[82lsju]

Tess Heal, the 2023 West Coast Conference Newcomer of the Year at Santa Clara, has transferred to Stanford for the 2024-25 season and will have two years of eligibility remaining, Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball Kate Paye announced Monday.
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Heal is the second undergraduate transfer in Stanford women's basketball history. A Marin Catholic product, Brooke Smith played her freshman season at Duke in 2002-03 before transferring to Stanford

https://gostanford.com/news/2024/5/13/wo...nford.aspx

[82lsju]

Tess Heal, the 2023 West Coast Conference Newcomer of the Year at Santa Clara, has transferred to Stanford for the 2024-25 season and will have two years of eligibility remaining, Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball Kate Paye announced Monday.
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Heal is the second undergraduate transfer in Stanford women's basketball history. A Marin Catholic product, Brooke Smith played her freshman season at Duke in 2002-03 before transferring to Stanford

https://gostanford.com/news/2024/5/13/wo...nford.aspx

[BosCard]

Super excited by this.   Favorite part of the article was finding out that she was 8th in the country in free throws attempted last year.   We haven’t had a guard be that aggressive/skilled in driving/getting fouls in like forever.

[BosCard]

Super excited by this.   Favorite part of the article was finding out that she was 8th in the country in free throws attempted last year.   We haven’t had a guard be that aggressive/skilled in driving/getting fouls in like forever.

[OCcardinal]

Away against Oregon this season Heal scored 21 points on 69% shooting with 8 assists (in 29 minutes).  Away against Oregon this season, Stanford's 3 starting guards combined had 21 points on 39% shooting with 9 assists (in 84 combined minutes).

[OCcardinal]

Away against Oregon this season Heal scored 21 points on 69% shooting with 8 assists (in 29 minutes).  Away against Oregon this season, Stanford's 3 starting guards combined had 21 points on 39% shooting with 9 assists (in 84 combined minutes).

[Mick]

Tess is quite the find. WCC Newcomer of the Year, All-WCC First Team, WCC All Freshman team, 12x WCC Freshman of the week (conference record). Had the fourth most points in a single season at SCU, on five other Bronco single season Top 10 record lists (minutes played, made field goals, made free throws). Shot 86% from free throw line.  She knows how to dish...had 5+ assists 13 times, scored in double figures in all but three games, averaged 4.3 rebounds per game, 17.6 ppg. Only downside to her game, to my knowledge, she's not great from the outside...27.3% from 3 pt. range.

She'll be a terrific Cardinal...

https://gostanford.com/news/2024/5/13/wo...3cDLiUnJQR

[Mick]

Tess is quite the find. WCC Newcomer of the Year, All-WCC First Team, WCC All Freshman team, 12x WCC Freshman of the week (conference record). Had the fourth most points in a single season at SCU, on five other Bronco single season Top 10 record lists (minutes played, made field goals, made free throws). Shot 86% from free throw line.  She knows how to dish...had 5+ assists 13 times, scored in double figures in all but three games, averaged 4.3 rebounds per game, 17.6 ppg. Only downside to her game, to my knowledge, she's not great from the outside...27.3% from 3 pt. range.

She'll be a terrific Cardinal...

https://gostanford.com/news/2024/5/13/wo...3cDLiUnJQR

[qwerty49]

Tess is quite the find. WCC Newcomer of the Year, All-WCC First Team, WCC All Freshman team, 12x WCC Freshman of the week (conference record). Had the fourth most points in a single season at SCU, on five other Bronco single season Top 10 record lists (minutes played, made field goals, made free throws). Shot 86% from free throw line.  She knows how to dish...had 5+ assists 13 times, scored in double figures in all but three games, averaged 4.3 rebounds per game, 17.6 ppg. Only downside to her game, to my knowledge, she's not great from the outside...27.3% from 3 pt. range.

She'll be a terrific Cardinal...

https://gostanford.com/news/2024/5/13/wo...3cDLiUnJQR

I think 27% was 2022. Improved to 35% in 2023 from the site I saw.

But yes, 3-pt shooting is where we need the most help.

[qwerty49]

Tess is quite the find. WCC Newcomer of the Year, All-WCC First Team, WCC All Freshman team, 12x WCC Freshman of the week (conference record). Had the fourth most points in a single season at SCU, on five other Bronco single season Top 10 record lists (minutes played, made field goals, made free throws). Shot 86% from free throw line.  She knows how to dish...had 5+ assists 13 times, scored in double figures in all but three games, averaged 4.3 rebounds per game, 17.6 ppg. Only downside to her game, to my knowledge, she's not great from the outside...27.3% from 3 pt. range.

She'll be a terrific Cardinal...

https://gostanford.com/news/2024/5/13/wo...3cDLiUnJQR

I think 27% was 2022. Improved to 35% in 2023 from the site I saw.

But yes, 3-pt shooting is where we need the most help.

[82lsju]

Tess is quite the find. WCC Newcomer of the Year, All-WCC First Team, WCC All Freshman team, 12x WCC Freshman of the week (conference record). Had the fourth most points in a single season at SCU, on five other Bronco single season Top 10 record lists (minutes played, made field goals, made free throws). Shot 86% from free throw line.  She knows how to dish...had 5+ assists 13 times, scored in double figures in all but three games, averaged 4.3 rebounds per game, 17.6 ppg. Only downside to her game, to my knowledge, she's not great from the outside...27.3% from 3 pt. range.

