01-05-2019, 02:19 PM
Fingall's initial injury as she came down the court in transition. Asiah Jones, who had just missed a short shot (clapping her hands in disgust afterwards) over Fingall, is the one who caused the injury. Fingall had pulled down the rebound and so was the last one down the court. Jones was under the basket and then walked out toward where Fingall was running. At the foul line, Fingall was looking up at the ball as it was approaching the basket; Jones never looked at the ball, her eyes were only on Fingall. Still with her eyes on Fingall, Jones lowers her body and swings her hips & rear into Fingall's thigh midstride, pushing it back about 6", causing the hyperextension. Fingall coilapses to the ground. Looks to me like a perfectly good Judo move.
[If anyone from PAC-12 network reads this: Consider marking the camera operator's monitor with how much of the screen is lost at the bottom due to putting the score & ticker at the bottom. That way, the operator can center the view based on what the audience sees, not what the operator sees. If you look at the live view of Fingall's injury (3Q 7:15, about 67 minutes into the broadcast), there is extra space above the highest the ball goes, while half the players on the court are cut off at the bottom. Shortly afterwards, the play is shown without the score, and only 1 player is cut off (at her knees) from complete view.]
I have to say that I thought USC showed a lot of grit in their roughness in the game. I think their hustle showed up some weaknesses (lazy passing, drives into crowds) in Stanford. Mark Trakh is an experienced coach against Tara. I suspect he recognizes that Stanford is susceptible to rough play.
I'm concerned about Sunday's game against UCLA. Normally, I'd expect Fingall to be held out in order to have time to recover.. But if Dodson is still out, we are starting to struggle with our bigs. Coffee has very much improved but is a step slow and allows herself to be pushed around. Jerome is still a bit inexperienced. Unlike USC, UCLA has some time to plan against Stanford without Fingall & Dodson. (Even if both Lexie & Sniezek can play, they aren't substitutes for the two bigs.)
In the USC-UCLA game, USC came out like they played against us - a scrambling defense that discombobulated the opponent. But UCLA recovered. Down 39-28 at the half, they won the 3rd quarter 31-10. Up 10 going into the last quarter, they held off USC and won by 7.
Now UCLA beat Cal in OT. (FYI, Cal outscored UCLA by 12 in the 3rd quarter.)
I'm anxious about Sunday's game. I wish all our players a speedy recovery. We started Friday's game with 3 starters not suited up. We might have to play on Sunday with 4 starters not able to play.
[If anyone from PAC-12 network reads this: Consider marking the camera operator's monitor with how much of the screen is lost at the bottom due to putting the score & ticker at the bottom. That way, the operator can center the view based on what the audience sees, not what the operator sees. If you look at the live view of Fingall's injury (3Q 7:15, about 67 minutes into the broadcast), there is extra space above the highest the ball goes, while half the players on the court are cut off at the bottom. Shortly afterwards, the play is shown without the score, and only 1 player is cut off (at her knees) from complete view.]
I have to say that I thought USC showed a lot of grit in their roughness in the game. I think their hustle showed up some weaknesses (lazy passing, drives into crowds) in Stanford. Mark Trakh is an experienced coach against Tara. I suspect he recognizes that Stanford is susceptible to rough play.
I'm concerned about Sunday's game against UCLA. Normally, I'd expect Fingall to be held out in order to have time to recover.. But if Dodson is still out, we are starting to struggle with our bigs. Coffee has very much improved but is a step slow and allows herself to be pushed around. Jerome is still a bit inexperienced. Unlike USC, UCLA has some time to plan against Stanford without Fingall & Dodson. (Even if both Lexie & Sniezek can play, they aren't substitutes for the two bigs.)
In the USC-UCLA game, USC came out like they played against us - a scrambling defense that discombobulated the opponent. But UCLA recovered. Down 39-28 at the half, they won the 3rd quarter 31-10. Up 10 going into the last quarter, they held off USC and won by 7.
Now UCLA beat Cal in OT. (FYI, Cal outscored UCLA by 12 in the 3rd quarter.)
I'm anxious about Sunday's game. I wish all our players a speedy recovery. We started Friday's game with 3 starters not suited up. We might have to play on Sunday with 4 starters not able to play.