[TheFarm07]

So many distractions--the team hasn't been home in weeks, the focus on Tara, lots of very young players who are probably homesick by now.  And despite it all we steamroll another Pac 12 team.  Cal is in such a weak position it is impossible to say this means anything more than another milestone win.  But there are a few takeaways:

Jump is shooting well in her usual miss 2 -- make 5 kind of pattern.  Given how much she has improved other parts of her game, and how "off" our other guards are with their shooting, I think she may see more minutes.

Lexie and Williams were collectively 7-23, and 1-9 from three.  Our two most potent offensive threats from last year need to get their offense going again.

Cal clamped down on the inside game in the second half.  Belibi was 7-11 in the first half and 0-2 in the second.  Brink was 5-6 in the first and 0-1 in the second. 

Prechtel is not getting a lot of minutes--just 10, and she was 1-7.  Brink had 25.  Tara is giving the frosh some time in the easy games to see what they can do.  I am still forming opinions about Brink's defense vs. Prechtel's--anyone have an opinion about their relative advantages on D?

Belibi is a different player this year, as is Jump.  And her dunk is only a part of it.  Her spin moves around the basket forced Cal to change its whole defensive scheme.

Jones is amazingly accurate in the midrange. 

Cal finished with 33 turnovers and 33 missed shots, making only 10 shots for the game.  Yes they were overmatched, but we need to credit our defense too.

I don't think I have seen a game when we had 22 steals before.

We had 19 assists.  Cal had 7.

This game felt very much like an exhibition. 

BUT it certainly marked an amazing achievement by Tara, tying Pat at 1098 wins.  And Fran's dunk.  Has a Stanford woman dunked in a game before?  Nicole Powell?

It is against overmatched opponents, but looking at the silver lining, we have scored 80+ points in all 4 games and 100+ in two of them with Kiana and Lexie still finding their games, which is a good reflection of our depth. Having said that, however, we will need them to make shots against better teams or else defenses will focus/double-team on Haley and Fran if Kiana & Lexie's shooting slumps continue.

If Jump can consistently show a mid-range jumper/drive to the basket facet of the game, then defending players can't just sell out on defending her deep, giving her a little more space and she has shown that she doesn't need that much room to launch her three's - a great shooting night for her 5/6 from deep.

Yea, it seems that Tara is favoring Brink over Prechtel at the moment, putting Cameron in earlier and leaving her in for longer stretches of time than Ashten. Not sure why, I feel like they do play similar games. Hopefully, Tara will find a good balance between the two and neither of them becomes dissatisfied with their playing time and look elsewhere down the road, as they will share 3 seasons together.

In this game, Fran showed both the improvement from last year, becoming more patient and skilled around the basket, but also showing that she still has room to grow, as I thought she should have backed it out on a couple of possessions and not try a couple of lower percentage shots. 

I think I read somewhere it was the first dunk in Stanford's wbb history, but I (or the source) could be wrong.

[TheFarm07]

So many distractions--the team hasn't been home in weeks, the focus on Tara, lots of very young players who are probably homesick by now.  And despite it all we steamroll another Pac 12 team.  Cal is in such a weak position it is impossible to say this means anything more than another milestone win.  But there are a few takeaways:

Jump is shooting well in her usual miss 2 -- make 5 kind of pattern.  Given how much she has improved other parts of her game, and how "off" our other guards are with their shooting, I think she may see more minutes.

Lexie and Williams were collectively 7-23, and 1-9 from three.  Our two most potent offensive threats from last year need to get their offense going again.

Cal clamped down on the inside game in the second half.  Belibi was 7-11 in the first half and 0-2 in the second.  Brink was 5-6 in the first and 0-1 in the second. 

Prechtel is not getting a lot of minutes--just 10, and she was 1-7.  Brink had 25.  Tara is giving the frosh some time in the easy games to see what they can do.  I am still forming opinions about Brink's defense vs. Prechtel's--anyone have an opinion about their relative advantages on D?

Belibi is a different player this year, as is Jump.  And her dunk is only a part of it.  Her spin moves around the basket forced Cal to change its whole defensive scheme.

Jones is amazingly accurate in the midrange. 

Cal finished with 33 turnovers and 33 missed shots, making only 10 shots for the game.  Yes they were overmatched, but we need to credit our defense too.

I don't think I have seen a game when we had 22 steals before.

We had 19 assists.  Cal had 7.

This game felt very much like an exhibition. 

BUT it certainly marked an amazing achievement by Tara, tying Pat at 1098 wins.  And Fran's dunk.  Has a Stanford woman dunked in a game before?  Nicole Powell?

It is against overmatched opponents, but looking at the silver lining, we have scored 80+ points in all 4 games and 100+ in two of them with Kiana and Lexie still finding their games, which is a good reflection of our depth. Having said that, however, we will need them to make shots against better teams or else defenses will focus/double-team on Haley and Fran if Kiana & Lexie's shooting slumps continue.

If Jump can consistently show a mid-range jumper/drive to the basket facet of the game, then defending players can't just sell out on defending her deep, giving her a little more space and she has shown that she doesn't need that much room to launch her three's - a great shooting night for her 5/6 from deep.

Yea, it seems that Tara is favoring Brink over Prechtel at the moment, putting Cameron in earlier and leaving her in for longer stretches of time than Ashten. Not sure why, I feel like they do play similar games. Hopefully, Tara will find a good balance between the two and neither of them becomes dissatisfied with their playing time and look elsewhere down the road, as they will share 3 seasons together.

In this game, Fran showed both the improvement from last year, becoming more patient and skilled around the basket, but also showing that she still has room to grow, as I thought she should have backed it out on a couple of possessions and not try a couple of lower percentage shots. 

I think I read somewhere it was the first dunk in Stanford's wbb history, but I (or the source) could be wrong.