DoggyDaddy's UConn/Colgate PreGame Report - Stewart's Homecoming Game







 

UCONN at Colgate

Day: Wednesday

Date: December 9th, 2015

Location:Cotterell Court

Time: 7:00

TV: SNY/ESPN3

 

 

                                         

 

No. 1 UConn Huskies                                            Colgate Raiders

           6-0                                                                                                      1-5

Prior Meetings

 

UConn 4 Colgate 0
 

H: 3-0; A: 0-0; N: 1-0

12/3/89 W 61-49 N

11/27/93 W 103-45 H

11/16/06 W 81-37 H

11/28/12 W 101-41 H

 

UConn Starters

 

11 Kia Nurse

6' Sophomore Guard

   

 

2015-16 Stats

   6 Games - MPG 27.0, FG% .463, 3PT% .357, PPG 9.2, RPG 2.8, APG 2.8, 10 steals, 1 blocks

4 Moriah Jefferson
5'7" Senior Guard

 

 

2015-16 Stats

   6 Games - MPG 32.0, FG% .648, 3PT% .353, PPG 13.3, RPG 2.7, APG 5.8, 17 steals, 0 blocks

3 Morgan Tuck
6'2" RS Junior Forward

 

2015-16 Stats

   6 Games - MPG 31.2, FG% .440, 3PT% .286, PPG 14.3, RPG 6.8, APG 3.8, 5 steals, 2 block

 

30 Breanna Stewart 
6'4" Senior Forward

 

2015-16 Stats

   6 Games - MPG 31.5, FG% .624, 3PT% .400, PPG 24.2 RPG 8.8, APG 3.0, 10 steals, 18 blocks

 

 

15 Gabby Williams
5'11" Sophomore Forward

   

 

2015-16 Stats

   6 Games - MPG 19.7, FG% .610, 3PT% .000, PPG 9.3 RPG 8.3, APG 1.5, 13 steals, 5 blocks

UConn Bench

 

 

51 Natalie Butler
6'5" RS Sophomore Center

I really believe this will be the first time we get to see Butler in action. I have never seen her play in a real game, so I am really looking forward to this as is all of Husky Nation

 

12 Saniya Chong
5'8" Junior Guard

 

 

2015-16 Stats

   6 Games - MPG 13.3, FG% .412, 3PT% .364, PPG 3.7, RPG 1.3, APG .5, 0 steals, 1 block

 

 

 

33 Katie Lou Samuelson

6'3" Freshman Guard/Forward

 

 

2015-16 Stats

   6 Games - MPG 18.5, FG% .439, 3PT% .321, PPG 8.2, RPG 2.8, APG 2.0, 6 steals, 0 blocks
 

24 Napheesa Collier
6'1 Freshman Forward/Guard

 

2015-16 Stats

   6 Games - MPG 17.2 FG% .520, 3PT% .000, PPG 5.8, RPG 5.3, APG 0.5, 3 steals, 1 blocks

 

22 Courtney Ekmark

6' Sophomore Guard

  

2015-16 Stats

   4 Games - MPG 10.0, FG% .600, 3PT% .500, PPG 2.0, RPG 1.0, APG 1.3, 1 steal, 1 block

 

20 Tierney Lawlor

5'7" Junior Guard

2015-16 Stats

   4 Games - MPG 2.8, FG% 1.000, 3PT% 1.000, PPG 1.7, RPG 0.3, APG 0.3, 0 steals, 0 blocks

22 Briana Pulido 
5'7" Senior Guard

2015-16 Stats

   3 Games - MPG 2.3, FG% .000, 3PT% .000, PPG 0.0, RPG 0.0, APG 0.3, 0 steals, 0 blocks

Out for the game

35 De'Janae Boykin

6'2" Freshman Forward

 

UCONN TEAM STATS





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Head Coach Nicci Hays Fort
 

"Every year, we strive to play teams that have participated in postseason play, thus challenging ourselves to compete against some of the most competitive teams regionally,"
 
Boy, she wasn't kidding.
 
Hays Fort has compiled 15 years of college coaching experience at every level of NCAA basketball.

She arrived in Hamilton after serving as the associate head coach at DePaul University under the mentorship of successful head basketball coach Doug Bruno. The Blue Demons were 112-54 (.675) during her association with the program, having helped guide the team to an NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance, five NCAA tournaments and a top-10 national ranking. 

 

Colgate Starters

25 Josie Stockill

6'3" Senior Forward

 

2015-16 Stats

 6 games - MPG 33.2, FG% .543, 3PT% .750, PPG 14.7, RPG 6.5, APG 1.5, 2 steals, 27 blocks

 

13 Katie Curtis

5'6" Junior Guard 

 

 

2015-16 Stats
6 games - MPG 21.2, FG% .267, 3PT% .267, PPG 4.0, RPG 2.3, APG 2.3, 8 steals, 0 blocks

 

14 Paige Kriftcher

 5'9" RS Junior Guard

 

   

2015-16 Stats
6 games - MPG 29.8, FG% .337, 3PT% .225, PPG 13.0, RPG 3.5, APG 2.0, 6 steals, 0 blocks

 

 

 

23 Tori Pozsonyi

6'1" Sophomore Forward 

 

 2015-16 Stats

6 games - MPG 18.2, FG% .444, 3PT% .000, PPG 3.0, RPG 2.8, APG .2, 8 steals, 1 block
 

3 Randyll Butler

 5'8" Senior  Guard

 

 

2015-16 Stats

6 games - MPG 25.7, FG% .333, 3PT% .000, PPG 5.2, RPG 9.2, APG 5.2, 8 steals, 1 block

 

  

 

Colgate Bench 

 

 

12 Ariel Etheridge

5'8" Sophomore Guard

    

 

2015-16 Stats
7 games - MPG 15.3, FG% .289, 3PT% .231, PPG 6.3, RPG 2.0, APG 1.2, 4 steals, 0 blocks

  

0 Mylah Chandler

 5'11" Freshman Forward

    

 

2015-16 Stats
6 games - MPG 12.5, FG% .500, 3PT% 1.000, PPG 4.8, RPG 2.3, APG .7, 4 steals, 6 blocks

 

11 Kateri Stone

 6'1" Sophomore Guard

    

 

2015-16 Stats
6 games - MPG 23.2, FG% .345, 3PT% .233, PPG 9.2, RPG 2.5, APG .2, 5 steals, 3 blocks

 

 Game Analysis

  

I just can't do an Analysis of this game. Colgate was nice enough to schedule UConn to allow Breanna Stewart to have a homecoming game in Upstate New York so all her family and friends can come see her. Sadly, Syracuse would not schedule the game with UConn. Geno won't say it but I will. Their coach is a coward.

 

Colgate is overmatched in every single area that you can think of. It would be a disservice to them to explain why in detail. I'll jut say that they shoot only 37.8% from the field, 26.1% on threes and they have more turnovers than assists.  

 

UConn will make those numbers worse. That being said, maybe they go 15-20 on threes. Nah.....

 

The only two questions for UConn are:

 

Will Butler get minutes?

Does starting Samuelson in the second half of the ND game mean she is starting over Williams?

 

Final Prediction

It all depends on how nice Geno wants to be. I'm sure he will do his best to keep the score kinda reasonable. But unless he tells his team not to fast break, press and trap, UConn will score 100 points and Colgate won't get more than 40.

 

So, I guess I'm saying a 60+ point win. A good game to work on things and get Butler ready for minutes against Florida State in the next game.