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Doggy's UConn/Temple II Pre Game Report

UCONN vs Temple

Sunday, February 19, 2018

 XL Center
 Hartford CT.  

Time: 2:00
TV: CBSSN

No. 1 UConn 25-0 (12-0)                                Temple 10-15 (2-10)

             

 Head to Head games

UConn 10-2

1/16/81 L 68-71 A

1/16/82 L 49-62 H

3/23/10 W 90-36 N

1/11/14 W 80-36 H

1/28/14 W 93-56 A

1/14/15 W 92-58 H

2/1/15 W 83-49 A

1/16/16 W 104-49 H

2/14/16 W 85-60 A
2/1/17 W 97-69 A

2/22/17 W 90-45 H
1/21/18 W 113-57 A

 Overview

As I said in the first pre game report, Temple was having an off season that is now a really bad season. Since the UConn loss, Temple is 1-6 only beating Tulsa in a tough 76-75 win. The main reason for that is they are missing their top three scorers from last season for variety of reasons. Their leading scorer from last season graduated. Feyonda Fitzgerald played a couple of games for the Connecticut Sun. They also lost their third leading scorer from last season, Donnaizha Fountain. She was a Second Team All-Conference performer in the American Athletic Conference as a junior in 2016-17 and averaged 14.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game. She decided in her graduate Senior season to take her skills to Seton Hall. Their biggest loss was Alliya Butts. She was expected to be the big leader and leading scorer on this Temple team but tore her ACL in October and will miss the entire season.

These three loses have been a huge negative impact on the Owls this season. After a pretty good start, going 8-3 in their first 11 games, Temple has only won two games a 55-52 win over SMU and the above mentioned win against Tulsa.

UConn is coming off an 11 point win over No. 4 Louisville that has garnered mixed reviews from UConn fans far and wide. Funny thing is, Geno was much happier with that win than the fans. Ok, I guess that's not that funny. I actually find the fan reaction annoying.  

Stat by Stat Comparison

 Leader is bolded

      UCONN                                          Temple

                                           90.2         Points Per Game                     66.8 

                                           54.0         Opp Points Per Game             71.8

                                           .533         Field Goal %                           .386

                                           .340         Opp Field Goal %                   .438

                                           .398         3 Point Field Goal %              .303

                                           .278         Opp 3 Point Field Goal %      .323

                                           .763         Free Throw %                         .677

                                           41.4         Rebounds Per Game               39.0

                                           32.2         Opp Rebounds Per Game       38.3

                                           22.7         Assists Per Game                   13.4

                                           12.7         Turnovers Per Game              15.6
                                             1.8         Assists/Turnover Ratio              .9

                                           10.6         Steals Per Game                      5.5

                                             5.1         Blocks Per Game                    2.0

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  UCONN 

                         

UConn Starters

24 Napheesa Collier

6'1" Junior Forward

First Temple Game - 20 minutes, 13 points, 8 rebounds

MPG -29.2, FG% .566, 3PT% .340, FT% .781, 15.7 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 3.1 APG 

15 Gabby Williams

5'11" Senior Forward

First Temple Game - 25 minutes, 12 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals 

MPG - 26.7, FG% .586, 3PT% .000, FT% .708, 10.6 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 5.2 APG 

11 Kia Nurse

6' Senior Guard

First Temple Game - 32 minutes, 24 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists

MPG - 32.5, FG% .551, 3PT% .473, FT .803, 14.8 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.9 APG

5 Crystal Dangerfield

5'5" Sophomore Guard

First Temple Game - 21 minutes, 12 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists

MPG - 29.2, FG% .455, 3PT% .433, FT% .773%, 10.5 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 4.1 APG

33 Katie Lou Samuelson

6'3" Junior Guard/Forward

First Temple Game - Did not play

MPG - 28.8, FG% .532, 3PT% .476, FT% .797, 18.0 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 3.7 APG 

UConn Bench

23 Azura Stevens

6'6" Junior Forward

First Temple Game - 20 minutes, 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks

MPG - 21.5, FG% .598, 3PT% .167, FT .797, 14.2 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 2.0 APG

3 Megan Walker

6'1" Freshman Guard/Forward

First Temple Game - 32 minutes, 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists

MPG - 16.0, FG% .448, 3PT% .375, FT% .750, 6.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.1 APG

32 Batouly Camara

6'2" Sophomore Forward

First Temple Game - 5 minutes, 2 points, 1 rebound

MPG - 3.6, FG% .417, 3PT% .000, FT% .750, 1.0 PPG, 1.1 RPG, 0.3 APG

10 Molly Bent

5'9" Sophomore Guard

First Temple Game - 13 minutes, 2 points, 3 rebounds

MPG - 8.0, FG% .474, 3PT% .333, FT% .889, 1.3 PPG, .9 RPG, .5 APG

25 Kyla Irwin

6'2" Sophomore Forward

First Temple Game - 18 minutes, 7 points, 1 assist

MPG - 9.3, FG% .522, 3PT% .267, FT% .286, 2.6 PPG, 1.2 RPG, .6 APG

Mikayla Coombs

5'8" Freshman guard

First Temple Game - 8 minutes, 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal

MPG - 6.8, FG% .375, 3PT% .125, FT% .600, PPG 1.3, RPG .9, APG .5

34 Alexi Gordon

6' Freshman Guard

First Temple Game - 6 minutes, 2 turnovers

MPG - 3.6, FG% .167, 3PT% .100, FT% .000, .4 PPG, .4 RPG, .1 APG

UCONN TEAM STATS



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TEMPLE

Tonya Cardoza

Head Coach

Temple's all-time winningest women's basketball coach, Tonya Cardoza, is in her 10th season at the helm of the nationally-recognized Owls.

