[Viking_Guy]

WBBFanMT makes a good point about the percentage of defensive rebounds; I guess it was just the two sequences where the Beavs got multiple offensive rebounds that stuck out in my head.  But Stanford\'s interior defense against a team without a lot of height (El Sara Greer, OSU\'s only real post threat, is 6\'2", I believe) meant they had to take those rebounds back outside.

One thing to watch out for, and part of my reason for concern about Jeanette "pushing": a couple of times last night, she leaked out before the ball had been secured, and her mark snuck in for the board.  One worry about rebounding is when other teams\' guards crash, while their forwards drop; the Card sometimes seems a little too anxious to get into transition.

On Sara, the hook is interesting, in that she doesn\'t have a set "spot" where she starts that move; she uses it from anywhere.  But I said earlier this year, the two things she needs to work on, hand strength, going to Garvin\'s point, and leg strength.  I think part of her issues with fouling is that she tends to use her upper body on defense too much; when bigs are leaning or moving their upper body, they\'re much more likely to be called for a foul.  Part of that may be her missing time rehabbing her injury from last year.

Good point about the officiating; it was nice not to notice it, especially in comparison to what I was hearing from the men\'s game. Haven\'t listened to many games, but Drew Shiller really lit into the refs on the critical block/charge call at the end of the game with the score tied.  Has he done that before?

VG

[Viking_Guy]

WBBFanMT makes a good point about the percentage of defensive rebounds; I guess it was just the two sequences where the Beavs got multiple offensive rebounds that stuck out in my head.  But Stanford\'s interior defense against a team without a lot of height (El Sara Greer, OSU\'s only real post threat, is 6\'2", I believe) meant they had to take those rebounds back outside.

One thing to watch out for, and part of my reason for concern about Jeanette "pushing": a couple of times last night, she leaked out before the ball had been secured, and her mark snuck in for the board.  One worry about rebounding is when other teams\' guards crash, while their forwards drop; the Card sometimes seems a little too anxious to get into transition.

On Sara, the hook is interesting, in that she doesn\'t have a set "spot" where she starts that move; she uses it from anywhere.  But I said earlier this year, the two things she needs to work on, hand strength, going to Garvin\'s point, and leg strength.  I think part of her issues with fouling is that she tends to use her upper body on defense too much; when bigs are leaning or moving their upper body, they\'re much more likely to be called for a foul.  Part of that may be her missing time rehabbing her injury from last year.

Good point about the officiating; it was nice not to notice it, especially in comparison to what I was hearing from the men\'s game. Haven\'t listened to many games, but Drew Shiller really lit into the refs on the critical block/charge call at the end of the game with the score tied.  Has he done that before?

VG