UCONN vs Wichita State
Day: Thursday
Date: January 2nd, 2020
Location: XL Center,
Hartford, Ct.
Time: 7:00 PM
TV: SNY/ESPN3
No. 1 UConn 10-0 (1-0) Wichita State 8-5 (0-0)
Head to Head games
This is the 3rd meeting between UConn and Wichita State women's basketball teams. UConn won the first match up two years ago in a big romp, 124-43 at home and then last season 84-47 in a game in Wichita. They ran out to a big 27-5 lead after one quarter and never looked back. Collier had a big game with 32 points and Samuelson scored 18 points hitting 5-8 three point shots. UConn's two leading scorers this season Walker and Williams had 2 points and 6 points in this game. I think it might be a little different in this game.
Here is the Box Score from that game.
Game Highlights
Pregame Interviews
Overview
Wichita State
The Shockers come into this game at 8-5. They played ranked Missouri State tough before losing 68-55 and beat Oklahoma 88-83 in the only game where they shared a UConn opponent. The rest of the schedule is pretty non-descript. They had three big scoring games, with 88 points against Oklahoma and La Tech and 100 points in a win over Arkansas Pine- Bluff. They lost their first two games of the season, so they are 8-3 in their last 11 games.
UConn has moved into a familiar spot. At 10-0 they are now No. 1 in the country in both polls thanks to Stanford being upset by Texas. There has been plenty of discussion on how worthy they are for this position, so I'll just leave that alone. Let's just say that UConn seems to be getting better and better and the bench is contributing.
UCONN
The player and coaches names for both teams
are clickable to see their Bios
UConn Starters
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WICHITA STATE
A short fun intro video
Game Analysis
I found a few highlight videos for Wichita State and it helped get an idea of how they are playing this season.
They have 6 players back from last years team including 3 starters.
Their leading scorer is 5'7" guard Mariah McCully a transfer from Wabash Valley College. After sitting out a year, she just moved into the starting lineup. McCully is the only double digit scorer on the roster at 12.6 points per game.
Leading rebounder is 5'11" sophomore forward Shyia Smith at 6.1 per game. As you can tell from that low number, Wichita State is not a strong rebounding team. They only grab 36 per game.
The Shockers are a really poor shooting team. They are only 40.9% from the field and 29.6% on threes. Carla Bremaud a 5'11" sophomore guard take the most three pointers on the team at 54 and leads the team with a 33% shooting percentage. Not good. But they only take 17 per game. Not a big part of their offense.
Their assist/turnover ratio is 135/218. In case you didn't know, that is really bad. Geno (if he is coaching) might look to turn up the defensive pressure.
Wichita does like to run, but with their lack of rebounding, it's hard to get that going, They average around 10 steals per game, so that sometimes gets the running game in gear.
On defense, they looked to play mostly zone. But it was a really weak zone. It appeared in the game I watched that they were slow to the ball and left players open on the perimeter. And I can't tell you how many times is saw them let players get into open spaces in the zone for easy shots.
UConn has so many advantages, it's tough to name them all. Their biggest advantage is their size so they should be able to dominate the boards. Wichita State has one player that is 6'3" but she doesn't see much time. Their leading rebounder is only 5'11". I would look for the Huskies to get many many offensive rebounds and put back baskets.
I'm thinking this is a good game for Williams to break out. UConn should run like crazy with the rebounding advantage along with the many turnovers the Shockers will have and Williams loves to get out on the break.
Well, two years ago UConn scored 124 points. Last year only 84. But this team is on the upswing in regards to improving the offense and this should be a game where they can put up a lot of points in a short time. Especially at home.
I'm expecting a big win for the Huskies before they head out to Texas to play SMU.
UConn by 40+.
They have 6 players back from last years team including 3 starters.
Their leading scorer is 5'7" guard Mariah McCully a transfer from Wabash Valley College. After sitting out a year, she just moved into the starting lineup. McCully is the only double digit scorer on the roster at 12.6 points per game.
Leading rebounder is 5'11" sophomore forward Shyia Smith at 6.1 per game. As you can tell from that low number, Wichita State is not a strong rebounding team. They only grab 36 per game.
The Shockers are a really poor shooting team. They are only 40.9% from the field and 29.6% on threes. Carla Bremaud a 5'11" sophomore guard take the most three pointers on the team at 54 and leads the team with a 33% shooting percentage. Not good. But they only take 17 per game. Not a big part of their offense.
Their assist/turnover ratio is 135/218. In case you didn't know, that is really bad. Geno (if he is coaching) might look to turn up the defensive pressure.
Wichita does like to run, but with their lack of rebounding, it's hard to get that going, They average around 10 steals per game, so that sometimes gets the running game in gear.
On defense, they looked to play mostly zone. But it was a really weak zone. It appeared in the game I watched that they were slow to the ball and left players open on the perimeter. And I can't tell you how many times is saw them let players get into open spaces in the zone for easy shots.
UConn has so many advantages, it's tough to name them all. Their biggest advantage is their size so they should be able to dominate the boards. Wichita State has one player that is 6'3" but she doesn't see much time. Their leading rebounder is only 5'11". I would look for the Huskies to get many many offensive rebounds and put back baskets.
I'm thinking this is a good game for Williams to break out. UConn should run like crazy with the rebounding advantage along with the many turnovers the Shockers will have and Williams loves to get out on the break.
Game Prediction
Well, two years ago UConn scored 124 points. Last year only 84. But this team is on the upswing in regards to improving the offense and this should be a game where they can put up a lot of points in a short time. Especially at home.
I'm expecting a big win for the Huskies before they head out to Texas to play SMU.
UConn by 40+.
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