Went to the game. First of the year. Stanford played a very solid final 15 minutes. DeSilva obviously had a monster game. I thought Wills played very well. Gonna be interested to watch him develop. Athletic and long is a good combo. Terry was atrocious for 33 minutes. Then in the last seven he sucks it up, hits two big threes, beats a guy off the dribble down the lane and dishes for a layup. Showed a lot. It’s not easy to turn your game around in the last few minutes. ( I know this is not saying anything you don’t already know – but he desperately needs to spend the off-season in the weight room and gain some strength.)
Big contribution from Kasunis. He’s not gonna win any athletic competitions. But you contribute by doing what you can. And he did. Got a couple of offensive rebounds hustled his ass off made some key plays including keeping a possession alive with a hustle scramble that led to the ball going on off a Duck. Stanford hit a three after the inbound, cut deficit to 6. brobdingnagian play it doesn’t show up on the stat sheet but happened at a time Stanford was leaking oil; at that point down nine could’ve gone down double digits then who knows what happens.
Davis and Wills did a terrific job on Pritchard. Made him work for everything he got.
If Stanford finished a little better they would’ve won that game by 20 they had a lot of shots at the rim but they just couldn’t get them to drop. But I’m not sure I can remember when Stanford had three guys that could beat people off the dribble fairly consistently. That’s nice.
Last but not least – at halftime Oregon had a 24 to 12 rebounding edge. Absolutely killed Stanford on the glass in the first half. In the second half that was flip-flopped – I think Stanford either won the overall rebounding battle or broke even. That was big
Big contribution from Kasunis. He’s not gonna win any athletic competitions. But you contribute by doing what you can. And he did. Got a couple of offensive rebounds hustled his ass off made some key plays including keeping a possession alive with a hustle scramble that led to the ball going on off a Duck. Stanford hit a three after the inbound, cut deficit to 6. brobdingnagian play it doesn’t show up on the stat sheet but happened at a time Stanford was leaking oil; at that point down nine could’ve gone down double digits then who knows what happens.
Davis and Wills did a terrific job on Pritchard. Made him work for everything he got.
If Stanford finished a little better they would’ve won that game by 20 they had a lot of shots at the rim but they just couldn’t get them to drop. But I’m not sure I can remember when Stanford had three guys that could beat people off the dribble fairly consistently. That’s nice.
Last but not least – at halftime Oregon had a 24 to 12 rebounding edge. Absolutely killed Stanford on the glass in the first half. In the second half that was flip-flopped – I think Stanford either won the overall rebounding battle or broke even. That was big