Last nights Games
Green Bay came back from a late deficit to beat Arizona State, 63-57. They were down nine points after Arizona State scored the first eight points of the half to lead 39-28. To their credit Green Bay didn't wither at that point and went on their own 9-2 run to cut it to 41-37.
It was back and forth with a few ties before a couple of 3 pointers by ASU's Katie Hempen put the Sun Devils back ahead 53-47 at the 5-minute mark. The Phoenix then closed the game on a 16-4 run to win going away.
Green Bay had 4 players in double figures led by RS Sophomore forward Mehryn Kraker with 19 points followed by Senior guard Megan Lukan with 13 and her sister Junior guard Kaili Lukan and Sophomore center Lexi Weitzer with 12 points each.
UWGB managed to come out on top against ASU despite going only 1-for-4 on 3-pointers and being outrebounded 34-24.
GB Quotes from the Game
Coach Borseth - "We got down nine, and then it was kind of a blur from there"
Kaili Luken - "We struggled a bit early on in the second half, but it was definitely a team win as we battled back together and pulled through in the end,"
Kaili Luken - "It's incredible that we're having the opportunity to show the basketball world what we have and we're winning these games and making it known that we are supposed to be here,"
Coach Borseth - "One thing we do is compete,"
Kaili Luken - "It's exciting to have the chance to play one of the best teams in the country. We just need to come out and play hard and show everyone that we deserve to be here. It's going to be a tough challenge for us, but we're going to take advantage of this opportunity."
UConn was clicking on all cylinders offensively in this game. After turning the ball over 23 times in their last game, UConn took much better care of the ball with only 14 TO's. UConn was led by freshman Kia Nurse and RS Sophomore with 16 points each. UConn shot a spectacular 64% in the first half and would have matched that without missing several shots in the last 5 minutes as Geno cleared the bench.
All this was done with Stewart having 4 fouls with 17 minutes left in the game. Geno let her play through this, possibly as practice to play with foul trouble in the future.
Jefferson was a dynamo in this game, playing with great intensity on defense and aggressiveness on offense. And Stokes had her best game to date with a career high SEVEN blocks.
It appears that Vanderbilt is the institution that filed the complain about Geno and Mo'ne Davis. It didn't seem to me that Geno was rubbing it in as the 39 point final margin could have been worse. UConn didn't pressure Vandy on defense for much of the second half, and cleared his bench starting at the 7 minute mark.
UConn Quotes from the game
Breanna Stewart - “Everyone picked it up and performed. There was no drop-off when someone came off the bench. Whoever came in was productive.
Stewart - “Between yesterday and building up to today, our effort and intensity throughout the game has been better than it has all season. It’s great to see because we have a long road ahead of us and we have important games coming up starting with tomorrow.”
Geno - "It was really good today. We got a lot accomplished today. We did a lot of things defensively that we wanted to do and we got a lot of people involved offensively. We’re getting a little bit of contribution from everyone and this early in the season it’s a good thing. I don’t think it was anyone in particular but everyone took their turn. Everybody had a hand in it.”
And finally Stewart again - “The fact that Morgan was out all last season and she’s back and playing the way that I know she can and showing everyone across the country that this is how Morgan Tuck plays. Kia Nurse is really coming into her own. She’s confident on the court and being more and more aggressive.”
That's it for the game reports, on to the CHAMPIONSHIP game.
UCONN vs Green Bay
Day: Sunday
Day: Sunday
Date: Nov 30, 2014
Location: Ft. Meyers, Florida
Time: 8:30
TV: SNY
Records UConn 4-1, Green Bay 5-1
Overview
UCONN
UConn is coming into this game with a few good things happening. First of all, they are hot. They are passing the ball so well so they are getting great shots and hitting them at a high rate. Secondly, they look to have settled into their starting lineup with Tuck and Nurse firmly ensconced as starters with Stokes and Chong coming off the bench. This appears to be the way they will go for the rest of the season. Stokes looks more comfortable in that role and Chong had a better game against Vanderbilt and I have a good feeling her performances will improve as she adjusts to the bench role.
The Stanford game is firmly in the read view mirror and the ND game (I had to mention it) on Saturday will tell us a lot more than this game against Green Bay.
GREEN BAY
Not too shabby in three point shooting they take almost as may as UConn and shoot a terrific 41.4%. It was curious to see that why only shot 4 in their last game, but I don't expect that to happen against UConn. Geno has called Green Bay the "Villanova" of the mid-west. And clearly would have preferred Arizona State. GB is similar to Villanova in a few ways. They like to run clock, they like to take 3's and they have a coach that puts on a show on the sidelines.
