Sunday, February 4, 2024

Doggy's Doghouse 2/5/2024

 









 

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GO UCONN!!!!!


I'm a little distracted today. We put our home in Bloomfield on the Market and we are becoming Florida residents! There was an open house on Saturday and there were several showings after and some Sunday. It's a little nerve racking. We are in Florida while this is happening. Our realtor will be calling tonight hopefully with some offers. So, excuse the brevity in the Sunday night blog.   

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I'm sure this is not the way Geno expected this game to roll out. First, I have to give St. John's credit. They played the Huskies tough in the first quarter, only down 21-17. However, UConn pulled away, outscoring the Johnnies 21-12 in the second quarter  to take a 42-29 lead. 

Paige hit a three pointer out of the gate in the third quarter and then the Huskies took a 49-31 lead on 2 free throws and a jumper by Edwards. It was 57-37 with 2:40 left in the quarter, but more credit to St. John's, the went on a 12-3 run to close to 60-49.

There's more. St. John's scored the first 4 points of the fourth quarter to close to to 7 points and it looked like a game. Paige said "uh, uh" and scored the next 7 points to restore a 14 point lead. The Huskies were never threatened again with St. John's oinly closing to 9 points a few times before the final of 78-63.

This was basically the Paige and Aaliyah show for the Huskies. Unusual for no one else to contribute more points but sometimes you have to rely on your stars. And boy did they come through. They had 59 points between them and 18 of UConn's 19 fourth quarter points. Wow!

Paige played 36 minutes, scored 26 points and was 9-17 from the field. Only 1-3 on threes, she was 7-7 from the FT line. She also had 5 rebounds and 3 assists. And an unusually sloppy 5 turnovers.      

Aaliya was player of the game. In her 39 minutes she scored a career high 33 points on 12-20 shooting. She really ran the court well. She added 13 rebounds and 4 steals. A terrific game.
 
Still struggling with foul trouble, Nika only played 33 minutes. Yeah I know, a slacker. But one more great assist game with 9. Some real beauties. She also had 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Another solid game.  

Up next is the rematch with Seton Hall, another home game. UConn beat them on the Pirates home court 83-59. Pregame Reports soon.

That's all I got my friends. I'll add some videos and links and then I'm on pins and needles wating for that phone call!!!                

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FULL GAME REPLAY

Highlights UConn/St. John's

More Highlights

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** Designates Upset

Games Sunday February 4th, 2024

No. 1 South Carolina 85 Ole Miss 56
No. 2 Kansas State 54 No. 12 Texas 61 **
No. 4 Stanford 80 No. 7 UCLA 60
No. 6 Colorado 80 Washington 57 
No. 8 Ohio State 74 No. 10 Indiana 69
No. 9 LSU 106 Florida 66
No. 13 Baylor 83 Houston 60
No. 14 Notre Dame 78 Pittsburgh 53
No. 15 USC 79 California 69
No. 17 Virginia Tech 70 No. 24 North Carolina 61
No. 20 Utah 73 Washington State 61 
No. 21 Syracuse 75 Boston College 63
No. 22 Creighton 75 Butler 65

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Straight from the Dog


HUGE NEWS!!!!!!!
   

So, how will this impact the game when UConn takes on the Gamecocks? I believe it will certainly make the game more competative. The Huskies can match up pretty well with the other players but when Cardoso is in the game, it's a real issue. Look for more details soon in the UConn/South Carolina Pregame Report.   

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By PHIL

Milestone watch

• Aaliyah Edwards reached 1604 career points with her 33 points in the St.John's game. She passed Gabby Williams and Swin Cash and is in sole possession of 22nd place, and needs 11 points to tie Gabby Williams.

• Aaliyah Edwards now has 876 rebounds with 13 against St. John's. She is in sole possession of 14th place, and needs 8 more to catch Olivia Nelson-Ododa.

• Nika Mühl has 578 assists after her 9 assists in the St. John's game. She needs 7 more to tie Sue Bird.
• Geno Auriemma now has 1199 wins and needs one more to reach the 1200 plateau.
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SPIDER STATS
 
Plus one for every assist block point rebound and steal. I don’t add extra for offensive rebounds as it already seems to favor the bigs. Minus one for every missed shot (2, 3 or foul), turnover or foul committed.

UConn 84, St. John’s 41.

Net positives/minutes played: Aaliyah 38/39, Paige 22/36, Nika 12/33, KK 5/39, Ice 4/10, Ashlynn 3/36, Amari 0/1, Ines 0/1, Qadence -2/5.

Aaliyah’s 38 tops this year so far. Get 1200 Wednesday. Survive South Carolina. Win regular season big East. Win big East tournament. Win two NCAA games in Storrs. 

Beyond that, gravy.

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UCONN LINKS

Several links are pay sites. Sorry!

Carl Adamec Top 25
UConn Territory - The best UConn women's message board ever!!! 
Vol Nation - Tennessee women's basketball board
ND Nation - Notre Dame women's basketball board
Rebkell - WCBB for everyone that thinks they are smarter than everyone else

UCONN Information

UConn 2023-2024 Statistics (updated after 1st game)

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