team, giving Blanca more play time is the best move at the moment.
We scored 12 points in the Second quarter and Utah scored 11. I wouldn't call that "Perfect" anything.
Should Geno play Sarah and Azzi 40 minutes a game so fans don’t hyperventilate about winning a quarter by “only” one point?
As usual, an on-point overview of the game, oldude. Yes, Blanca, if she stop thinking she's an NFL RB and stop blasting into the opponent, she might well become our third scorer. As one poster pointed out, Serah seems too rushed, that's why she misses so many bunnies--just relax. I see Blanca getting more and more minutes for sure..
I don't think that scoring 12 points in the second quarter by this team is perfect. But obviously I'm in the minority.
Agreed! Her offense is going to come. Meanwhile, Serah's defense is EXCELLENT. That one play where she moved from defending the guard on the perimeter, to blocking the shot at the rim? Not many bigs can keep lateral pace with a player to the basket like that. Her offense will come, defensively she's very good and I was glad to see her rebounds step up today.
These two had me gritting my teeth from the openig qtr. Watched with the mute on.
With all due respect, missing one three in the first half is not exactly “struggling”! There is no question in my mind that Allie will be a very solid (at minimum) player for us ( maybe this year but certainly her final two). If she can get it going like she’s capable of from three, she’ll be a solid b/u for Azzi.
Despites Geno's calm demeanor, they probably got a tongue-lashing after Friday's game. Today they came out like they didn't want another tongue-lashing. The defense was once again like piranhas on a roast.
People complain that Geno doesn’t develop the bench but when he does put them in and they don’t blow away the opponent, fans complain about the scoring, turnovers, etc.
The female announcer astutely mentioned that the Huskies’ spacing was not giving Serah the room she needed. UConn needs to space the court better to draw defenders out of the post. Too many times, Serah gets the ball while she’s surrounded by three defenders
According to Sports Reference, Haley Cavinder holds the FT percentage season record as a junior at Fresno State in 2021-22 at .973. Records only go back to 1981-82.
