01-05-2013, 05:33 PM
I didn't get to review the game until today. I watched it live yesterday, listening to KZSU. I prefer having a PxP call (and it was a good call on KZSU). I find Ros G-O (on TV) to be a bit of a droner and it bothers me to have to listen to her. Yes, it seems the WBB program gives info to her that they don't share with KZSU. IIRC, last year, it was almost embarrassing how they didn't send out players for interviews after the game. Last night they sent out a different player than was expected. Sigh...
We benefited from playing a much weaker team than the previous game. We mostly moved better, but we still had possessions that had to be rushed. I recall one time we took advantage of breaking the press, but we hadn't much improved that, if at all. We didn't put Colorado down but let them hang on, gaining 7 points on us during the 2nd half. We could have melted down when we were up just 12, but we didn't.
The offense was again too ineffective, less than 1.5 points per minute. Like the football team, the defense kept the opponent at bay. Stanford in this game did not play well enough to contend with UConn.
I again took one part of the game (from 12:43 in the 2nd (41-22) to 3:30 (49-37), less than 1pt per minute) and watched it closely. If someone wants me to post my notes, I can. Amber didn't have as many poor plays as in the segment in the UConn game, but she did have more than others. She did play better than vs UConn. Her overall effectiveness was highest on the team. If anyone wants to look at what I found weak, these were the ones I noted (game clock time of the overall play).
9:47 bad pass by Mikaela
9:34 poor foul by Jos
9:21 good play by Amber
9:04 good pass by Mikaela
8:38 poor def. position by Jos
7:52 poor def. position by Amber
7:37 good pick & movement by Amber
7:26 unfortunate turn by Amber (I don't know if that is the way she should turn or she should have turned the other way).  Good play by Mikaela
7:10 bad pass by Amber
7:06 bad def. position by Amber
6:51 Amber doesn't hold her screen. After turnover, bad def. position/laziness by Amber
6:08 Bad pass by Mikaela
5:34 Good shot by Amber
5:12 Poor attention by Jasmine
4:55 Weak def. position by Mikaela
3:34 Bad def. position by Amber
Note: But for a bad call by the ref, Amber had a steal at 8:38. The "steal" by CU at 8:00 was simply an unforced turnover. Mikaela should have been credited with the steal at 7:06, not Amber.
I don't sense that there was a change in Amber's attitude (esp. about defense); I think she just wasn't playing against as good a player, so what I saw as laziness wasn't getting exposed in this game. But she really does seem to spend a lot of time moving slowly. (On defense, besides the above, see 2nd 16:15, 15:39, 13:16)
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Stats: It's already been pointed out that there were a season high number of steals by our opponent, resulting in a season high number of turnovers by Stanford. The 5 turnovers that didn't correspond to steals tied our low. I didn't check, but some of the steals were from more than usual tie balls. But, on their side, our opponent also had a season high of 16 turnovers, which with our 5 steals, was a season high in what I call unforced turnovers.
Our opponent had a season low number of 3ptrs (1 of 12) and percentage. While they had a season high of 19 FTA, they only made a season low percentage.
Obviously our offense again sputtered, with just 57 (vs 71 avg) points. Our 2PT% was above average, but our 3PT% was low again. OR% + DR% was 114, so we won rebounding. A/FG was at 57%, above our avg of 47%.
We still haven't had anyone foul out, but both Jos & Amber had 4.
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The official Play-by-Play was poorly done. In one spot a couple of trips down the court were recorded at the same second. They swapped shots by Amber and Chucky (resulting in the wrong team scoring). At one point it shows a different number of players substituted in vs out. So, I don't know how accurate this is since it is derived from the (somewhat corrected) PxP:
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I believe Stanford needs to concentrate more on blocking out. If we block the other player out, we don't get blocked out ourselves. I see a lot of that happening against us, which dulls what could be an overwhelming rebound advantage. And, as I said last game, IMHO, Amber needs to hustle more, esp. on defense.
We benefited from playing a much weaker team than the previous game. We mostly moved better, but we still had possessions that had to be rushed. I recall one time we took advantage of breaking the press, but we hadn't much improved that, if at all. We didn't put Colorado down but let them hang on, gaining 7 points on us during the 2nd half. We could have melted down when we were up just 12, but we didn't.
