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RE: WBB: Stanford 97 Utah 64 - 81alum - 02-14-2020

Write-up done at the top.  Probably our most impressive away game so far this year, even counting Oregon State.

RE: WBB: Stanford 97 Utah 64 - treetop11 - 02-15-2020

(02-13-2020, 10:39 PM)81alum Wrote:  Preview:

Utah is 12-11 and 92 in RPI.  The write-up and preview of the game we played at home against Utah a month ago is here:
https://thecardboard.org/board/showthread.php?tid=18901&highlight=wbb

In the last game, we had only 5 turnovers, Belibi had a breakout offensive performance, and Jump hit 3 treys in a row after missing 3 treys in a row.  After losing to us, Utah was crushed at home by Oregon and Oregon State, but then went to Washington and swept the two Washington schools in their home arenas. 

Utah is led by two freshmen who continue to improve with every game and who will be a thorn in our side for years to come.  Keep in mind that Utah beat us at their place just last year.

I am particularly interested to see if we see a game appearance by Dodson on this road trip.

Overview:

Our offense clicked, we hit 15/30 treys, and our scouting report defense blanked the Utah freshman star to 0 points.  One of our most convincing wins of the year.  Lexie with 24, Williams with 19, and Prechtel with 16.

Flow of the Game:

We received the welcome news in advance that Dodson would play some limited minutes in her first game of the season.  Jerome also started this game--Tara decided to go with experience and knowledge in her starting lineup.

There was little suspense in this game, after we won the first quarter 23-13, we unleased a 32 point second quarter with 6 treys to lead 55-33 at the half.  We were 10/17 from three point range in the first half, had 9 steals, and only 4 turnovers.  Our offense slowed dramatically in the first part of the 3rd quarter, as we came out missing all those treys we had been hitting.  But it started clicking again and our defense improved, and we wound up winning the second half 34-21. 

Tara played all 13 healthy players, with 9 getting double digit minutes and Dodson getting 9 minutes.  11 players scored.

Performances:

It is not hard to understand how we won, given that we shot 15/30 three point shots, and we shot 54% overall to their 34%.  Their leading scorer, Briana Maxwell, was 0/6 for 0 points.  Turnovers evened out in the end--we had 13 to their 16, so that was not as outstanding as the last time we played them, and rebounds were somewhat even as well--but there were few offensive rebounds for us to get since we were making most of our shots.  24 of our 38 field goals were assisted, which is one of our better passing games.  Utah does not do much to disrupt those perimeter passes the way the close defenses we have played before do.  We also had 25 fast break points to their 2, 11 blocks to their 1, and 42 points in the paint to their 20.

Lexie had 24 points in 24 minutes, including 4/6 treys, some rebounds, assists, steals etc.  Outstanding all around.

Williams had 19 points in 30 minutes, including 4/10 treys, and a similarly outstanding stat line. 

The posts all did well in their own ways. 

Prechtel had 16 points in 14 minutes, got 3 blocks and was versatile in her scoring.

Belibi had 10 points in 14 minutes and an outstanding 5/6 shooting, to go with 2 assists.

Dodson looked pretty good offensively with 7 points in 9 minutes and played outstanding defense, getting a block.

Fingall played 22 minutes and got 3 blocks and 5 points.

There were many other contributors, too numerous to list.  Tara kept her team fresh for the demolition derby that is coming up at Colorado.

Conclusion:

An outstanding game to watch, especially with out 25 fast break points and the plethora of threes.  I do think Utah seems to be particularly ill suited to us, and Colorado matches up against us much better.  I am not looking forward to Sunday's game not expecting it to be a pretty one to watch.  But I am looking forward to seeing Dodson increase her role and giving us another dimension as we move forward.

