Xavier Postgame Thread

[ConnMotors]

Am not sure what is wrong with Azzi but she better get back on the Home Page. She is slipping and fading. I really want her name of the wall. But her game has to return and it needs to start against Tennessee.

 

[mhshuskies]

Every time there was a sub, I expected the Xavier to be wearing those damn ears you can get in Orlando.

 

[WBBZen]

Historic night from Allie. Ash and K9 also played their best games of the season imo. They really looked incredibly confident out there.

Great to see those three step up when Azzi was off her game tonight. In post game, Geno said she wasn’t 100% and seemed to imply she has been sick.

Hope everyone can heal up injuries and sicknesses before Sunday!

 

[Huskie837]

Quarters 2. 3. 4 were a clinic. Allie was absolutely sensational, and demonstrated why she was 2x Wisconsin player of the year. Strong was her usual - just so consistently good. Heckel did her best impression of Shade, who did her best impression of Heckel. Those two are the horsepower that drove the engine tonight. KK was solid as usual on offense and defense. Some good minutes from Jana, who just misses too many close up. Did anyone notice how Caroline was keeping Jana cool after she was angry for coming out after missing an easy one? Azzi, well, if was an off night, although I think she is pressing and rushing her shots!

Caroline is a coach one day....

 

[Huskee11]

Fun night at Gampel, I really liked Aaliyah’s speech before the game and the tributes she received on scoreboard video from Nika and Paige. Classy.

That first quarter was weird but the universe reset itself soon enough. 9 steals by Shade, I loved how UConn was doubling players from behind in the paint and ripping it away before the referee could call a jump ball. Also coming up with all the 50-50 balls on the floor.

I have seen two UConn players make 10 threes in person now, KLS and Allie. They seem to me to have very similar shooting styles, and it is very cool to see a shooter in the zone. Everyone in the arena knew that Allie’s tenth one was going in. Money!

 

[1974yankees]

Maya Moore has the highest score of UConn, 46 pts, 1998 vs. Stanford.
And Maya's 3036 pts at UConn 4 years is also a record.

UConn Huskies women's basketball statistical leaders - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I was at the game against Syracuse when she scored 40 something. I think it was the record at the time.

 

[Stagnant]

I feel like K9 got every assist for Allie. So kudos to her for knowing to find the hot hand.

 

[todbo]

And so the bench outscored Xavier.

 

[REB1094]

Allie: 34 points in 29 minutes
Xavier: 39 points in 49 minutes

Welcome to the party!

 

[Zanzman]

I was at the game against Syracuse when she scored 40 something. I think it was the record at the time.

Sales set the record in 1997 maya was aftwr that

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I feel like K9 got every assist for Allie. So kudos to her for knowing to find the hot hand.

The "she's in a zone" only appeared as the 9th fell through!

 

[Kat]

“I trust her, to a point. Not like, with my life, but I trust her. Sarah Strong, I trust her with my life. Ash isn’t there yet.” --Geno

 

[HuskyNan]

Am not sure what is wrong with Azzi but she better get back on the Home Page. She is slipping and fading. I really want her name of the wall. But her game has to return and it needs to start against Tennessee.

She’s a human being and not perfect every night. I don’t feel we should expect her to be

Geno said “some stuff” was going through the team - a cold or flu, maybe? Azzi looked not herself last night. I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s under the weather

 

[mhshuskies]

Geno tinkering, at one point had 5 guards (KK, Ash, Kayleigh, Azzi and Allie) on the floor with Allie playing the “big”.

 

[Blakeon18]

Scoring record: I believe Nykesha's 46 still stands.
Fun: She got that early in the season against an excellent Stanford team...neutral
court...maybe in Florida...bigtime TV game. It might have been in her soph or junior year.
The crowd had some Stanford fans in it. Nykesha's performance was SO good that they gave her a standing ovation
when Geno pulled her near the end. Great gesture of sportsmanship by those fans.

Vandeveer was ticked. When Nykesha selected UConn over Stanford [and others] the coach declared
that Stanford has gotten 5 Nykesha's in that same class. Their recruiting class that year was great but it came across as a bit of a putdown of Sales ...Geno wasn't pleased. Dropping a ton of points against Stanford and hearing her own fans
giving her an ovation seemed some nice payback.

For quite a while she and Geno had a somewhat frosty relationship...one other factor was Vandeveer not treating
Rebecca Lobo with proper respect when she wasn't pleased with Lobo being on that 1996 Olympic team.