02-17-2013, 04:30 PM
Since I dont get ESPNU, I biked down to the Old Pro and watched the game with two other Stanford fans. The place was fairly quiet.
The game seemed like a defensive slugfest, with Stanford making just under 40% of its shots. Chiney made some wonderful plays, but overall was just 10-20 and missed her double double with only 7 rebounds. She did have 5 blocks, so her defensive contributions were very important. When we were on offense, UCLA usually had someone in front of her and behind her and attempted to deny the entry pass. Even so she scored 26 points, but not very efficiently, and it threw our offense out of whack for stretches.
Our three point shooting continues for the second year to be sub-par, despite having many fine practice shooters. Bonnie was 2/7 and overall in this game we were 4/19. To remind us of what great three point shooting is like, keep in mind that Mosqueda-Lewis is currently 74/150 and Kelly Faris is 33/78. So far this year Joslyn is our best shooter at 28/80 with Taylor and Bonnie a bit behind that.
Reuf had the only double-double today, with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Better yet, she was 4/4 from the free throw line. That last stat is very auspicious given her earlier free throw woes.
Joslyn was 5/7 in close and 0/3 from three, with 6 O-boards. On two occasions she was in exactly the right position to collect Chineys miss and put it back. She may have gone cold from three lately, but she is improving her inside play and giving us more of what we need to give us an alternative to Chiney.
Sara James started today but got just 15 minutes. She has not been scoring points lately while Ruef has, which seems to have convinced Tara to play 4 bigs. As VG pointed out, this was problematic at times for dealing with UCLAs speedy defense.Â
Amber played well at timesshe had 5 assists but also 5 turnoversnot all of which were excusable. She was only 1/6 shooting, but she was excellent at the free throw line, which we needed down the stretch (6/7). Jasmine gave her some relief and for a couple of minutes we had both of them on the floor. But Jasmine did run into trouble a couple of times against the quick defense.
Tess came into the game in the first halfperhaps the most significant minutes in her career so far. She scored on her only shot and it looked as if she might be becoming more game-comfortable. Then she was called for a highly questionable flagrant foul and she left, not to return.
Looking at the stat sheet: on the good side, it is a win, and I am pleased that there were multiple contributorswe needed more than just Chiney today. But given how easily C.al destroyed UCLA on Friday, it is worrisome that we had to bludgeon our way to a hard-fought victory.
The game seemed like a defensive slugfest, with Stanford making just under 40% of its shots. Chiney made some wonderful plays, but overall was just 10-20 and missed her double double with only 7 rebounds. She did have 5 blocks, so her defensive contributions were very important. When we were on offense, UCLA usually had someone in front of her and behind her and attempted to deny the entry pass. Even so she scored 26 points, but not very efficiently, and it threw our offense out of whack for stretches.
Our three point shooting continues for the second year to be sub-par, despite having many fine practice shooters. Bonnie was 2/7 and overall in this game we were 4/19. To remind us of what great three point shooting is like, keep in mind that Mosqueda-Lewis is currently 74/150 and Kelly Faris is 33/78. So far this year Joslyn is our best shooter at 28/80 with Taylor and Bonnie a bit behind that.
Reuf had the only double-double today, with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Better yet, she was 4/4 from the free throw line. That last stat is very auspicious given her earlier free throw woes.
Joslyn was 5/7 in close and 0/3 from three, with 6 O-boards. On two occasions she was in exactly the right position to collect Chineys miss and put it back. She may have gone cold from three lately, but she is improving her inside play and giving us more of what we need to give us an alternative to Chiney.
Sara James started today but got just 15 minutes. She has not been scoring points lately while Ruef has, which seems to have convinced Tara to play 4 bigs. As VG pointed out, this was problematic at times for dealing with UCLAs speedy defense.Â
Amber played well at timesshe had 5 assists but also 5 turnoversnot all of which were excusable. She was only 1/6 shooting, but she was excellent at the free throw line, which we needed down the stretch (6/7). Jasmine gave her some relief and for a couple of minutes we had both of them on the floor. But Jasmine did run into trouble a couple of times against the quick defense.
Tess came into the game in the first halfperhaps the most significant minutes in her career so far. She scored on her only shot and it looked as if she might be becoming more game-comfortable. Then she was called for a highly questionable flagrant foul and she left, not to return.
Looking at the stat sheet: on the good side, it is a win, and I am pleased that there were multiple contributorswe needed more than just Chiney today. But given how easily C.al destroyed UCLA on Friday, it is worrisome that we had to bludgeon our way to a hard-fought victory.