Anybody complaining about the 8 TOs or the 74% FT% ? Good for the team for those.
One could say Stanford beat SCU mainly on FT, 14-6. SCU won the 3PT battle 39pts - 18pts. 2PT battle was Stanford 50pt - 24pt (38 - 24 in the paint).
SCU 15 fouls to Stanford's 11, but SCU had only 10 FTA to Stanford's 19.
8 TO vs 17 Assists. Good ratio.
5 players in double figures shows a balance, but not what should have been dominance.
17 Assists on 31 FG, not to Stanford's expectations.
25 2FG on 48 2FGA is not good.
16 of 31 on layups is not good. Of the 16 made layups, only 5 were consider as paint points. (I'm not sure why)
Rebounding: SCU did not concede rebounds. It was a bit like a Waring blender in there. I felt Stanford did better than usual in having Stanford players near the basket when we shot, but despite the height advantage, we slightly out-rebounded SCU: 74.3% DR 35.7% OR. (Note that 21 of SCU misses were 3FGA vs 15 SCU 2FGA misses, so rebounds were more often longer than usual.)
Not a dominating win as we hoped, but a good challenge to Stanford that I think will help the players understand what they must do.
I was impressed with (I think it was) Lepolo getting out of a 4 on 1 situation with the ball twice under a basket. I felt sure she'd be tied up.
One of the less than good defense by Jones was sometime in the 2nd half (I think about 2:30 left in Q3), the ball was on the opposite side and she wasn't guarding her player, but was instead waiting for something like a shot she could rebound. When the ball was moving, I think it was Bosgana that had to come guard Jones's player (inside the 3pt line), leaving her player open to go to the 3pt line on the baseline for an uncontested 3pt. (One could argue that Bosgana should have contradicted all her instincts to cover the open player closer to the basket and instead to guard the one that could get to the 3pt line. But I put the issue on Jones not guarding her player.) No rebound that time for Jones, and there was no one named Boston on the court.
Stanford was back to its defense of constant switching. They didn't play that against So. Carolina. It sometimes burned Stanford as you might expect.
I was worried SCU might hit a late 3pt shot to make it a 10-pt game. 82-69 sounds a lot better than 82-72.
Cardfan1996, Lepolo is shooting better than Jones at 3FG% and FG% and FT% plus more assists, more steals, fewer turnovers and fouls, and higher +/- in roughly the same number of minutes I wouldn't tout her for All-American status with her numbers, but IMO, one can say she's helping the team more so far than Jones.
One could say Stanford beat SCU mainly on FT, 14-6. SCU won the 3PT battle 39pts - 18pts. 2PT battle was Stanford 50pt - 24pt (38 - 24 in the paint).
SCU 15 fouls to Stanford's 11, but SCU had only 10 FTA to Stanford's 19.
8 TO vs 17 Assists. Good ratio.
5 players in double figures shows a balance, but not what should have been dominance.
17 Assists on 31 FG, not to Stanford's expectations.
25 2FG on 48 2FGA is not good.
16 of 31 on layups is not good. Of the 16 made layups, only 5 were consider as paint points. (I'm not sure why)
Rebounding: SCU did not concede rebounds. It was a bit like a Waring blender in there. I felt Stanford did better than usual in having Stanford players near the basket when we shot, but despite the height advantage, we slightly out-rebounded SCU: 74.3% DR 35.7% OR. (Note that 21 of SCU misses were 3FGA vs 15 SCU 2FGA misses, so rebounds were more often longer than usual.)
Not a dominating win as we hoped, but a good challenge to Stanford that I think will help the players understand what they must do.
I was impressed with (I think it was) Lepolo getting out of a 4 on 1 situation with the ball twice under a basket. I felt sure she'd be tied up.
One of the less than good defense by Jones was sometime in the 2nd half (I think about 2:30 left in Q3), the ball was on the opposite side and she wasn't guarding her player, but was instead waiting for something like a shot she could rebound. When the ball was moving, I think it was Bosgana that had to come guard Jones's player (inside the 3pt line), leaving her player open to go to the 3pt line on the baseline for an uncontested 3pt. (One could argue that Bosgana should have contradicted all her instincts to cover the open player closer to the basket and instead to guard the one that could get to the 3pt line. But I put the issue on Jones not guarding her player.) No rebound that time for Jones, and there was no one named Boston on the court.
Stanford was back to its defense of constant switching. They didn't play that against So. Carolina. It sometimes burned Stanford as you might expect.
I was worried SCU might hit a late 3pt shot to make it a 10-pt game. 82-69 sounds a lot better than 82-72.
Cardfan1996, Lepolo is shooting better than Jones at 3FG% and FG% and FT% plus more assists, more steals, fewer turnovers and fouls, and higher +/- in roughly the same number of minutes I wouldn't tout her for All-American status with her numbers, but IMO, one can say she's helping the team more so far than Jones.