[Viking_Guy]

Jeanette came close, with 5-9 three point shooting and leading scorer with 19, BUT she had another bad play on defense that helped SC on their closing run in the first half - gambling for a steal on the perimeter, letting her player drive and draw Toni Kokenis from the far side, where Stefanie Gilbreath (who hit 4-4 from 3 point range) buried a shot to cut Stanford\'s lead going toward halftime.

Also strong consideration to Chiney (rebounding from a horrid shooting first half to post 13 with some key offensive boards in the decisive run in the second half) and Toni, who got some quality time as a defensive sub for Lindy, who again had a tough time staying in front of her mark, whether Gemelos, or later Len\'Nique Brown, who got into the lane easily and drew defenders away from jump shooters.  

Going forward?  Well, it will be interesting.  Assuming Nneka can\'t go on Sunday, what will Tara do?  UCLA doesn\'t have much of a post threat, so defensively Stanford should be okay in that sense; they rely much more on their slashers in Walker, Dixon, Morris and Gardiner off the bench (who led them with 16 tonight in beating da Bares and pretty much ending UCB\'s chances at the NCAA tournament barring a miracle run in the Pac-10 tourney).

Will it be Tinkle, with Chiney and Kayla in the post offensively and Tinkle defensively?  Or will she try to go big with Boothe, who had a tough game tonight but could be a factor simply with her size against the Bruins?  Or some other strange permutation, with Kokenis, Pohlen and LaRocque operating with Chiney and Kayla to try to offset the UCLA slashers?  Would definitely help to have ball handlers galore out there against Nikki\'s ball pressure.

Whatever the case may be, hope they can pull it together and pull it out (how about some zone against the woeful outside shooting of the Bruins?)  And Nneka, heal up soon.  I would really consider resting her both Sunday and next week against the woeful Oregon schools at home.

Darn it.

VG

[Viking_Guy]

Jeanette came close, with 5-9 three point shooting and leading scorer with 19, BUT she had another bad play on defense that helped SC on their closing run in the first half - gambling for a steal on the perimeter, letting her player drive and draw Toni Kokenis from the far side, where Stefanie Gilbreath (who hit 4-4 from 3 point range) buried a shot to cut Stanford\'s lead going toward halftime.

Also strong consideration to Chiney (rebounding from a horrid shooting first half to post 13 with some key offensive boards in the decisive run in the second half) and Toni, who got some quality time as a defensive sub for Lindy, who again had a tough time staying in front of her mark, whether Gemelos, or later Len\'Nique Brown, who got into the lane easily and drew defenders away from jump shooters.  

Going forward?  Well, it will be interesting.  Assuming Nneka can\'t go on Sunday, what will Tara do?  UCLA doesn\'t have much of a post threat, so defensively Stanford should be okay in that sense; they rely much more on their slashers in Walker, Dixon, Morris and Gardiner off the bench (who led them with 16 tonight in beating da Bares and pretty much ending UCB\'s chances at the NCAA tournament barring a miracle run in the Pac-10 tourney).

Will it be Tinkle, with Chiney and Kayla in the post offensively and Tinkle defensively?  Or will she try to go big with Boothe, who had a tough game tonight but could be a factor simply with her size against the Bruins?  Or some other strange permutation, with Kokenis, Pohlen and LaRocque operating with Chiney and Kayla to try to offset the UCLA slashers?  Would definitely help to have ball handlers galore out there against Nikki\'s ball pressure.

Whatever the case may be, hope they can pull it together and pull it out (how about some zone against the woeful outside shooting of the Bruins?)  And Nneka, heal up soon.  I would really consider resting her both Sunday and next week against the woeful Oregon schools at home.

Darn it.

VG