No. 2 UConn Huskies VS Dayton Flyers
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Wednesday, November 8th, 7:00 PM
XL Center, Hartford CT
TV - SNY
DAYTON | UCONN LEADS 4-0
H: 2-0 | A: 1-0 | N: 1-0
11/27/11 #2 UConn 78, Dayton 38 Storrs, Conn.
03/30/15 #1 UConn 91, Dayton 70 Albany, N.Y.
11/22/16 #2 UConn 98, Dayton 65 Storrs, Conn.
11/26/19 #4 UConn 75, Dayton 37 Dayton, Ohio
Dayton Overview
UConn played Dayton four times in their history and has won all four games. The most interesting game was an NCAA Elite Eight game in 2015. Dayton and Connecticut played close to even for the first 20 minutes, with neither team garnering more than a five-point margin. The Huskies had a five-point lead with three minutes to go in the half, but the Flyers scored the next six points to take a lead at halftime, representing the first time the Huskies had been down at the half in two seasons. The Flyers made their first four three-point attempts and hit seven of their first ten shots. In the second half, the Huskies opened with a 15–3 run to take a double-digit lead. On the next possession Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis hit a three to give her 393 in her career, an NCAA record. The 44 points given up by Connecticut in the first half is the most given up by them in the first half since 2008. Connecticut went on to win 91–70.
That is ancient history. More recently, Dayton comes into this season hoping they can improve on last season's record. That team went 7-21 and 5-10 in the A10. The good news is they have 6 of their top 7 scorers back. Or is that the bad news? You figure experience helps but not if it's bad experience.
If Tamika Williams-Jeter is as tenacious a recruiter and coach as she was a rebounder, the Flyers will be just fine. It just takes time.
They did go 4-4 their last 8 games so maybe they were getting on the right track. Hopefully there isn't a train coming at them. Oh wait. Their first game is against UConn.
Chooo Chooo!!
UCONN
are clickable to see their Bios
UConn Starters
(Last Seasons Stats)
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Dayton Flyers
Another coach from the Geno tree, Tamika has always been a fan favoite. Her year by year and career field goal percentage numbers when she played are UConn are really amazing.
She is entering her second year at Dayton. Her first season was not very good. The team was 7-21 overall and 5-10 in the A-10. She is hoping they built a foundation off of that year.
From her Bio - "Williams-Jeter has been successful at every level of basketball, both as a player and as a coach. From a stellar playing career at the top levels of high school, college, and professionally, to coaching stops at Division I powerhouses such as Kansas, Kentucky, Penn State, and Ohio State, and head coaching experience at Wittenberg and with the India National Team, she has been a winner everywhere she goes. Williams-Jeter has helped advance the game for women athletes and coaches, both domestically and internationally."
Dayton Starters
Dayton Bench
(last seasons stats)
Game Analysis
I have to admit, I have no idea who will start for Dayton. I just took the top 5 returning scorers and listed them in order.
They had a terrible season in Coach Williams' first season going 7-21. But she sure has the right attitude.
“Winning takes patience. And that’s what we learned last year. You can’t cheat that process. So coming into this year, having our returners take ownership over holding each other accountable for what they’re responsible for individually and getting 1% better every day, that’s all we’ve been talking about.”
Dayton returns six of its top seven scorers this season and has five newcomers on a 14-player roster. And they brought in some height. They will miss Sydney Freeman, who was their point guard and led the team in assists.
Just a little into on each starter
Dayton forward 6'3" Mariah Perez, a graduate student, was named to the A-10 third team. She averaged 11.9 points and 9.4 rebounds last season. No doubt she is their best player.
Leading scorer 5'10" guard Destiny Bohanon is a terrific three point shooter at 38.9 last season.
6'2" junior forward Arianna Smith led the team in FG percentage at 51.4%.
Anyssa Jones, a 5'10" guard was fourth on the team in scoring at 9.9 ppg and shot her threes at 39.1%. Keep an eye on her.
The last starter is Nayo Lear. Interesting name. A 5'10" sophomore guard. That's all i got on her.
They brought in two 6'4" freshmen, Riley Rismiller and Eve Fiala. They could see some time for sure.
Tamika has her hands full. The prior coach Shauna Green left her with the cupboard mostly empty from a NCAA tournament team in 2021-22. That team went 26-6 and 14-1 in the A-10. And beat DePaul in the first round of the NCAA tournament before losing to Georgia.
As a UConn fan I hope she does well just after this game.
I'd look for UConn to do much of what they did in the exhibition game against SCSU. Pressure the ball, get out on the break and take a ton of three point shots. It's just who this team is. Defend, rebound and run, run, run.
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Final Prediction
This year's UConn team would beat last year's 26-6 Dayton and it wouldn't be close. I don't believe this years team can keep it under 40 points. Oh, they should be better than SCSU but not by much. Only Geno holding down the score could keep the margin less than embarrassing. The players will have have something to say about that. No let up in these gals.
We all got a good idea on how good this team will be this year. Geno surprised many with his pick of Carolina Ducharme to start joining Nika Muhl, Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd and Aaliyah Edwards. That is one heck of a scoring machine. Off the bench is Aubrey Griffin, KK Arnold, Ice Brady for a championship quality rotation.
I expect them to fly out to a big lead and the reserves including Ashlynn Shade, Q Samuels, Ina Bettencourt, Amari DeBerry and Ayanna Patterson, with a game under their belt, will mainitain it.
UConn by 40+.
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