Spring Break
Flexing their muscles
Women's basketball dominates SRP in last exhibition game
Brittany Perotti
Issue date: 11/13/08 Section: Sports
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But it did not take the Huskies long to figure Team SRP out, as the women's basketball team won 103-37 Wednesday night at the XL Center.
"You don't want to blow a team out," said Renee Montgomery. "You don't want to try to do that, but you want to try to execute as best as you can, you know, and just do what we're capable of doing."
Ten minutes into the game, Team SRP was down by 18, forcing coach Roy Gerber to call a time out to regroup. They came back with a quick basket and a free throw. But it did not last for long.
In fact, just four minutes later, his team was down by 24.
Still, he remained encouraging for his players.
"That's what I'm talking about; now play defense," he shouted across the court, after Shamika Jackson sank a jump shot with less than three minutes left in the first half.
"Box out. Don't get lazy, come on."
At halftime, UConn was up by 31. But that did not mean the team was satisfied with its performance. There were times when they missed easy layups or gave the ball away.
Auriemma just shook his head. Or he would sit down and stare.
The bench, too, put their heads in their hands in disbelief.
"I think in the first half, I don't think it was Connecticut basketball," said Tina Charles. "Shea Ralph, she had said that we look like every other team, you know, and we just want to go out and play Connecticut basketball. She's not used to seeing us look like every other team, being she was a Connecticut player."
Montgomery echoed those thoughts.
"It's a constant battle to make sure that you do all the little things and the first half we didn't and we see how it looks," she said. "And we don't want to look like that."
So when the Huskies came back out on the floor, they played with energy, moving the ball around the floor.
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