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#7 Lady Bears (9-1) Vs. #1 Connecticut Preview (11-0) And Game Thread

Can the Lady Bears shock the undefeated Huskies?
By Brian Ethridge
January 3, 2019
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Baylor hosts Connecticutt to take on the Lady Bears fourth ranked opponent of the season. Waiting for the Lady Bears are the number one ranked UConn Huskies led by Geno Auriemma. The Lady Bears are 9-1 while UConn is 11-0.  Baylor is 2-4 versus UConn in the series history. The Lady Bears are on a two game losing skid to the Huskies with the last victory being a 76-70 road win on February 18, 2013.

Lady Bears Keys to the Game:

Keep UConn fast break under control
Get Brown and Cox involved early
Defend the three point line
Avoid turnovers
 

TV: ESPN 8p.m.

DirecTV: 206

UVERSE: 602

Grande: 24

Dish: 140

 

BAYLOR

Coach: Kim Mulkey (548-99)

Team Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals
Baylor 86.5 51.7 24.0 6.9 8.3

Individual Stats

Starters Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals
Kalani Brown 14.8 6.8 1.0 1.5 0.2
Lauren Cox 11.7 6.4 3.0 2.1 0.8
Chloe Jackson 11.4 3.0 6.2 0.6 1.8
Juicy Landrum 8.6 6.9 4.2 0.3 0.8
Didi Richards 6.2 4.0 4.4 0.2 1.2
Bench Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals
NaLyssa Smith 12.1 7.0 0.5 0.5 0.6
Queen Egbo 7.4 4.5 0.3 0.9 0.6
Moon Ursin 5.0 2.8 1.3 0.2 0.8
Caitlin Bickle 4.8 2.1 0.4 0.3 0.5
Honesty Scott-Grayson 3.0 1.4 1.1 0.2 0.4
Aquira DeCosta 3.0 3.5 0.5 0.0 0.3
Trinity Oliver 2.0 2.4 1.3 0.1 0.3

 

Connecticut

Coach: Geno Auriemma (1036-136)

Team Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals
Connecticut 85.4 42.7 19.1 3.0 6.6

Individual

Starters Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals
Katie Lou Sameuson 20.1 7.8 3.9 0.3 1.2
Napheesa Collier 18.6 10.5 3.8 1.1 1.2
Christyn Williams 13.8 3.8 2.2 0.2 1.0
Crystal Dangerfield 13.8 3.8 5.2 0.0 1.0
Megan Walker 10.8 5.9 2.1 0.1 1.0
Bench Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals
Olivia Nelson-Ododa 5.2 2.8 0.4 1.0 0.3
Batouly Camara 2.4 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.2
Kyla Irwin 2.3 2.6 1.2 0.2 0.5
Molly Bent 1.7 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.3
Mikayla Coombs 1.3 1.9 0.9 0.3 1.0
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#7 Lady Bears (9-1) Vs. #1 Connecticut Preview (11-0) And Game Thread

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In reply to HoustonBear15 • 8:24p, 1/3/19
HoustonBear15 said:
Uconn not shooting well but we are only up by 3. We need to take charge and go on a run.
Shooting under 25% in the 1st quarter

Lady Bears left plenty of points on the floor
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8:24p, 1/3/19
I'm glad the Lady Bears have the lead at the end of the 1st Quarter. It should be larger than 3 points though when you look team shooting. Baylor at 43.8%, while UConn just a paltry 23.5%.
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8:26p, 1/3/19
UConn's FT disparity keeping them in the game with poor shooting

UConn 3/4 FTs
BU 0
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8:28p, 1/3/19
Kalani back in and jumper

18-13

UConn miss

Chloe misses

UConn jumper

18-15

Cox misses a jumper

UConn misses
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8:29p, 1/3/19
Juicy drives and floater

20-15

Didi takes a shoulder in the chest for a blocking foul with Samuelson driving (2)

UConn misses

Cox to Brown, misses, Smith putback

22-15

COX BLOCK
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8:31p, 1/3/19
UConn misses a 3, offensive board, put in the 5th row by NaLyssa

Chloe strips UConn and Juicy misses the layup

UConn misses another jumper

Geno is pissed, timeout
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8:31p, 1/3/19
Uconn not able to get out into transition. Their half court offense doesn't look that great.
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8:32p, 1/3/19
Great Lady Bears defense holding the Huskies to 20.0%! Multiple baskets for Landrum, Brown, and Jackson.
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8:34p, 1/3/19
Crazy to see UConn with a box and 1 on Juicy.

