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WBB: Stanford 79 USC 59 - 81alum - 02-08-2020
Preview:
Something is not right at the school that Kate turned down, home of the ACL smashers. Ja'Tavia Tapley transferred to ASU where she is helping prodigiously, and Minyon Moore transferred to the Ducks, where she helped them crush us. Their former school is now 12-10, and only 4-7 in league play, and somewhere in the 80-90 range of RPI, and has a grand total of 10 players on their roster with a couple of them hurt. All of that could make us complacent--if it is possible to be complacent after UCLA beat us on our home floor. And that would be a mistake. USC is coming off a win at Cal, it beat UCLA in an overtime game earlier this year, and it took ASU to triple overtime before losing by one point. It seems to be improving at the right time and is very dangerous just now.
USC is led by a 6'0" freshman forward Alyssa Pili and she is making a difference. She is averaging 15 pts and 9 rebounds a game, shooting 49%.
Their second leading scorer is also a freshman, Enyia Rogers, a 5'7" guard, who is averaging 13 pts.
The third leading scorer would be a grad transfer from North Carolina, 5'11" guard Stephanie Watts, but she still is out with an injury, so the third slot goes to Aliyah Jeune, another grad transfer from Morehead State. This 6'1" guard is scoring about 10ppg.
The two remaining starters are the only familiar names--Kayla Overbeck and Desiree Caldwell.
In their win at Cal just 8 players played, and one for only 5 minutes. USC is not at all deep. It is also such a new team compared with last year I really don't know what to expect from them. Trahk seems to promote maul-ball, as Fingall can sadly attest. Before she was injured last year, a witness reported hearing her coming to the sidelines and saying "someone is going to get hurt out there." Let's hope this doesn't turn into another round of gladiatorial combat.
Overview:
We came out guns blazing and sank 6 treys in the first quarter, played crisp passing offense, played competent defense, and buried SC 25-6. We more or less coasted for the next three quarters, and while our play did not completely deteriorate, there was no sense of urgency and lots of players got minutes. It was the right kind of game for senior day, giving Tara a chance to sub out each of the available seniors for curtain calls at the end.
Flow of the Game:
The first quarter may have been the most perfect quarter of basketball we have played in a long time. Everything seemed to work. All our shots seemed to go in, we did not turn the ball over, rebounding was magnificent, and defense was frustrating SC. The second quarter was solid too as we built a 42-12 lead by midway through the 2nd. From that point on SC outscored us in every quarter, but it did seem the game was a foregone conclusion and the last 5/8 of the game was a game where no one bothered to look at the scoreboard any more.
Performances:
Lets begin with the performance of the fans. We had 5221--our best turnout yet and double the turnout of some games this season. Hurrah!
As a team, we won I think because of our first half three point shooting, which was torrid while we built the lead. By the end of the game it was back down to 32% after going 0/7 in the third and 1/5 in the fourth. We held SC to 28% shooting overall while we shot 42%.
One concern of mine is that in the first half we had 11 assists of our 16 made baskets. In the second half we had 2 assists on only 8 made baskets. The SC defense changed and tried to cut off our passing, and largely succeeded.
We out rebounded SC by 10, but SC had 15 O-boards, so there is a lot of room for improvement.
Out turnovers were 14, theirs 12, so roughly even.
Individually, points and minutes were both broadly distributed. 10 players got double digit minutes and no one was over 30. 10 players scored, and 6 scored 8 points or more.
Lexie was back on track after a slow Friday with a team leading 14 points and a full stat line.
Fingall and Prechtel each had 11 points as they traded off at the 5, and Williams, Jerome, and Williams each had 8 points.
It was interesting that Tara started Jerome this game, and she did quite well in the first quarter and justified the confidence.
Jump got 2/6 treys to go down after a bit of a recent drought.
This was a feel-good beat down of SC that allowed everyone to get in the game.
Overview:
We needed a game like this, and the senior day felt right too. The remaining six regular season games will all be quite difficult, and it is much better to launch this expedition after a win like today's than after a loss like Friday's.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - BobK - 02-08-2020
Pili and Overbeck are large women and will make it tough inside.
Watts has been put a long time Campbell out for the year and another who would have contributed out for the year
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - 81alum - 02-08-2020
(02-08-2020, 06:42 PM)BobK Wrote: Pili and Overbeck are large women and will make it tough inside.And Shalexxus Aaron is out. ESPN was saying that Aaron and Watts could come back this year and USC would dramatically improve. It sounds a little like our missing players who might or might not come back in time to help this year. Having all those injuries really hurts after your best talent transfers out. It is like a completely new team.
Watts has been put a long time Campbell out for the year and another who would have contributed out for the year
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - 81alum - 02-09-2020
No chalk talk today. Apparently this is an early senior day
Bob reminded me that last year he gave the chalk talk on senior day. Today the doors are locked. Hmmmm.......
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - BostonCard - 02-09-2020
I won’t comment on our start to not jinx the game.
BC
(02-09-2020, 01:15 PM)BostonCard Wrote: I won’t comment on our start to not jinx the game.
BC
Still not going to comment.
BC
End of first quarter. No comment.
BC
Russell Wilson is at the game.
I still can’t comment.
BC
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - JohnR34231 - 02-09-2020
(02-09-2020, 01:15 PM)BostonCard Wrote: I won’t comment on our start to not jinx the game.
BC
(02-09-2020, 01:15 PM)BostonCard Wrote: I won’t comment on our start to not jinx the game.
