[81alum]

Stanford had 4 players in double figures--including another good game by Ruef--as it beat SC again.

Toni Kokenis did not play and it is beginning to look like she can't be counted on this year.  She was walking around and smiling in her warm ups.  Not having Toni seemed to prompt Tara to play 4 bigs much of the time, except when Sara was in.  Jasmine continues to look good in relief of Amber--but Tara rarely put Jasmine and Amber on the floor at the same time. 

Chiney had 26 points and 15 rebounds, and better yet she made 8/9 free throws and 9/15 baskets.  That is pretty efficient scoring--she did not have to waste a lot of opportunities to get her points.  She even dribbled the length of the floor and laid it in.

Joslyn was quiet until towards the end of the first half, and then she began to take off.  For most of the first half, in fact, she only had one attempt.  She and Ruef were our only players who were decent from three point range--Jos had 2/3 bombs, Ruef was 1/1, and the rest of the team tonight was 3/17.  With 17 points and 11 rebounds, Jos made another double-double.  Add 3 blocks and she had one of her better games this season.  I do wonder why Jos is developing into a second half player--in several of her better games this year most of her points came in the 2nd half.

Ruef had her first trey of the season!  She scored a little here and a little there and frankly I did not realize that she had a career high 12 points until when I looked at the box score.  Better yet she was 5/7.  She continues her free throw slump, with just 1/4.  She has been having a rough time with free throws all season, something that could cost us in tournament time.  On the positive side, she had 4 assists, including a beautiful lob to Chiney.

Bonnie was cold tonight and made only 1/6 three point attempts, but her defense seemed to me to be improving.

Amber was only 3/10, but she had 5 assists, including a nifty hand-off to Chiney under the basket--and she had only 1 turnover.  She made all her free throws and wound up with 10 points.  She was spelled by Jasmine, who continues to look good and had a couple of very nice baskets and some dogged defense.

We started the game by turning the ball over much too much, but wound up with only 13 for the game--our season average.  This game was won with a massive advantage in rebounding (43/26) and by holding SC to 33% shooting.  With 16 assists on 27 made baskets it seems our passing was decent.

Now comes the key test--UCLA on Sunday, and we might face them without Toni.

[81alum]

Stanford had 4 players in double figures--including another good game by Ruef--as it beat SC again.

Toni Kokenis did not play and it is beginning to look like she can't be counted on this year.  She was walking around and smiling in her warm ups.  Not having Toni seemed to prompt Tara to play 4 bigs much of the time, except when Sara was in.  Jasmine continues to look good in relief of Amber--but Tara rarely put Jasmine and Amber on the floor at the same time. 

Chiney had 26 points and 15 rebounds, and better yet she made 8/9 free throws and 9/15 baskets.  That is pretty efficient scoring--she did not have to waste a lot of opportunities to get her points.  She even dribbled the length of the floor and laid it in.

Joslyn was quiet until towards the end of the first half, and then she began to take off.  For most of the first half, in fact, she only had one attempt.  She and Ruef were our only players who were decent from three point range--Jos had 2/3 bombs, Ruef was 1/1, and the rest of the team tonight was 3/17.  With 17 points and 11 rebounds, Jos made another double-double.  Add 3 blocks and she had one of her better games this season.  I do wonder why Jos is developing into a second half player--in several of her better games this year most of her points came in the 2nd half.

Ruef had her first trey of the season!  She scored a little here and a little there and frankly I did not realize that she had a career high 12 points until when I looked at the box score.  Better yet she was 5/7.  She continues her free throw slump, with just 1/4.  She has been having a rough time with free throws all season, something that could cost us in tournament time.  On the positive side, she had 4 assists, including a beautiful lob to Chiney.

Bonnie was cold tonight and made only 1/6 three point attempts, but her defense seemed to me to be improving.

Amber was only 3/10, but she had 5 assists, including a nifty hand-off to Chiney under the basket--and she had only 1 turnover.  She made all her free throws and wound up with 10 points.  She was spelled by Jasmine, who continues to look good and had a couple of very nice baskets and some dogged defense.

We started the game by turning the ball over much too much, but wound up with only 13 for the game--our season average.  This game was won with a massive advantage in rebounding (43/26) and by holding SC to 33% shooting.  With 16 assists on 27 made baskets it seems our passing was decent.

Now comes the key test--UCLA on Sunday, and we might face them without Toni.

[M T]

81Alum, thanks for another good game summary!  You're as dependable as Chiney.

Once again, we were a bit flat in the middle of the first half.  I thought it was time for a "usual" Stanford run late in the first half when U.SC got within 2.  Four and a half minutes later, we were ahead by 12.

Chiney got her impressive numbers yet again.  Our offense was better than it has been, but not where we've been in other years.  Our defense was again the reason for the victory.  Offensive rebounding was great, 3rd best of the year, at 19 of 40 chances.  That was the cause of the success in the second half.    34% of our shots were 3s (vs avg of 24%), even though our 3PT% was a little low. (That pushed down our FG%, even though our 2PT% was average)  U.SC didn't help their cause by fouling.  Our 25 FTA was second high for the year, and 19 made FT was the highest.  The opponent's assist to FG ratio of 63% was second highest for the year, and higher than our 59%, which is pleasantly higher than our 51% average. 

I continue to be pleased with Bonnie's improvement on the floor.  Even though we didn't really need her shooting today, and she wasn't shooting very well, she played 19 minutes.

I am still bothered by Chiney playing 37 minutes in a 20+ point game.  Jos played 38.

It is a good sign that we won by 24 points against a team that we beat by only 9 points last time.  That's good because UCLA may have a bit of edge because of their beat down by C.al.

[M T]

81Alum, thanks for another good game summary!  You're as dependable as Chiney.

Once again, we were a bit flat in the middle of the first half.  I thought it was time for a "usual" Stanford run late in the first half when U.SC got within 2.  Four and a half minutes later, we were ahead by 12.

Chiney got her impressive numbers yet again.  Our offense was better than it has been, but not where we've been in other years.  Our defense was again the reason for the victory.  Offensive rebounding was great, 3rd best of the year, at 19 of 40 chances.  That was the cause of the success in the second half.    34% of our shots were 3s (vs avg of 24%), even though our 3PT% was a little low. (That pushed down our FG%, even though our 2PT% was average)  U.SC didn't help their cause by fouling.  Our 25 FTA was second high for the year, and 19 made FT was the highest.  The opponent's assist to FG ratio of 63% was second highest for the year, and higher than our 59%, which is pleasantly higher than our 51% average. 

I continue to be pleased with Bonnie's improvement on the floor.  Even though we didn't really need her shooting today, and she wasn't shooting very well, she played 19 minutes.

I am still bothered by Chiney playing 37 minutes in a 20+ point game.  Jos played 38.

It is a good sign that we won by 24 points against a team that we beat by only 9 points last time.  That's good because UCLA may have a bit of edge because of their beat down by C.al.