She'll be a terrific Cardinal...

https://gostanford.com/news/2024/5/13/wo...3cDLiUnJQR

I think 27% was 2022. Improved to 35% in 2023 from the site I saw.

But yes, 3-pt shooting is where we need the most help.

correct, SCU stats page says 35.3% last season

https://santaclarabroncos.com/sports/wom...ball/stats

[82lsju]

Tess is quite the find. WCC Newcomer of the Year, All-WCC First Team, WCC All Freshman team, 12x WCC Freshman of the week (conference record). Had the fourth most points in a single season at SCU, on five other Bronco single season Top 10 record lists (minutes played, made field goals, made free throws). Shot 86% from free throw line.  She knows how to dish...had 5+ assists 13 times, scored in double figures in all but three games, averaged 4.3 rebounds per game, 17.6 ppg. Only downside to her game, to my knowledge, she's not great from the outside...27.3% from 3 pt. range.

She'll be a terrific Cardinal...

https://gostanford.com/news/2024/5/13/wo...3cDLiUnJQR

I think 27% was 2022. Improved to 35% in 2023 from the site I saw.

But yes, 3-pt shooting is where we need the most help.

correct, SCU stats page says 35.3% last season

https://santaclarabroncos.com/sports/wom...ball/stats

[81alum]

This is welcome news.  Suddenly Lepolo will have a couple of credible competitors, with Ijiwoye being the other.    Now let's hope that Peterson or Umeh can be really productive as freshmen, and then we would have a balanced team.

A lot of ifs, though.

[81alum]

This is welcome news.  Suddenly Lepolo will have a couple of credible competitors, with Ijiwoye being the other.    Now let's hope that Peterson or Umeh can be really productive as freshmen, and then we would have a balanced team.

A lot of ifs, though.

[BosCard]

Heal is particularly important because of her ability to drive and finish at the rim.  We mostly have 3-point shooting bigs (Demetre, Agara, Peterson) and the best way to leverage that skill is to play 4 or 5 out like Utah did.  If your bigs are three point shooting threats then they will draw their defender out of the paint leaving open driving lanes for guards who can drive and score.  Lepolo can certainly drive but she was so hesitant to shoot that she would just circle and pull the ball back out.   Hopefully Heal will have a lot of room in the paint to operate with our bigs providing spacing.

[BosCard]

Heal is particularly important because of her ability to drive and finish at the rim.  We mostly have 3-point shooting bigs (Demetre, Agara, Peterson) and the best way to leverage that skill is to play 4 or 5 out like Utah did.  If your bigs are three point shooting threats then they will draw their defender out of the paint leaving open driving lanes for guards who can drive and score.  Lepolo can certainly drive but she was so hesitant to shoot that she would just circle and pull the ball back out.   Hopefully Heal will have a lot of room in the paint to operate with our bigs providing spacing.

[82lsju]

interesting read on her transfer experience

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/colle...462282.php

“It was a very difficult process,” Heal told the Chronicle. “It’s very long and arduous. The transfer process, I honestly would not recommend it. But once I did my Stanford visit, which was my last visit, I knew this was the place for me.”
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“It was very nerve-wracking, the waiting,” Heal said. “I think their admissions process might be a little bit more involved than some other schools. But I worked hard for two years. I poured my heart and soul into the application. At the end of the day, all you can do is your best and then hope, and it panned out.”

[82lsju]

interesting read on her transfer experience

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/colle...462282.php

“It was a very difficult process,” Heal told the Chronicle. “It’s very long and arduous. The transfer process, I honestly would not recommend it. But once I did my Stanford visit, which was my last visit, I knew this was the place for me.”
...
“It was very nerve-wracking, the waiting,” Heal said. “I think their admissions process might be a little bit more involved than some other schools. But I worked hard for two years. I poured my heart and soul into the application. At the end of the day, all you can do is your best and then hope, and it panned out.”

[MV72018]

Heal is particularly important because of her ability to drive and finish at the rim.  We mostly have 3-point shooting bigs (Demetre, Agara, Peterson) and the best way to leverage that skill is to play 4 or 5 out like Utah did.  If your bigs are three point shooting threats then they will draw their defender out of the paint leaving open driving lanes for guards who can drive and score.  Lepolo can certainly drive but she was so hesitant to shoot that she would just circle and pull the ball back out.   Hopefully Heal will have a lot of room in the paint to operate with our bigs providing spacing.

"Lepolo can certainly drive..." You must have seen something I didn't.

[MV72018]

Heal is particularly important because of her ability to drive and finish at the rim.  We mostly have 3-point shooting bigs (Demetre, Agara, Peterson) and the best way to leverage that skill is to play 4 or 5 out like Utah did.  If your bigs are three point shooting threats then they will draw their defender out of the paint leaving open driving lanes for guards who can drive and score.  Lepolo can certainly drive but she was so hesitant to shoot that she would just circle and pull the ball back out.   Hopefully Heal will have a lot of room in the paint to operate with our bigs providing spacing.

"Lepolo can certainly drive..." You must have seen something I didn't.

[fullmetal]

Stanford almost recruited Heal.  The staff very much feels like they now have a second chance with Heal, and that's a great way to use the portal imo.

We do need championship-caliber guard play.

[fullmetal]

Stanford almost recruited Heal.  The staff very much feels like they now have a second chance with Heal, and that's a great way to use the portal imo.

We do need championship-caliber guard play.