02-17-2013, 08:31 PM
[The comment by Mary Murphy was in the C.al-U.SC game. That is on the PAC-12 channel, with PAC-12 announcers. The Stanford game was only on ESPNU. When I could, I preferred to listen to almost anyone other than Ros. I don't know whether it is her tone or the non-stop nature of her commentary but it bothers me. Obviously, that's a personal preference and not intended to be a reflection on her ability as an announcer. By the way, I notice that announcers that were post players always say how good the post players are, and guards say how good the guards are. I see the same thing in football. It's human nature, I guess.]
When I do my stats, I use the Final Stats, updated when it isn't consistent (typical is missing substitutions, but sometimes they show 3 subbed out, 2 subbed in; at least once this year, they've given baskets to the wrong team). I went back to look at the start of today's game. It starts off with a block on either side, but then they miss a steal by Sara (19:27) and call it a team offensive rebound (that included 2 passes by the opponent and the ball passing half court!) Looking further, at 16:46, Chiney is blocked and the ball is knocked out to Sara, who passes it to Amber. Official stats: Off. rebound by Amber. The next offensive rebound is knocked out to Amber, who is properly credited with it. Shortly after that, Mikaela tips a pass, off Sara's hands and Chiney's, and it rolls away, where Amber picks it up, and gets the credit for a steal (as it should be, but Mikaela started it).
I noticed a bothersome technical glitch. At the half, the game time clock on the TV showed 0.3 seconds left when the red lights on the backboard came on. I thought the TV clock was electronically tied to the scoreboard clock. If it is, the early firing of the red lights may cause an official to make an erroneous call. But, if you look a little earlier at when Bonnie shoots & misses, the TV clock was 0.2 to 0.3 seconds off the scoreboard clock. So, it appears to be a delay from the scoreboard to the TV clock. (IMO, Tara should have requested more time to be put back on the clock when the tie-ball was called. It might have made the difference.)
From the stats, such as they are,
This was our season low (20) in defensive rebounds (avg 29). We were a bit low in defensive rebounding percentage (63% vs avg 70%), but it boils down to not many chances. They kept their 3pt shooting low (only 8 attempts) and hit 46% of their 2PT shots (4th best of the season). Offensive rebounds were good at 49%.Â
Our 21% for 3PT% was low, and even our 49% for 2PT shots was a bit low. While we made our average number of attempted shots, we moved 4 of them to 3ptrs rather than 2ptrs, which accounted for our lower made FG and FG%. Our assists/FG was better at 61% (avg 51%). (I wish I could account for putback attempts and remove them from that denominator.) Our 15 TO was a bit above our average of 12, but our season best 11 steals helped push them to a season-most 21 TO. However, UCLA still got more points (19) off the Stanford TO than Stanford got (15).
UCLA's 18 assists tied for the most against us this year, and accounted for 75% of their FG. As happens in a game that is somewhat close, the losing team fouled a lot down the stretch, giving them a season high 8 more fouls than us, and a resulting season-high 12 more made FTs, one more than the total difference. Stanford's 18 made FTs was second high for the season, and the 90% FT% was also second high. I think this was a good sign for any future close games where we are leading. Another good sign was that we had only 1 player with even 3 fouls.
FYI, while we got 28 points in the paint and they got only 24, they were above the average and we were below our average.
As for efficiency while on the floor, I was surprised by the numbers:
Remember, with my 5-minute limit, the final column isn't valid for Chiney, Jos, Amber, or Tess. But for the rest, we did much better when Bonnie was on the floor than when she wasn't.
When I do my stats, I use the Final Stats, updated when it isn't consistent (typical is missing substitutions, but sometimes they show 3 subbed out, 2 subbed in; at least once this year, they've given baskets to the wrong team). I went back to look at the start of today's game. It starts off with a block on either side, but then they miss a steal by Sara (19:27) and call it a team offensive rebound (that included 2 passes by the opponent and the ball passing half court!) Looking further, at 16:46, Chiney is blocked and the ball is knocked out to Sara, who passes it to Amber. Official stats: Off. rebound by Amber. The next offensive rebound is knocked out to Amber, who is properly credited with it. Shortly after that, Mikaela tips a pass, off Sara's hands and Chiney's, and it rolls away, where Amber picks it up, and gets the credit for a steal (as it should be, but Mikaela started it).
