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WBB: Stanford 63 Oregon State 60 - 81alum - 02-20-2020
Preview:
Our four remaining games are all difficult, but, believe it or not, this one might be the least difficult, given that it is at home and that Oregon State is a bit depleted too. That said, we barely eeked out a win in Corvallis when we last played them, and despite all its problems, Oregon State just took UCLA to overtime. So long as they have Slocum and Pivec, they are a formidable team. They will be absolutely desperate to keep their hopes alive for hosting the first two rounds, and smarting since their loss at home against us. Psychologically, I imagine they will come out more eager than we will after our miraculous escape at Colorado.
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Jones injured her knee in our last game against them, and soon thereafter Oregon State lost Kennedy Brown to a season ending injury. Their other freshman post Taylor Jones has played well, but they lack the depth and the tandem that they used against us in January. Oregon State has had a harder time adjusting to their big injury than we have. They are 3/5 since that game--although they played Oregon twice, UCLA, and the Arizona schools--so just about the toughest five games in the conference.
Despite their slide, Oregon State will be especially dangerous on Friday night. We never really did figure out how to stop Slocum last time, and against UCLA Slocum and Pivec penetrated for layups and mid range jumpers almost unimpeded by UCLA's terrific defense. We beat them in Corvallis with sharp three point shooting and very limited turnovers--two things that tend to be erratic. With the return of Dodson and our incredible depth at post, I wonder if we could really get to work down low. Is it time to dust off the triangle for a game?
Overview:
It was Williams and a committee of 8 single digit scorers against Slocum, Pivec, and Jones, and Williams did just enough to pull off a win.
Flow of the game:
The game opened with Maya Dodson starting, and Jenna Brown added to the ranks of Carrington and Jones in street clothes. The first quarter was a fight, a back and forth affair, with Maya looking very good to start with a couple of layups and a cast of friends chipping in to give us a 21-19 lead. The outline of the game was becoming clear, though, with Oregon State's Taylor Jones showing an unstoppable baby hook shot that she could reliably use to score over Prectel and anyone else. The only way to defend her was to keep her from getting the ball close, and Tara used Dodson, Fingall, and Jerome with much shorter cameos from freshmen Prectel and Belibi to attempt to contain her. Meanwhile, Slocum was showing her mid range jumper to be unstoppable again. Both sides shot the ball over 50%, and the first quarter proved to be the most offensive quarter of the game.
In the second quarter the defenses began to settle in, each side giving up 15 points only. Tara did some interesting things to try to defend Slocum--Dodson was on her on the perimeter a number of times, using her length, since Slocum seemed to be able to shoot over Wilson and Williams and even the Hulls at time. Having an athletic "big" on her did seem to force her to give up the ball, but unfortunately she often passed it to an open OSU ally. By the end of the first half it was clear that Williams was our offensive star, and while many on the team had made small contributions, no one else was remotely keeping up with Kiana, and we took a 36-34 lead into halftime.
The third quarter was our best. Williams really began to heat up, and we held Slocum to only two baskets largely by putting big players on her and bringing doubles to trap her. We managed to take a 12 point lead at one point, although by the fourth quarter it was down to 9.
The fourth quarter started out well, as baskets by Dodson and Williams pushed our lead out to 14 by the 7 minute mark. But the rest of the quarter was not our finest performance, and we are lucky we hung on to win. Slocum made two treys to cut our lead to 8, then some free throws and a basket by Pivec cut the lead to 4 by the 3:33 mark. Tara was trading points for time, but we were giving away too many points and not scoring enough as the clock wound down. Williams saved the day as per usual with two mid range jumpers to stave off the Oregon comeback, and although Tudor cut the lead to 3 with a trey at the 30 second mark, and although we made (only) our 4th turnover at the 20 second mark to give OSU a chance to tie the game, they didn't We won.
Performances:
Oregon State sagged in the paint and did a superb job of preventing us from getting inside shots. Taylor Jones blocked a whopping 5 shots, and we only hit 5 out of our 15 layup attempts. We had a miserable 16 points in the paint. They were forcing us to shoot jumpers and Lexie, Jump, and Williams took most of their shots from just inside and around the free throw line.
We had only 4 turnovers for the game--superb like last time--OSU doesn't get a lot of steals, clearly. But in a lot of other stats we were mostly even. Both sides shot the ball in the high 30s, both sides rebounded the same number of offensive rebounds, neither team piled up a lot of assists. Oregon State blocked a lot more shots thanks to Taylor Jones, but they also turned it over 11 times.
Williams was the heroine for second game in a row. She played all 40 minutes, scored 24 points on almost 50% shooting. Nobody else on the team made it to 30 minutes even, and no one else scored in double digits. This was a lopsided performance.
Among the committee I would single out Anna Wilson. Although she got banged up again tonight, she also scored 6 points on perfect shooting and played her usual hounding defense on Slocum. 7 more players scored too, with no one reaching more than Lexie's 6 points.
Lexie is still in a slump--how much of it is because defense are keying on her I don't know. But a 2/9 performance looked a little like her last game.
Conclusion:
One of our more essential wins is now behind us. Now we will see if Tara comes up with a strategy that will allow us to competitive with Oregon. A win on Monday would do so much good for our season. But I will take the win our team just earned!
