Last night, Sarah was held to less than 13 points in a game for the first time in her college career or perhaps it would be best put that she just didn't score like she normally does. She seemed to lack any aggressiveness, mostly just holding the ball, looking for someone to pass the ball to. One time she did drive the ball inside for a successful layup but only once. I firmly believe that she could drive the ball successfully a dozen times a game if she would only recognize how difficult she is to defend. She has size and skills which remind me of Derrick Henry. When she drives, she intimidates and has shown, IMO an unstopability that she needs to exploit far more often than she has been. And the more often she would establish her inside credibility, the more she would be open for her other shooting skills to show. It is so frustrating seeing her prefer to set screens for others when she could be driving inside instead from nearly anywhere on the court. Just my opinion.....
What Sarah could learn from Derrick Henry
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PacoSwede
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poor excuse for passivity. it seems chronic on this team. are coaches trying to address this, OR encouraging it (maybe unintentionally)? sarah is just a freshman, she needs direction.
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C'mon, each of the starters played only 20-24 minutes. Sarah score 6 points, Paige 12, Azzi 13, so why single out Sarah when all three of our top scorers were beneath their averages? You know, sometimes a player just isn't feeling well or maybe something else is in the way of an all out effort. We won,, relatively easily and that is what's important.
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Where do you come up with this stuff, Derrick Henry????? You all seem to think that nobody can have an off game, due to two early fouls, or that the coaching staff is not doing their jobs. Or maybe the other team, no matter their record, was actually able to accomplish some of their goals, such as using as much time as they could on offense in order to keep us out of our rhythm for long periods of time. How many 30 clock violations did they have or come close to have. Just because UConn may have been aware of the game plan doesn't mean that they could successfully execute their plan, especially playing all available players.
Now I guess this will swerve into another "how will be able to match up against...?" UFB.
Now I guess this will swerve into another "how will be able to match up against...?" UFB.
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I didn't think Sarah was off her game yesterday. I think she focused on defense more than usual and probably because Geno told her to. This is something a coach can do when he has two other elite scorers on the team. I can think of one way Sarah is like Derrick Henry: opposing players bounce off her. This happens almost every game. An opposing player drives into the lane and runs into Sarah and she doesn't move an inch. This is exactly how strong she really is.
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Sarah was hardly passive. She just didnt shoot as much but she played aggressive on defense and set a lot of screens.
This is what I have been talking about, nitpicking negativity of our players. Uconn won the game going away and the bench was great with Ashlynn and Morgan in their play. I thought the team did what they had to do and got it done. It's a lot more enjoyable and rewarding when you tout the good the players achieved and not nitpick. GO FRESHMEN!!!! GO SOPHOMORES!!!! GO HUSKIES!!!!!!