Actually Dodson was excellent on offense - 7 pts in 9 mins. Her footwork, touch, and finishing in the post was Hebard like. She also drove down the lane and scored. She looks bigger, stronger, and more mature.
When we play Oregon next, we would be wise to use all of Fingall, Prechtel, Belebi, Dodson, and even Jerome to physically wear down Hebard and try to draw fouls on her early. We should feed the post and force Hebard to constantly defend and hopefully pick up fouls. Hebard was a beast ags Ucla tonight with 34 pts and 16 rebs. We could try to foul ans 20-25 fouls to give, but she shoots FTs really well although she missed two in a row tonight. I would like to see us have a player slip over behind Hebard when she rolls to the basket after her patented pick. She might pick up a couple of fouls for charges.

RE: WBB: Stanford 97 Utah 64 - M T - 02-15-2020

I think we mostly played with two of our bigger ladies (Fingall, Jerome, Prechtel, Dodson) in at any time.  I thought Jerome & Prechtel together did a good job & I expect Fingall & Dodson will pair well because of their previous experience together.  Platooning them in pairs might be interesting.  Although Utah isn't one of our tougher opponents, I do think Stanford now has a better chance to match up with Oregon.

I didn't see much rust on Dodson's play, and that's very good.  She didn't appear tentative at all.

I was really impressed with the energy of the team throughout the game.  I didn't see any signs of problems with the altitude.  They're young so I don't think there will be any fatigue from this game against Colorado.

Utah did better on offensive rebounding (39.5% vs 32.4%), but Utah's choice to stay under their basket to rebound burned them as Stanford got 25 fast break points to their 2.
Prechtel scored more points (16) than minutes played (14).  Lacie scored 24 in 24.

There are so many scenarios for the finish of the PAC-12 season.  We're one game ahead of UCLA, but we still have a game against Oregon, so I count it as a virtual tie.  Stanford faces 3 other good teams while UCLA faces only one other good team.  If each game's result matches the ranking, we wind up with the same conference W-L record, and finish tied for 2nd.  I presume the tie-breaker goes to UCLA.  However, Stanford has more chances to stumble, but that seems less likely with Dodson back.   If we stumble only once and it is against either Oregon State or ASU, that won't matter in terms of PAC-12 tourney seeding.  If we stumble only once and it is against Arizona, that may mean a 4th-place seed and a PAC-12 tourney semi-final against Oregon.

Speaking of stumbling, Colorado will feel they might be able to beat Stanford, so it might be a tougher game than the records suggest.

RE: WBB: Stanford 97 Utah 64 - BosCard - 02-15-2020

I was very impressed by our post play in this game.  Yes Utah isn’t a great defensive team BUT I don’t think I’ve seen this many post players with this many good post moves since the Ogwumikes we’re here.  Yes we have had years with one very good post (Smith last year) but we’ve also had to play posts with very limited post moves (Kaylee Johnson) or absolutely no post moves (Shannon Coffee or Bonnie Samuelson when she played the 4).  Dodson, Belibi and Prechtel all impressed with their ability to get deep post position and their footwork and strength to finish around the rim.

RE: WBB: Stanford 97 Utah 64 - glovsave - 02-15-2020

Why was Stanford in home whites for an away game?  Anybody know?

RE: WBB: Stanford 97 Utah 64 - M T - 02-15-2020

(02-15-2020, 02:52 PM)glovsave Wrote:  Why was Stanford in home whites for an away game?  Anybody know?
I presume Utah was doing a Pink game.  Their schedule says "Wear Pink/Red, Get in Free!"

I noticed one of the other games, the home team was in white while the visitors were in pink (not their team's colors).
(02-15-2020, 01:41 PM)BosCard Wrote:  I was very impressed by our post play in this game.  Yes Utah isn’t a great defensive team BUT I don’t think I’ve seen this many post players with this many good post moves since the Ogwumikes we’re here.

It also helps that the 4 bigs combined for 4 of 7 (57%) three-pointers and 9 of 16 (56%) two-pointers!  The three non-big starters were 8 of 16 (50%) three pointers and 8 of 13 (62%) two-pointers.   That's leaving out Belibi who was 5 of 6 two-pointers.