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - 2006alum - 02-20-2020
Calling this a trap game is an insult to OSU, but I do think this is going to be a really dangerous game for us. The blood is in the water for OSU after all their (legitimate) losses, and this is their one remaining opportunity to get a signature win; they will be hungry, and they probably don't need to worry much about looking ahead to C.al. We have to scout this game and then also prepare for an ESPN primetime headliner vs. Oregon on Monday.
We also don't generally have the style of defense that can really fluster them; as others have noted, for whatever reason, Tara very, very rarely runs half-court press defenses, and we haven't yet figured out how to cool Slocum.
81, I like where your head's at - we have so many quality posts that we should be posting up two trees at all times. If Jones has a weakness, it's that she (like *many* frosh bigs) is prone to foul trouble. Double-teaming her in the post early, and being physical underneath the basket on offense, might draw some mental lapses buy us some time with her on the bench. I really like our chances if Jones is off the floor, because we can match OSU from outside but they have very weak depth in the paint.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - TheFarm07 - 02-20-2020
I agree, with Kennedy Brown out for them and Maya Dodson back for us, we have the upper hand in depth in the paint and we should use that to our advantage. We should try to isolate Taylor Jones and get her in foul trouble, to really expose Oregon State's lack of other interior options if we can.
Oregon State is primed for a win, but I feel like, we know what our remaining schedule is like and there are no more remaining easy games for us, so we can't just say, "it's okay that we drop this one, because we have a Utah or Washington State left on our schedule." So, I think motivation won't be an issue for us either.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - 81alum - 02-21-2020
Will anyone dare ask the question at the chalk talk about redshirts for Wilson and/or Carrington? Tara talked about the Wilson possibility at the last behind-the-bench, so the head coach herself has broached the subject....
I, however, have a serious case of laryngitis tonight :( I'm especially worried that it is going to interfere with my crazy yelling to support our players or to hold the refs accountable.
If Missy is there I will blame it on her!
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - Baez87 - 02-21-2020
We’ve got your larynx 81! Just show up.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - BobK - 02-21-2020
Not going to ask. Only one scholarship redshirt available so I’m going to let things work out
That said I hope Carrington plays this year
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - 2006alum - 02-21-2020
(02-21-2020, 06:17 PM)81alum Wrote: Will anyone dare ask the question at the chalk talk about redshirts for Wilson and/or Carrington? Tara talked about the Wilson possibility at the last behind-the-bench, so the head coach herself has broached the subject....Making it to my first game this season tonight - I will yell double for you (though I usually get hoarse by the end of games anyway).
I, however, have a serious case of laryngitis tonight :( I'm especially worried that it is going to interfere with my crazy yelling to support our players or to hold the refs accountable.
If Missy is there I will blame it on her!
And I am praying for my blood pressure's sake that it's not Missy tonight. One silver lining: even if we lose to Oregon State and Oregon, we can still keep the three seed provided we beat Arizona and ASU. Hoping it doesn't come to that, but it made me feel a bit more relaxed tonight.
BTW: there's a terrific tournament bracket generator you can customize for various game outcomes over the next two weeks, and it takes into consideration tiebreakers, etc.: http://bball.notnothing.net/pac12.php?sport=wbb
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - 81alum - 02-21-2020
Very cool tournament generator!
As for your reassurance, I'm afraid I think OSU would actually be an easier game for us than Arizona. We really need this one since they all get harder.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - Erika - 02-21-2020
I think I see Missy officiating the Colorado/ASU game tonight - Colorado is up by 6 at the moment.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - Jskass - 02-21-2020
Jenna Brown in street clothes. I am bummed!
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - 81alum - 02-21-2020
Brown not dressed. Jones still out but her brace is much more flexible. Still no Carrington.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - martyup - 02-21-2020
Halftime. We've got a 2 point lead. Slocum is on fire. Williams still hot. Jerome with some good minutes. GO CARD.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - Jskass - 02-21-2020
Refs missing elbows and contact by Slocum and Pivec. Kiana getting hit but no calls.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - mbdude - 02-21-2020
Slocum with 16, jones with 12 and 9 ribs
Kiana 13. Lexie yet to score
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - 2006alum - 02-21-2020
(02-21-2020, 09:44 PM)Jskass Wrote: Refs missing elbows and contact by Slocum and Pivec. Kiana getting hit but no calls.The Slocum shove non-call was incredible. Tara even got up and motioned to the ref to tell him what he missed.
Hmm. Wilson and Williams both last out of the locker room, and neither took any shots. Here's hoping they're just being precautionary...
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - CompSci87 - 02-21-2020
(02-21-2020, 09:47 PM)2006alum Wrote: Hmm. Wilson and Williams both last out of the locker room, and neither took any shots. Here's hoping they're just being precautionary...
They are both playing, and very well! Whew.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - StanFanFam13 - 02-21-2020
Folks watching in person, can you shed some light on that technical at the start of the second half? I wasn't clear on what happened based on the Pac-12 broadcast.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - martyup - 02-21-2020
We're up 54-45 at the end of 3. GO CARD!
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - BostonCard - 02-21-2020
9 point lead after three.
1 turnover so far in the game.
BC
RE: WBB: Stanford vs Oregon State Friday 8 pm - CompSci87 - 02-21-2020
(02-21-2020, 10:29 PM)StanFanFam13 Wrote: Folks watching in person, can you shed some light on that technical at the start of the second half? I wasn't clear on what happened based on the Pac-12 broadcast.
PA announcer said it was "on the bench". That's all I know.