Seton Hall came out with a purpose moving the ball and hitting 3 of their first 4 three point shots. In contrast, UConn seemed disjointed with no visible plan where they wanted to go with the ball. But, fortunately Seton Hall cooled off and UConn eventually settled down and then pulled ahead.
Whaley/Sanogo blocked a few shots, rebounded and Sanogo looked good posting like a man but finishing with a soft touch. The two Bigs along with Bouknight kept us in the game in the first half as Cole was 1 for 7. Whaley scored over 17 points and Sanogo 16 for the game. They combined for 19 rebounds as well.
You never knew early on that Bouknight is our star player given our lack of prioritizing him in our offense. Not sure why we take tonight’s two best players out at the same time when we start to substitute? It goes to adjusting the game plan or rotation to what’s going on in real time. We need to do a better job of that, but Danny did put Adama back in quickly.
Amazingly both teams were only 2 for 2 from the line the first half. That played a major role in our 1 point lead at the half. The defenses were tough so neither team drove to the basket much. However, Bouknight picked up some loose ball fouls and an illegal screen and had to sit and that really hurt us.
Chief has been looking for Jackson and Bouknight to play together but for a variety of reasons that did not happen much tonight. I do believe tonight was further evidence that UConn plays better when we pick up the tempo of the game. Transition offense off our defense or rebounding is the way to go. Cole played his best late as did Gaffney. I wonder about Akok, he is usually so affable but he seems to be understandably disappointed in his recovery.
Chief likes to see your stars finish the game knocking down foul shots. Bouknight snd Sanogo did that tonight. We are beating good teams by double digits. Can you say March madness?
Whaley/Sanogo blocked a few shots, rebounded and Sanogo looked good posting like a man but finishing with a soft touch. The two Bigs along with Bouknight kept us in the game in the first half as Cole was 1 for 7. Whaley scored over 17 points and Sanogo 16 for the game. They combined for 19 rebounds as well.
You never knew early on that Bouknight is our star player given our lack of prioritizing him in our offense. Not sure why we take tonight’s two best players out at the same time when we start to substitute? It goes to adjusting the game plan or rotation to what’s going on in real time. We need to do a better job of that, but Danny did put Adama back in quickly.
Amazingly both teams were only 2 for 2 from the line the first half. That played a major role in our 1 point lead at the half. The defenses were tough so neither team drove to the basket much. However, Bouknight picked up some loose ball fouls and an illegal screen and had to sit and that really hurt us.
Chief has been looking for Jackson and Bouknight to play together but for a variety of reasons that did not happen much tonight. I do believe tonight was further evidence that UConn plays better when we pick up the tempo of the game. Transition offense off our defense or rebounding is the way to go. Cole played his best late as did Gaffney. I wonder about Akok, he is usually so affable but he seems to be understandably disappointed in his recovery.
Chief likes to see your stars finish the game knocking down foul shots. Bouknight snd Sanogo did that tonight. We are beating good teams by double digits. Can you say March madness?
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