Cardoza's most recent season was one of her best, as Temple went 24-8 overall, earned an NCAA bid, and finished second in the tough American Athletic Conference. The Owls' success garnered her several individual honors, among them being named one of 10 finalists for the WBCA National Coach of the Year Award. Cardoza shared American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors with UConn's Geno Auriemma and was also named the Philadelphia Big 5 Coach of the Year for the fourth time in her career.

Reaching 20 wins for the third-straight season, Cardoza's 2016-17 Owls notched the program's best-ever RPI of 18 (at the end of regular season play), and finished with a final RPI of 25. Temple was ranked nationally for five weeks of the season, and beat two nationally-ranked teams (#16/17 DePaul, #20/21 USF). Locally, the Owls swept through the Philadelphia Big 5, taking the title with a 4-0 record.

Cardoza guided senior guard Feyonda Fitzgerald to a WBCA All-America nod, just the fourth player in Temple history to earn such accolades. Fitzgerald was also a WBCA All-Region selection, a first team American Athletic Conference selection, and the Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Year. Following the season, Fitzgerald was the 20th overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft.

Temple Starters

22 Tatyana Atkinson

6' Senior Guard

First UConn Game - 36 minutes, 15 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steal

 MPG 35.9, FG% .484, 3PT% .289, FT% .702, PPG 22.0, RPG 9.3, APG 2.9

21 Khadijah Berger

5'10" Senior Guard

First UConn Game - 20 minutes, 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist 

 MPG 23.6, FG% .305, 3PT% .274, FT% .500, PPG 4.2, RPG 1.8, APG 3 .2

12 Emani Mayo 

5'8" Freshman Guard

First UConn Game - 38 minutes, 2 points, 2 assists, 1 steal

 MPG 31.4, FG% .333, 3PT% .298, FT% .897, PPG 8.7, RPG 2.8, APG 2.5

25 Mia Davis

6' Freshman Forward 

First UConn Game - 34 minutes, 19 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal

 MPG 27.8, FG% .437, 3PT% .316, FT% .776, PPG 11.8, RPG 7.8, APG 1.0

2 Breanna Perry

6'1" Freshman Forward

First UConn Game - 27 minutes, 7 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal

 MPG 18.3, FG% .322, 3PT% .235, FT% .472, PPG 3.3, RPG 3.0, APG .8

Temple Bench

4 Mykia Jones
5'8" Grad Student Guard

First UConn Game - 4 minutes, 4 points, 1 assist

 MPG 16.0, FG% .358, 3PT% .394, FT% .727, PPG 5.0, RPG 1.5, APG 1.2

24 Shantay Taylor
6'3" Sophomore Forward

First UConn Game - 12 minutes, 3 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist

 MPG 9.6, FG% .412, 3PT% .000, FT% .579, PPG 2.4, RPG 2.6, APG .3

1 Lena Niang
6'2" Junior Forward
 

First UConn Game - Did not play

 MPG 14.3, FG% .279, 3PT% .292, FT% .750, PPG 3.9, RPG 2.2, APG .2

 Temple Stats

 Game Analysis

Temple is really struggling without their top three players from last season. But for every bad situation, someone gets a chance to shine, and boy has Tatyana Atkinson taken advantage of her situation. The 6' senior guard is leading the AAC in scoring at 22 PPG and second in rebounding at 9.3 RPG. The New Haven Connecticut native has had a spectacular season.  6' Freshman forward Mia Davis has been a nice compliment to Atkinson's play and is the only other player scoring in double digits. She is a multiple winner of the AAC's FOW award.  

This is pretty much what happened on offense in the first matchup, production wise, with Atkinson scoring 15 points, and the freshman Davis showing her chops with 19 points on 7-9 shooting and 2-3 on threes.

On offense, Temple loves to throw the ball around the perimeter until a drive opportunity shows up. They will either go to the basket or kick out for a three. But they generate most of their offense from their defense. You can see the "Geno" influence in their aggressive defensive play. They will run off misses and off turnovers.

But Atkinson and Davis are going to dominate the ball and usually UConn does a great job taking away the best options for the opponent. Temple will need other players to step up. They are a young team, starting 2 seniors and 3 freshmen. As the first game showed, this doesn't bode well for the Owls.   

When they first played UConn was without Kati Lou Samuelson, who was out with her ankle injury. Stevens got the nod in the starting lineup, but the story of that game was how Megan Walker played. She played her best game of her young career. I'm certainly hoping that she is reminded of how she played and can show everyone she can contribute to this team in a significant way.  

He will run the same offense with hard cuts and lots of movement, the same defense with lots of pressure and help defense. Temple had no way to slow down UConn. This is the start of the rest of the conference schedule and a chance for the players to take the next step in their development and the development of the team as a whole before the post season starts.  

Final Prediction

I really missed the boat on my prediction from their last matchup. I thought UConn would still be a little down from the previous game that they played prior to Temple, an 18 point win against Tulsa where Geno used his substitution pattern to prove a point. I was wrong. They came out like gangbusters and showed what a mismatch the two teams were.

It's hard to go against that again. After a tough Louisville game, I expect that UConn will have enjoyed the 6 days between games and be rejuvenated. They had a chance to really practice and they should be able to use the bench early and often.

I'm going to say a 40+ point UConn win.

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