Saturday, February 11, 2023

Doggy's Doghouse 2/11/2023

 













 




GO UCONN!!!!!

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  No. 4 UConn Huskies                                        Georgetown Hoyas

            67                                                        59

Another day, another difficult game to watch. It's not UConn basketball. Be it mental or physical fatigue, or the refs, I don't recognize this team on the court. Too many turnovers again, mostly totally unforced errors. If they take care of the ball and the refs call the fouls that actually happen, this is a 30 point win. And I'm not sure what the cure is for how poorly they are playing. 

Firsts Georgetown -      

Georgetown played an inspired game and played some really physical defense. And as long as the refs let them do it, why not? 

Only a freshman, 5'8" guard Kennedy Faunteroy was so much better in this game than the first one where she went 4-18. She was 10-16 from the field and 4-5 on threes. She scored 24 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. She was all over the court with 5 steals as well. Just a great game and bodes well for Georgetown and the Big East.   

Graceann Bennettt, a terrific 6'3" senior forward did a great job anchoring the Hoyas defense. A big body, she used it well. She had 11 points on 4-9 shooting and did a great job passing out of the post with 4 assists before fouling out. She should have fouled out by the third quarter.    

Kelsey Ransom, a 5'10" junior guard, is Georgetown's best player. In this game? Not so much. She was 2-14 from the field and 0-4 on threes.   

Kristina Moore is a 6'1" grad student. The best thing she did in this game was get Lou in foul trouble. She was 4-5 from the line and scored 6 points.   

Jada Claude, a 6' junior forward added 6 points and 4 rebounds.  

The bench didn't contribute much with 32 minutes, 7 points, 1 rebounds and 1 assist split among 3 players.

Once again UConn had to play their starters extended minutes. Juhasz and Griffin had 40 minutes each, and Muhl and Edwards had 39 each. Lopez Senechal only played 23 minutes only because of foul trouble. 

The Huskies can thank their lucky stars that they have Dorka on the team. She has been terrific this season. And she had another double double with 18 points and 15 rebounds. 

Aubrey had another terrific game, going 8-8 from the foul line and scoring 18 points in the game. She also added 4 assists. 

Edwards forced her game and that caused her to turn the ball over 8 times. The refs just refused to call fouls on her drives to the basket and she never adjusted to that. Just a mentally fatigued game for her. She did manage 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals. 

Nika scared the crap out of me when she twisted her ankle after stepping on the back of Dorka's foot. She looked in incredible pain but managed to get taped up and return to the game. She only missed a minute. It was a tough game for her as well. She was fouled several times driving to the basket without the call. Brutal. She did hit 3-5 threes. Big threes. Overall, she had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.


Lou had a terrible game. Fouling out after 23 minutes? And many of the fouls were just dumb. No doubt she is playing more fatigued than anyone else. Her knee a problem? The Huskies need her to play more like she did earlier in the season. She only had 5 points, missed all her threes and just looked out of sorts.

The bench did help in this game. Patterson needs to get some offensive confidence. She is afraid to shoot. But she really is a terror on the boards and grabbed 5 rebounds and played some good post defense. Deberry hit one three but it was an important one in the second half.

There is not much more to say about this game. Like I said, tough to watch. I'm sure there will be more games like this. And another loss would not surprise anyone.        
   
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Geno postgame Interview

Geno - SNY Postgame Interview

Dorka - SNY Postgame Interview

SNY Postgame Highlights (there were highlights?)

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You all remember 2025 commit Kelis Fisher, right? Here are some quick videos.



 

Straight from the Dog



Congrats to Maddy, who is now the Big East all time leading scorer. Wow!!

20-26 FG (77%)4-6 3 PT (67%)6-8 FT (75%)
10 rebounds 

What a game!!

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Big game Sunday. No. 1 South Carolina takes on No. 3 LSU. I'll be rooting for the Gamecocks. An LSU loss helps UConn hold on to that No. 1 seed. 

Also, I'm not a fan of Angel Reese and her antics on the court. Her licking her fingers after making a basket is just a little over the top to me. Act like you have been there before. 

I'm pretty sure the South Carolina size will be just too much for LSU to overcome.   

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Shea Ralph and her Vanderbilt Commedores are taking on Tennessee. I'm sad to say that the Lady Vols should have no trouble beating Vanderbilt. Hey, we can always hope Shea pulls a Marquette...lol.  

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