Doggy's UConn/Dayton Pregame Report

UCONN at Dayton

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Dayton, Ohio

Time: 7:00 PM

 TV: ESPN+

No. 4 UConn Huskies                                Dayton Flyers          

              5-0                                                               3-2

Prior Meetings

DAYTON | UCONN LEADS 3-0
H: 2-0 | A: 0-0 | N: 1-0 1
1/27/11 #2 UConn 78, Dayton 38 Storrs, Conn.
03/30/15 #1 UConn 91, Dayton 70 Albany, N.Y
11/22/16 #1 UConn 98, Dayton 65 Storrs, Conn.

Highlights from the most recent game

UConn has played Dayton three times in their history and has won all three. I was at the game where Dayton played a great first half in Albany at the Elite Eight game. They hit every open shot and actually led 44-43 before UConn put them away in the second half. I believe they have gone through several coaches since that game. If I'm not mistaken this could be the third coach in the last three games that they have faced.   

Overview

Dayton

Dayton is coming off a very tough overtime loss to Central Michigan 81-80. There only other loss was to No. 5 South Carolina 75-49 in a game that should be more of an indication of how the UConn game should go.   

UCONN

The Huskies come into this game at 5-0 on the season and is coming off a tough outing against Ohio State on the road. That game was much tougher than expected but Geno was very happy about the effort against the Buckeyes. This game is the middle game of a road trip that ends in New Jersey against Seton Hall.

  UCONN 

          
The player names are clickable to see their Bios

UConn Starters

5 Crystal Dangerfield

5'5" Senior Guard

3 Megan Walker

6'1" Junior Guard/Forward

13 Christyn Williams

5'11" Sophomore Guard

20 Olivia Nelson-Ododa

6'5" Sophomore Center

24 Anna Makurat
6'1" Freshman Guard

UConn Bench

10 Kyra Irwin

6'2" Senior Forward

25 Molly Bent 

5'9" Senior Guard

14 Evelyn Odebayo

6'2" Redshirt Senior Forward

44 Aubrey Griffin
6'1" Freshman Guard

TRANSFER  

22 Evina Westbrook

6' Junior Guard

OUT WITH INJURY 

32 Batouly Camara 

6'2" RS Senior Forward

UCONN TEAM STATS



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Dayton

The coaches/player's names are clickable to see their Bios

Head Coach Shauna Green

Dayton women's basketball head coach Shauna Green is entering her fourth season in charge of the Flyers' program.

University of Dayton Vice President and Director of Athletics Neil Sullivan announced that  Green would be the Flyers' new head women's basketball coach in September of 2016.

Dayton Starters

 42 Jayla Scaife

5'10" Senior Guard


4 Shakeela Fowler
5'6" Redshirt Senior Guard


5 Kyla Whitehead
6'2" Sophomore Forward


13 Julia Chandler
6'2" Redshirt Senior Forward 


01 Araion Bradshaw
5'6' Redshirt Junior Guard 

Dayton Bench

21 Erin Whalen

6'1" Redshirt Junior Forward/Guard


12 Heather Giancone
6'1" Senior Guard

 Dayton Stats

 Game Analysis

Here is another game where I haven't seen the opponent and really don't know their style of play. I don't have a lot of time to watch video, but I did watch a few minutes of the Flyer game against South Carolina. Since UConn plays the Gamecocks later in the season, it helps me with that game analysis as well.

Dayton plays exclusively a Man-to-Man defense and I didn't see much help defense. No pressure and no full court defense as well. They rely on individual players doing their job. They are not a big team but they do a great job with position rebounding. 

They are not a quick team and allowed a ton of fast break baskets for their opponent. Even on made baskets they had difficulty getting back on defense. I'd look for UConn to run a lot in this game.

Offensively, the Flyers use a lot of picks to get open for jump shots. I didn't see a lot of rolling on the picks, which surprised me. They will break when they have the chance, but it's just not in their game plan or in their ability with their team speed.

UConn has struggled getting off quickly in games. I would bet that Geno would look for his team to score early and often by running and running. Geno has said he needs them to get easy baskets, and to do that they need to run off rebounds and turnovers. 

Match ups are a problem for Dayton. They don't have anyone to guard Williams or Walker. Look for big games from them. I know, tough call on that one..lol.     

Final Prediction

Well, I've sucked at this prediction stuff so far this year. I should just say UConn will win. I'll be right most of the time. But I'll take the heat when I'm wrong. After watching Dayton a little bit, they should struggle to score a lot against the Huskies. Maybe 55. And UConn should get close to 80.

I'll say UConn by 20+.