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I have mixed feelings about the game.  Generally I thought our defense was not very good, not nearly as good as the team is capable of playing.  Santa Clara screens a lot and screened well.  I did not see a lot of moving screens from them.  They were also hot from three, and made some tough shots inside.  So good for them, playing well and shooting well.  Our offense was ok, not terrible.  Overall I think it was a bit of a trap game, just off the Hawaii trip with little practice time after a redeye coming home, and with a ranked Gonzaga team on Sunday.  This is the sort of game a lesser Stanford team might have lost (see 2015 Santa Clara).  

The team has played a lot of games.  They need some time to sort out some stuff, which they will get soon with the break coming up.  

Individually, Belibi had a nice game, as did Jump.  Bosgana needs more time.  She has really improved.  She is aggressive but has learned to control that better and is not making the mistakes she did last season.  She looks like she can keep up pretty well with smaller players on defense too.  You need those X factor players, who liven up a stagnant game.  I think she could be a good off the bench energy sub.  Brink was fine aside from the fouls.  Jones was good with a couple of turnovers maybe that she should have avoided.

I think Jones might have a bit of senioritis, basketball version.  I've noticed it before with some of our previous star players.  They get to be seniors and press a bit, try to do too much, then compensate by being too deferential sometimes.  It's been a bit of a disjointed season start for her.  When the games settle down into conference season and we aren't playing so many games I think she will settle back into her usual playing patterns.  Ten games (eleven if you count the exhibition) in the first month is a lot.  Team needs time to relax a bit and practice without so many games.

[chimera]

I have mixed feelings about the game.  Generally I thought our defense was not very good, not nearly as good as the team is capable of playing.  Santa Clara screens a lot and screened well.  I did not see a lot of moving screens from them.  They were also hot from three, and made some tough shots inside.  So good for them, playing well and shooting well.  Our offense was ok, not terrible.  Overall I think it was a bit of a trap game, just off the Hawaii trip with little practice time after a redeye coming home, and with a ranked Gonzaga team on Sunday.  This is the sort of game a lesser Stanford team might have lost (see 2015 Santa Clara).  

The team has played a lot of games.  They need some time to sort out some stuff, which they will get soon with the break coming up.  

Individually, Belibi had a nice game, as did Jump.  Bosgana needs more time.  She has really improved.  She is aggressive but has learned to control that better and is not making the mistakes she did last season.  She looks like she can keep up pretty well with smaller players on defense too.  You need those X factor players, who liven up a stagnant game.  I think she could be a good off the bench energy sub.  Brink was fine aside from the fouls.  Jones was good with a couple of turnovers maybe that she should have avoided.

I think Jones might have a bit of senioritis, basketball version.  I've noticed it before with some of our previous star players.  They get to be seniors and press a bit, try to do too much, then compensate by being too deferential sometimes.  It's been a bit of a disjointed season start for her.  When the games settle down into conference season and we aren't playing so many games I think she will settle back into her usual playing patterns.  Ten games (eleven if you count the exhibition) in the first month is a lot.  Team needs time to relax a bit and practice without so many games.