01-19-2015, 03:34 AM
Monday's WBB game against ASU will be at the abnormally early 3PM start time, right in the middle of my work day. Sigh..
The Stanford game notes seemed not to discuss the opposing team much, so I went to look through the [url=http://"http://www.thesundevils.com/pdf9/3116329.pdf"]ASU game notes[/url], from which I took most of the material below.
Of course, coach Charli Turner Thorne always brings her best game for Stanford. But, perhaps CTT was thrown a curve by Tara's change in offense this year. But she has had time to adopt.
#14 ASU has won 12 straight, with the last 11 being double-digit wins. They beat C.al by 15 (but lead by only 2 with 10:30 to go). Their win margin is 18.2. They are #7 in RPI. As of Jan. 18, ASU is second in the nation in 3-point FG percentage defense (21.3%), 10th in FG percentage (46.7%), 13th in scoring margin (+18.4), 23rd in scoring defense (55.4) and 24th in assists per game (16.9).
While #7 in RPI, the best team they've beaten is Washington (#20 RPI) but lost to Green Bay (#13 RPI). Next best they've played was their wins vs C.al (#30 RPI) and Northwestern (#42 RPI).
Versus common opponents, ASU beat each of the Washington schools by 14 points at home, while Stanford won by 4 and 10 (OT) on the road. ASU beat Arizona by 47 (away) and 17 (home). Stanford beat Arizona by 30 (home). ASU beat UCDavis by 21 at home while Stanford beat them by 12 at home.
Key players:
The Stanford game notes seemed not to discuss the opposing team much, so I went to look through the [url=http://"http://www.thesundevils.com/pdf9/3116329.pdf"]ASU game notes[/url], from which I took most of the material below.
Of course, coach Charli Turner Thorne always brings her best game for Stanford. But, perhaps CTT was thrown a curve by Tara's change in offense this year. But she has had time to adopt.
#14 ASU has won 12 straight, with the last 11 being double-digit wins. They beat C.al by 15 (but lead by only 2 with 10:30 to go). Their win margin is 18.2. They are #7 in RPI. As of Jan. 18, ASU is second in the nation in 3-point FG percentage defense (21.3%), 10th in FG percentage (46.7%), 13th in scoring margin (+18.4), 23rd in scoring defense (55.4) and 24th in assists per game (16.9).
While #7 in RPI, the best team they've beaten is Washington (#20 RPI) but lost to Green Bay (#13 RPI). Next best they've played was their wins vs C.al (#30 RPI) and Northwestern (#42 RPI).
Versus common opponents, ASU beat each of the Washington schools by 14 points at home, while Stanford won by 4 and 10 (OT) on the road. ASU beat Arizona by 47 (away) and 17 (home). Stanford beat Arizona by 30 (home). ASU beat UCDavis by 21 at home while Stanford beat them by 12 at home.
- ASU has had the same starting lineup in every game this season: G Elisha Davis, G Katie Hempen, G Promise Amukamara, F Kelsey Moos and F Sophie Brunner. After the 5 starters (22-28 min/game), the next 4 players have about 15 minutes of playing time per game. The box score against C.al indicates CTT primarily substituted 2 players at a time (vs the platoons she has used in the past).
- ASU is shooting 48.3 percent from the floor during its 12-game winning streak (7x higher than 50 percent) and is outscoring the opposition by an average of 22.0 ppg.
- ASU has had 15 or fewer turnovers 10 times this season, including a season-low nine vs. Villanova (Nov. 28).
- ASU has held the opposition to 25 or fewer points in a half 13 times this season, including 13 in the first half vs. Washington (Jan. 3), which came into the game averaging 83.2 ppg. It has also held the opposition to 25 percent or less from 3-point range in 10 of its 17 contests. Only two opponents Northwestern (5) and Washington State (4) have connected on more than three triples in a game this season.
- Nine different Sun Devils have scored in double figures this season.
Key players:
- Promise Amukamara (#10 5'8" G Sr 28min/g 51%FG 12.1pt/g) is the teams leader in steals (2.1 spg) and the top rebounding guard on the team (3.8 rpg). 7 of 14 3ptrs
- Sophie Brunner (#21 6'1" F So 25min/g 58%FG 12.9pt/g 7.4r/g)Â has scored 20 or more points four times this season, including a career best 26 points in ASUs win vs. Arizona (Jan. 10). Also ASUs leading rebounder (7.4 rpg). As of Jan. 18, Brunner is ranked No. 11 in the nation in FG percent (57.6).
- Elisha Davis (#23 5'3" G Jr; 28min/g 38%FG, 8.0pt/g) has had five or most assists 11 times this season, including a career-high 11 at Illinois State (Dec. 16). Equally important is she has had 10 games with two or fewer turnovers. She has 23 assists and six turnovers in last three games.
- Katie Hempen (#0 5'9" G RJr; 27min/g 37%FG, 36% 3Pt%, 12.1pt/g), who has knocked down three or more 3-pointers seven times this season, has scored in double figures nine times in ASUs last 11 games. In ASUs win over Washington State, Hempen scored a career-high 21 points and tied her career high in 3-pointers (4) and assists (5).
- Kelsey Moos (#24 6'0" F So; 23min/g 58%FG, 8.1pt/g) has had seven or more rebounds nine times this season, including seven times in ASUs last nine games. 8 of 15 3ptrs.
- Quinn Dornstauder (#22 6'4" C So; 15min/g 62%FG, 7.8pt/g, 21 blks) currently leads the bench in both scoring (7.8 ppg) and rebounding (4.9 rpg) while shooting 61.5 percent from the floor. Dornstauder has scored in double figures in six of ASUs last 10 games, including a career-best 19 points at Illinois State (Dec. 16).