[TheFarm07]

I was disappointed that Karlie took that late 3-pt shot (and missed).  She hesitated & double clutched.  But whether or not she was comfortable shooting there, she should not have take a shot, up 7 points, 1 minute left in the game, 22 seconds on the shot clock.  I don't often see her make mental mistakes like that.

Yes, this performance should get their attention.  And the attention of the coaches.  I think the game plan must not have properly accounted for the size difference.  (I would have been interested in giving Coffee a few minutes during the meat of the game (2nd quarter), just to give some bench time to our bigs & see if we could lob it into her.)

Did I hear Andy Landers say that Stanford was "not a great defensive team"?  Of the ranked teams, we're 3rd best in scoring defense, 3rd in FG% defense,

I didn't mind as much with Karlie's late 3 point attempt if she had shot immediately when she saw she was wide open as she would have been in a rhythm. A deadly sharpshooter like her has carte blanche to seal the game with a 3-pointer, IMHO. But when she hesitated and double clutched, I think, then it would have been better for her to run down clock. The hesitation almost guaranteed that she was going to miss the shot.

Also, interesting that Fingall didn't get any minutes either when Erica and Karlie had 2 fouls each.

Yea, I think it showed that we shouldn't have tried to match their strength by going into a smaller lineup. The second half showed that the correct strategy was to exploit our size advantage, as Alanna dominated inside the paint.

[TheFarm07]

I was disappointed that Karlie took that late 3-pt shot (and missed).  She hesitated & double clutched.  But whether or not she was comfortable shooting there, she should not have take a shot, up 7 points, 1 minute left in the game, 22 seconds on the shot clock.  I don't often see her make mental mistakes like that.

Yes, this performance should get their attention.  And the attention of the coaches.  I think the game plan must not have properly accounted for the size difference.  (I would have been interested in giving Coffee a few minutes during the meat of the game (2nd quarter), just to give some bench time to our bigs & see if we could lob it into her.)

Did I hear Andy Landers say that Stanford was "not a great defensive team"?  Of the ranked teams, we're 3rd best in scoring defense, 3rd in FG% defense,

I didn't mind as much with Karlie's late 3 point attempt if she had shot immediately when she saw she was wide open as she would have been in a rhythm. A deadly sharpshooter like her has carte blanche to seal the game with a 3-pointer, IMHO. But when she hesitated and double clutched, I think, then it would have been better for her to run down clock. The hesitation almost guaranteed that she was going to miss the shot.

Also, interesting that Fingall didn't get any minutes either when Erica and Karlie had 2 fouls each.

Yea, I think it showed that we shouldn't have tried to match their strength by going into a smaller lineup. The second half showed that the correct strategy was to exploit our size advantage, as Alanna dominated inside the paint.