The offense was again too ineffective, less than 1.5 points per minute. Like the football team, the defense kept the opponent at bay. Stanford in this game did not play well enough to contend with UConn.
I again took one part of the game (from 12:43 in the 2nd (41-22) to 3:30 (49-37), less than 1pt per minute) and watched it closely. If someone wants me to post my notes, I can. Amber didn't have as many poor plays as in the segment in the UConn game, but she did have more than others. She did play better than vs UConn. Her overall effectiveness was highest on the team. If anyone wants to look at what I found weak, these were the ones I noted (game clock time of the overall play).
9:47 bad pass by Mikaela
9:34 poor foul by Jos
9:21 good play by Amber
9:04 good pass by Mikaela
8:38 poor def. position by Jos
7:52 poor def. position by Amber
7:37 good pick & movement by Amber
7:26 unfortunate turn by Amber (I don't know if that is the way she should turn or she should have turned the other way).  Good play by Mikaela
7:10 bad pass by Amber
7:06 bad def. position by Amber
6:51 Amber doesn't hold her screen. After turnover, bad def. position/laziness by Amber
6:08 Bad pass by Mikaela
5:34 Good shot by Amber
5:12 Poor attention by Jasmine
4:55 Weak def. position by Mikaela
3:34 Bad def. position by Amber
Note: But for a bad call by the ref, Amber had a steal at 8:38. The "steal" by CU at 8:00 was simply an unforced turnover. Mikaela should have been credited with the steal at 7:06, not Amber.
I don't sense that there was a change in Amber's attitude (esp. about defense); I think she just wasn't playing against as good a player, so what I saw as laziness wasn't getting exposed in this game. But she really does seem to spend a lot of time moving slowly. (On defense, besides the above, see 2nd 16:15, 15:39, 13:16)
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Stats: It's already been pointed out that there were a season high number of steals by our opponent, resulting in a season high number of turnovers by Stanford. The 5 turnovers that didn't correspond to steals tied our low. I didn't check, but some of the steals were from more than usual tie balls. But, on their side, our opponent also had a season high of 16 turnovers, which with our 5 steals, was a season high in what I call unforced turnovers.
Our opponent had a season low number of 3ptrs (1 of 12) and percentage. While they had a season high of 19 FTA, they only made a season low percentage.
Obviously our offense again sputtered, with just 57 (vs 71 avg) points. Our 2PT% was above average, but our 3PT% was low again. OR% + DR% was 114, so we won rebounding. A/FG was at 57%, above our avg of 47%.
We still haven't had anyone foul out, but both Jos & Amber had 4.
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The official Play-by-Play was poorly done. In one spot a couple of trips down the court were recorded at the same second. They swapped shots by Amber and Chucky (resulting in the wrong team scoring). At one point it shows a different number of players substituted in vs out. So, I don't know how accurate this is since it is derived from the (somewhat corrected) PxP:
| Â Player | Min | NetPts | NetP/G |
| Camp, Jasmine | 18:20 | 7 | 15.27 |
| Greenfield, Taylor | 21:21 | -6 | -11.24 |
| James, Sara | 2:24 | 5 | 83.33 |
| Kokenis, Toni | 9:44 | 9 | 36.99 |
| Lakhian, Kiran | 0:16 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ogwumike, Chiney | 34:51 | 13 | 14.92 |
| Orrange, Amber | 33:38 | 16 | 19.03 |
| Payne, Erica | 7:12 | 5 | 27.78 |
| Picknell, Tess | 0:16 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ruef, Mikaela | 26:18 | 11 | 16.73 |
| Samuelson, Bonnie | 13:15 | 12 | 36.23 |
| Tinkle, Joslyn | 32:25 | 13 | 16.04 |
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I believe Stanford needs to concentrate more on blocking out. If we block the other player out, we don't get blocked out ourselves. I see a lot of that happening against us, which dulls what could be an overwhelming rebound advantage. And, as I said last game, IMHO, Amber needs to hustle more, esp. on defense.