Green Bay spreads around the scoring and the rebounding with 3 players in double figure scoring. But they don't score a lot or rebound that well. That doesn't bode well for GB against UConn.
They start 3 sophomores a junior and a senior. And off the bench they have a freshman and two sophomores. Not as young as Vanderbilt, but certainly not a seasoned team.
They are not very big as well. They go 6'3 and 6'2 with two 6' players across the front line.
What they are is disciplined and smart.
11 Kia Nurse 6' Freshman Guard
Nurse had another terrific game against Vanderbilt. She scored 16 points and had 4 assists.
MPG 25.2, FG% .615, 3PT% .429, PPG 13.2, RPG 4.6, APG 3.0, 7 steals, 0
blocks
Jefferson had a great game against Vanderbilt with 12 points 5 assists and 4 steals. She was all over the court.
MPG 26.4, FG% .526, 3PT% .462, PPG 9.6, RPG 2.0, APG 5.2, 10 steals, 2 blocks
23 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis 5'11" Senior Forward
Another solid game. She plays so smartly. 14 points and 3 steals.
MPG 32.2, FG% .591, 3PT% .618, PPG 19.3, RPG 4.8, APG 2.0, 12 steals, 0 blocks
How wonderful is it to see the skills we know were there. She looks very fluid out there. She had a team leading 16 points against Vandy.
MPG 24.6, FG% .469, 3PT% .250, PPG 13.4, RPG 4.2, APG 3.4, 3 steal, 0 blocks
Foul trouble hindered her performance some, but she still managed 12 points on 6-10 shooting.
MPG 39.2, FG% .567, 3PT% .444, PPG 16.6, RPG 6.4, APG 3.4, 9 steals, 6 blocks
UConn Bench
41 Kiah Stokes 6'3" Senior Center
Kia looked better coming off the bench. She was aggressive on defense and set a personal mark with 7 blocks. She added 8 points and 7 rebounds.
MPG 21.6, FG% .538, 3PT% .000, PPG 7.0, RPG 8.4, APG 1.6, 2 steals, 18 blocks
Chong had a very good game although the stats don't jump out at you. I expect her shots to start falling soon.
MPG 25.4, FG% .472, 3PT% .370, PPG 8.8, RPG 3.6, APG 2.0, 3 steal, 2 blocks
15 Gabby Williams 5'11" Freshman Guard
Every game I see something very athletic from Williams. She is a terrific talent. 7 more points and her 3 steals stand out. She is third on the team with 8 steals.
MPG 17.0, FG% .600, 3PT% .000, PPG 7.0, RPG 5.0, APG 0.5, 8 steals, 2 blocks
UConn Complete Stats
Green Bay Starters
MPG 30.8, FG% .574, 3PT% .500, PPG 15.0, RPG 5.0, APG 1.6, 10 steals, 5 blocks
MPG 25.2, FG% .543, 3PT% .444, PPG 11.7, RPG 1.5, APG 1.7, 8 steals, 2 blocks
14 Megan Lukan 5'7" Senior Guard
MPG 30.5, FG% .353, 3PT% .111, PPG 7.5, RPG 3.8, APG3.9, 10 steal, 0 blocks
4 Kaili Luken 5'10" Junior Guard
MPG 32.0, FG% .491, 3PT% .429, PPG 10.0, RPG 2.0, APG 3.6, 9 steals, 0 blocks
44 Maria Monke 6'2" RS Sophomore Forward
MPG 15.3, FG% .350, 3PT% .333, PPG 2.8, RPG 4.5, APG .5, 2 steals, 1 blocks
Green Bay Bench
33 Lexi Weitzer 6'3" Sophomore Center
MPG 17.0, FG% .667, 3PT% .500, PPG 4.3, RPG 2.8, APG .5, 6 steals, 3 blocks
24 Allie LeClaire 5'10" Freshman Guard
MPG 23.7, FG% .389, 3PT% .294, PPG 8.8, RPG 1.7, APG 3.0, 2 steals, 1 block
55 Sam Terry 6' Sophomore Forward/Guard
MPG 22.0, FG% .387, 3PT% .357, PPG 7.2, RPG 2.5, APG 0.7, 5 steal, 1 block
Final Analysis
This guy is NUTS!!!! Enjoy the sideline show today.
I'm pretty sure it won't matter. The only comparison game is Vanderbilt. UConn won by 39. Green Bay lost in OT to Vandy 68-64. They took 36 three's making only 8. If they take that many and hit a higher percentage, they can keep it closer. But UConn is too quick on the perimeter to allow that to happen.
I believe that Green Bay will slow it down enough and hit enough 3's to make it closer than the Vandy game. It should be a 25+ point win for UConn.
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