[81alum]

This was the ugliest game I've seen Stanford play in quite some time.  29.4% shooting. 

There was one beautiful play in the first half when Nneka blocked a shot and started a fast break.  She wound up dishing an assist at the other end to Chiney with a last second bounce pass near the basket.

That said, we seemed to rarely be able to get the ball to Nneka or Chiney in close--their baskets were often off of dribble drives of their own or off of O-boards.  Combine that with 0-10 three point shooting and you get--ugly. 

There were times in the second half when I wondered if we would really be able to break 40 points.  A lot of the final points came in the last minutes off of free throws.  ASU got within 6 points several times towards the end.  22 of our points came from free throws--meaning we played 40 minutes to score 15 baskets.  None of them for three.

I don't know whether to think this is a positive wake-up call to get us ready for tougher competition, or whether it will simply soften us up for the final tomorrow.

Sarah Boothe did not play at all.  I wonder if something is wrong there. 

Toni did a lot of pull up jumpers because that was what they were giving us, I guess, but went just 3-13.  A lot of those shots seemed awkward.  Was Kali Bennett really altering so many shots?  If so, Griner seems scarier yet.

There were some plays that were virtually wrestling matches where nothing was called.  But we keep hearing that we need the experience of playing in those kinds of games since that is often how tournament games are called.  And that was not responsible for 0-10 three point shooting.

Ugh.

[81alum]

This was the ugliest game I've seen Stanford play in quite some time.  29.4% shooting. 

There was one beautiful play in the first half when Nneka blocked a shot and started a fast break.  She wound up dishing an assist at the other end to Chiney with a last second bounce pass near the basket.

That said, we seemed to rarely be able to get the ball to Nneka or Chiney in close--their baskets were often off of dribble drives of their own or off of O-boards.  Combine that with 0-10 three point shooting and you get--ugly. 

There were times in the second half when I wondered if we would really be able to break 40 points.  A lot of the final points came in the last minutes off of free throws.  ASU got within 6 points several times towards the end.  22 of our points came from free throws--meaning we played 40 minutes to score 15 baskets.  None of them for three.

I don't know whether to think this is a positive wake-up call to get us ready for tougher competition, or whether it will simply soften us up for the final tomorrow.

Sarah Boothe did not play at all.  I wonder if something is wrong there. 

Toni did a lot of pull up jumpers because that was what they were giving us, I guess, but went just 3-13.  A lot of those shots seemed awkward.  Was Kali Bennett really altering so many shots?  If so, Griner seems scarier yet.

There were some plays that were virtually wrestling matches where nothing was called.  But we keep hearing that we need the experience of playing in those kinds of games since that is often how tournament games are called.  And that was not responsible for 0-10 three point shooting.

Ugh.