Need to spread the court and make UConn come out of it or get burned with cutters to the lane
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8:35p, 1/3/19
Brown lay in

24-15

UConn misses a 3

Cox has a 3 roll over the backboard

UConn jumper

24-17

NaLyssa jumper

26-17
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8:36p, 1/3/19
Chloe has cooled down. Need her to hit those shots.
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8:38p, 1/3/19
UConn misses

Chloe misses

UConn airball 3

Brown fouled on the entry pass attempt

Juicy misses a jumper on the inbounds

UConn 3

26-20
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8:38p, 1/3/19
Collier elbows LC in the nose going for loose ball, Cox called for foul.
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8:39p, 1/3/19
Juicy with a bad pass... Cox swats it, but is called for a foul

She punched Cox in the face

26-21 after 1 FT make

Brown misses, NaLyssa follow

28-21
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8:40p, 1/3/19
UConn 3

28-24

Brown misses and NaLyssa follows again

30-24

UConn misses, loose ball to UConn, 3

30-27

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8:42p, 1/3/19
Refs bailed out UConn multiple times.
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8:43p, 1/3/19
Cox misses another 3... (0-4) quit it

UConn misses a 3

Chloe misses a layup

NaLyssa called for a foul on a clean block

Ball don't lie, misses 1st FT
Misses 2nd

UConn gets the board and putback on the buzzer

30-29

HALF
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8:44p, 1/3/19
Kim ripped Kalani for not blocking out on the FT

Kim, "We're playing the #1 team in the nation and we're going to go at them!"
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8:45p, 1/3/19
Yeah, Cox needs to quit shooting 3's and Chloe needs to hit some jumpers.
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8:45p, 1/3/19
Cox bringing a nothingburger to the point total with an 0-5 night and 0-4 from 3
Chloe 2-9 from the floor
Zero FTs for the Lady Bears
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8:45p, 1/3/19
Refs are against us in our own house.

We should be up by more than 1 at the half. We started to settle for bad shots, especially Cox taking so many 3's. Defense looks great but offense needs to execute.
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8:46p, 1/3/19
Hate to ***** about the reed.












They are reffing to the brand.
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8:47p, 1/3/19
Have we even taken a free throw?
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8:48p, 1/3/19
Chloe is forcing shots and costing us possessions. She doesn't need to carry this team scoring. If they leave her open, take it. But don't force a shot... especially before your 6'7" and 6'4" players are down the court.
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8:49p, 1/3/19
Does Kim not give Lauren enough rest? She was out of gas with 4-5 minutes left. She has the toughest defensive assignment out there, you have to give her a couple minutes to catch her breath.
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8:50p, 1/3/19
1st Half Team Shooting: Baylor 41.8%, UConn 28.7%. Hard to believe the Lady Bears only have a 1-point lead. 3 more baskets from beyond the arc for UConn than Baylor. They have 8 free throw attempts, while Baylor has zero. Big advantage points in the paint for Baylor.
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Cox bringing a nothingburger to the point total with an 0-5 night and 0-4 from 3
Chloe 2-9 from the floor
Zero FTs for the Lady Bears


Lauren is bringing plenty on D. Which Kim values above everything
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8:52p, 1/3/19
Smith. Wow is she gonna be good.

Cox no showing on offense in a big game. No surprise there.

Need someone to develop a hot hand from outside in the 2nd half.

Wow! Way to bring it Baylor crowd. Looks fantastic on TV.
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8:53p, 1/3/19
Smith needs to be on the court while Cox and Brown split time.
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In reply to DanaDane • 8:57p, 1/3/19
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Smith. Wow is she gonna be good.

Cox no showing on offense in a big game. No surprise there.

Need someone to develop a hot hand from outside in the 2nd half.

Wow! Way to bring it Baylor crowd. Looks fantastic on TV.
This is about the only game I haven't Cox bring it on the offensive and defensive end, except Stanford
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8:58p, 1/3/19
I wonder why they didn't look at the play where Cox was punched in the mouth.
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9:00p, 1/3/19
Geno very complimentary of the crowd

UConn misses

Juicy misses

UConn travels
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I wonder why they didn't look at the play where Cox was punched in the mouth.
Don't want to upset the refs.
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9:00p, 1/3/19
Finally call a shooting foul on UConn. And it was the white lady ref (other two have called fouls only on BU).
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9:01p, 1/3/19
Cox fouled on the shot

Makes 1st, 31-29
Makes 2nd, 32-29

UConn 3 Samuelson

32-32

Kalani jumper

34-32

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