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Message: [QUOTE="huskyd, post: 3036125, member: 6488"] Right on, Tony. Very important win. I call this game the “tipping point” for UConn, and things definitely “tipped” their way. Though Lou and 'Pheesa scored a bunch, this was really a team effort. Everyone contributed something. The chemistry, lacking for most of this season, was tremendous: it was pretty to watch and fun for the players. Happy Geno found good use of Liv, whose hands are really excellent. She still doesn't go to the hoop with gusto, but she seems to be trying. Coach was beside himself with praise for his freshman center. Christyn seemed especially happy as she bounced all over the place asserting herself (sometimes too energetically during her fly-bys) nonstop. The D continues to be a work in progress. While the Huskies banked a load of points in the last three games, two of its opponents scored more than seventy. UConn's defensive underbelly remains soft, so it's fairly easy for the enemy to stop and pop uncontested from around the key. Those baskets are way too easy, whereas teams that shoot successfully from beyond the arc are pretty unstoppable. I hope the dynamic, energetic play of the last handful of games will tamp down opponents' scoring, and that UConn won't have to get into shoot-outs, which are unpredictable. Well done, Huskies. We may have something to say about the NC after all . . . [/QUOTE]