BC
Still not going to comment.
BC
End of first quarter. No comment.
BC
Russell Wilson is at the game.
I still can’t comment.
BC
Well, the first half is going very much the way it did in the men's game.
Hopefully the second half won't.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - BostonCard - 02-09-2020
USC can outscore us 59-41 in the second half (as Colorado outscored the men’s team), and we would still win 90-80.
BC
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - martyup - 02-09-2020
Lovin' it. ROLL CARD!
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - JohnR34231 - 02-09-2020
(02-09-2020, 01:46 PM)BostonCard Wrote: USC can outscored us 59-41 in the second half (as Colorado outscored the men’s team), and we would still win 90-80.
BC
Yeah, if we lost this one it would certainly be a collapse of monumental proportions.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - BostonCard - 02-09-2020
(02-09-2020, 01:52 PM)JohnR34231 Wrote:(02-09-2020, 01:46 PM)BostonCard Wrote: USC can outscored us 59-41 in the second half (as Colorado outscored the men’s team), and we would still win 90-80.
BC
Yeah, if we lost this one it would certainly be a collapse of monumental proportions.
That’s why I’m not commenting.
BC
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - TheRicker - 02-09-2020
I was unable to watch the 1st half, due to High Winds blowing down a big Doug Fir Tree nearby (Santa Cruz Mountains). Roads closed, precarious driving on forest roads.
Just got back to fire up the generator and Sling TV for the 2nd half.
The box score looks good with a big lead. I was wondering what is up with Fran Belibi.
Her box score: 7 minutes played, 1 assist 1 foul, O points. Is there a matchup problem that has kept her on the bench.
Well back to the strong winds and fallling branches peppering the roof and roads.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - Viking_Guy - 02-09-2020
I think Belibi faces a problem of mass - Fingall and Jerome more size equivalent to Pili and Overbeck.
Does anyone else find this PbP guy ultra-annoying? He never shuts up. Found him that way on Friday as well.
VG
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - mbdude - 02-09-2020
Interesting quick yank for prechtel after foul
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - StanFanFam13 - 02-09-2020
I know we are up with a comfortable lead, but that's no excuse for the Pac 12 network to cut away to commercials during the game. What gives?!
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - BostonCard - 02-09-2020
We got up by enough that it doesn’t matter much in this game, but the team has gotten unfocused in the second half. SC is actually out scoring us 30-25 in the half. We are taking bad shots, passing it lazily, and our defensive intensity is not what it was in the first quarter.
Then again, when you outscored your opponent by 28 in the first half it doesn’t matter much.
BC
28-6 to start the game. USC outscored us 53-51 the rest of the way.
BC
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - TheFarm07 - 02-09-2020
(02-09-2020, 02:43 PM)BostonCard Wrote: We got up by enough that it doesn’t matter much in this game, but the team has gotten unfocused in the second half. SC is actually out scoring us 30-25 in the half. We are taking bad shots, passing it lazily, and our defensive intensity is not what it was in the first quarter.
Then again, when you outscored your opponent by 28 in the first half it doesn’t matter much.
BC
We always do that. It's not a new thing. We've been doing that for years, through multiple classes and step off the gas pedal. That's why even against overmatched opponents, we usually never win by more than 25 points (with a few exceptions here and there). Usually it doesn't matter, but would like to see us just put an opponent away and finish strongly.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - M T - 02-09-2020
(02-09-2020, 02:27 PM)StanFanFam13 Wrote: I know we are up with a comfortable lead, but that's no excuse for the Pac 12 network to cut away to commercials during the game. What gives?!
Are you using Sling? Sling sticks in their own commercials at apparently random times, and prevents you from fast forwarding or rewinding. (And, if you rewind into them, you get the whole set of commercials again rather than just the last few seconds.) At least it is that way on a recording...
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - StanFanFam13 - 02-09-2020
(02-09-2020, 04:53 PM)M T Wrote:(02-09-2020, 02:27 PM)StanFanFam13 Wrote: I know we are up with a comfortable lead, but that's no excuse for the Pac 12 network to cut away to commercials during the game. What gives?!
Are you using Sling? Sling sticks in their own commercials at apparently random times, and prevents you from fast forwarding or rewinding. (And, if you rewind into them, you get the whole set of commercials again rather than just the last few seconds.) At least it is that way on a recording...
I was streaming directly from the Pac 12 network's livestream on their website (logged in via Verizon). I am admittedly technologically inept, but I honestly have no idea why this happened, as I've been streaming games this way all season and never had the network cut away during game play. This time, they did it twice, back to back, at the end of the third/beginning of the fourth quarter. I don't suppose this happened to anyone else?
Sorry, done dwelling. I focus on this because I am attached to being able to watch Stanford women's basketball games, but the most important thing is that our team pulled off a great win on senior night! Go Card!!
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. USC Sunday noon - CompSci87 - 02-09-2020
Wow, I just saw that Cal took UCLA to overtime, though UCLA ended up winning 74-70. Maybe a UCLA letdown after winning at Maples.
RE: WBB: Stanford 79 USC 59 - 81alum - 02-09-2020
Write up is done at the top.
SC was less thuggish than last year. Unfortunately, given the results, I imagine they will get back to their old ways just as soon as possible.
The first 3/8 of the game was some of the best basketball we have played this year. Then we became average. I did stand up and shout "Have no mercy, this is SC!"
Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work.