WOW Assists

[meyers7]

31 assists on 39 baskets.

Jefferson (12) and Hartley (11) join the 10 assist club. 13 is the record.

 

[chrissaran]

Amazing stats for both. UConn has a lot of great distributors, which makes them difficult to guard. As Geno said, scoring is not the problem.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I love 31 assists on 39 baskets, but I'm ok with 0 assists as long as we still get 39 baskets.

 

[UcMiami]

Wondering if Uconn has had two players with double digit assists in a single game before? I suspect not.

OK to answer my own question - just checked the 10+ club on assists. And the answer is today made Uconn history with two players in double figures in assists in the same game.
Moriah is now ties for 4th (three players have recorded 13) and Bria is now tied for 9th (4 player plus now Moriah have had 12)

And amazingly - the Uconn media guide has almost every other team game stat record except most assists in a game - that number is missing.

Interestingly - If Bria and Moriah were each to top 200 assists this year they would match Sue and Diana in the 2001-2 season at the same points in their careers (Senior/Sophmore) - the ONLY other time someone topped that mark was Jen in 1995-6

 

[meyers7]

And amazingly - the Uconn media guide has almost every other team game stat record except most assists in a game - that number is missing.

I went through the media guide twice looking for that. Wondered where 31 stacked up.

 

[DobbsRover2]

For some reason they don't have the team game assist record in the books, possibly because the early records from the pre-Geno era on that stat might have been a bit fuzzy. Don't know.

From checking just the 2000s results, I would guess the record is 34, though it would be nice to be able to check the non-Tourney box scores for the 1994-95 team that averaged 22 a game and might very well have been capable of getting into the 30s in a high-scoring game, though neither Jen Rizzotti or any teammate reached double-digits in a game that year. The 34 mark was reached against Western Michigan in the 2003-04 opener when the Huskies had 40 FGs. Next best in the 33 against Georgetown on Jan. 02, 2001. UConn also got to 32 a few times, most recently in last year's opener against Charleston, and also against Dartmouth in a 2005 tourney game.

From tourney box scores, the teams of the 1990s besides the 1994-95 team did not come close to cracking 30 assists, and in one game the total was 4 (ouch). Some of the early 2000s teams were ferocious at piling up steals, which if they lead to a solo breakaway basket will eliminate a chance for an assist on a FG.

 

[UConnCat]

UConn now has 484 assists vs 255 turnovers for an A/TO ratio of 1.89, best in the country.

 

[DobbsRover2]

And UConn has also inched closer to ND for assists per game lead, with ND at 22.1 and UConn at 22.0.

 

[Phil]

I went through the media guide twice looking for that. Wondered where 31 stacked up.

Per Pat McKenna,

we had 32 assists vs. Charleston in the season opener last year and against Dartmouth in 2005 so it is not a record.

But close.

 

[DobbsRover2]

Per Pat McKenna,

we had 32 assists vs. Charleston in the season opener last year and against Dartmouth in 2005 so it is not a record.

But close.

Yeah, thinking the 34 against Western Michigan in 2003-04 might be tops.

 

[Phil]

In the Western Michigan game, 20 of the 23 made shots in the first half were assisted. We hit almost 70% (69.7) in the first half, and 63.5% for the game. DT had 26 points.
Check out who wrote the game summary.

 

[DobbsRover2]

In the Western Michigan game, 20 of the 23 made shots in the first half were assisted. We hit almost 70% (69.7) in the first half, and 63.5% for the game. DT had 26 points.
Check out who wrote the game summary.

Can't be the same one can it? I mean our HuskyNan wouldn't be caught dead writing up something to appear on the WV SportsNetwork, would she? Must be 'EerNan impersonating her.

 

[meyers7]

In the Western Michigan game, 20 of the 23 made shots in the first half were assisted. We hit almost 70% (69.7) in the first half, and 63.5% for the game. DT had 26 points.
Check out who wrote the game summary.

A note about the crowd: when Stacey Marron entered the game, the crowd didn't cheer nor did they encourage her to shoot when she had the ball. When Marron made a three-pointer late in the game, though, the crowd gave a roar of approval.

I remember when we had that problem.

 

[DobbsRover2]

I know. Having a walk-on sub go in and pop in a late 3 is such a problem. Glad it's all in the past. The question is, how many of those who cheered Stacey on back then can even still work up a halfway audible "Thatagirl!" nowadays.

 

[Phil]

Well I let out a cheer for Lawler, but I doubt she heard mine, over the noise form the other UConn fans.