I noticed a bothersome technical glitch. At the half, the game time clock on the TV showed 0.3 seconds left when the red lights on the backboard came on. I thought the TV clock was electronically tied to the scoreboard clock. If it is, the early firing of the red lights may cause an official to make an erroneous call. But, if you look a little earlier at when Bonnie shoots & misses, the TV clock was 0.2 to 0.3 seconds off the scoreboard clock. So, it appears to be a delay from the scoreboard to the TV clock. (IMO, Tara should have requested more time to be put back on the clock when the tie-ball was called. It might have made the difference.)
From the stats, such as they are,
This was our season low (20) in defensive rebounds (avg 29). We were a bit low in defensive rebounding percentage (63% vs avg 70%), but it boils down to not many chances. They kept their 3pt shooting low (only 8 attempts) and hit 46% of their 2PT shots (4th best of the season). Offensive rebounds were good at 49%.Â
Our 21% for 3PT% was low, and even our 49% for 2PT shots was a bit low. While we made our average number of attempted shots, we moved 4 of them to 3ptrs rather than 2ptrs, which accounted for our lower made FG and FG%. Our assists/FG was better at 61% (avg 51%). (I wish I could account for putback attempts and remove them from that denominator.) Our 15 TO was a bit above our average of 12, but our season best 11 steals helped push them to a season-most 21 TO. However, UCLA still got more points (19) off the Stanford TO than Stanford got (15).
UCLA's 18 assists tied for the most against us this year, and accounted for 75% of their FG. As happens in a game that is somewhat close, the losing team fouled a lot down the stretch, giving them a season high 8 more fouls than us, and a resulting season-high 12 more made FTs, one more than the total difference. Stanford's 18 made FTs was second high for the season, and the 90% FT% was also second high. I think this was a good sign for any future close games where we are leading. Another good sign was that we had only 1 player with even 3 fouls.
FYI, while we got 28 points in the paint and they got only 24, they were above the average and we were below our average.
As for efficiency while on the floor, I was surprised by the numbers:
| F | L | O | O | R | | | BENCH | | | Flr-Bnch | |||
Player | Min | Opts | Dpts | NetPts | OP/g | DP/g | NetP/G | OP/g | DP/g | NetP/G | NetP/G |
Camp, Jasmine | 7:19 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 43.7 | 49.2 | -5.5 | Â 73.4 | 58.7 | 14.7 | -20.2 |
Greenfield, Taylor | 5:28 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 65.9 | 73.2 | -7.3 | Â 68.3 | 54.4 | 13.9 | -21.2 |
James, Sara | 14:35 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 63.1 | 60.3 | 2.7 | Â 70.8 | 55.1 | 15.7 | -13.0 |
Ogwumike, Chiney | 40:00 | 68 | 57 | 11 | 68.0 | 57.0 | 11.0 | Â 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Â 11.0 |
Orrange, Amber | 37:23 | 64 | 54 | 10 | 68.5 | 57.8 | 10.7 | Â 61.1 | 45.9 | 15.3 | Â -4.6 |
Picknell, Tess | 3:39 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 76.7 | 98.6 | -21.9 | Â 67.1 | 52.8 | 14.3 | -36.2 |
Ruef, Mikaela | 31:50 | 51 | 42 | 9 | 64.1 | 52.8 | 11.3 | Â 83.3 | 73.5 | 9.8 | Â 1.5 |
Samuelson, Bonnie | 19:46 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 85.0 | 50.6 | 34.4 | Â 51.4 | 63.3 | -11.9 | Â 46.3 |
Tinkle, Joslyn | 40:00 | 68 | 57 | 11 | 68.0 | 57.0 | 11.0 | Â 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Â 11.0 |
Remember, with my 5-minute limit, the final column isn't valid for Chiney, Jos, Amber, or Tess. But for the rest, we did much better when Bonnie was on the floor than when she wasn't.