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Whatever slump Kiana might have been in has ended with a bang. She has 11 points in the first quarter.

BC

Kiana was 9-22. IMO she drove into double teams at the basket far too often with poor results. Given her stature and the athleticism and physicality of the UCLA players, we could have taken better shots (including long threes by Kiana).

Yeah spoke too soon.  She was having a great first quarter, with 11 points on three three pointers.  But as others surmised, she ran out of gas.

BC

That's at least partially on coach.  You have to give Kiana rest so she is not making all the fatigue-induced decisions that she did after Stanford managed to take the 2H lead.  Bad shots, bad passes, too much dribbling.  But Ki wasn't alone in that regard (except for the too much dribbling critique) - the entire team just puked when it took the lead in Q3.

Seeing Jones at the game - there does not appear to be any way she comes back this year.

No clue on Carrington or Dodson, but it just seems unlikely, given where we are in the season and the complete lack of signals from player or team re: return.

The band was great in post-game . . . so there was that.

P.S.  I'm not giving up on this team and the Final Four.  UCLA is legit; and Stanford could have won the game with a little better play.

[teejers1]

Whatever slump Kiana might have been in has ended with a bang. She has 11 points in the first quarter.

BC

Kiana was 9-22. IMO she drove into double teams at the basket far too often with poor results. Given her stature and the athleticism and physicality of the UCLA players, we could have taken better shots (including long threes by Kiana).

Yeah spoke too soon.  She was having a great first quarter, with 11 points on three three pointers.  But as others surmised, she ran out of gas.

BC

That's at least partially on coach.  You have to give Kiana rest so she is not making all the fatigue-induced decisions that she did after Stanford managed to take the 2H lead.  Bad shots, bad passes, too much dribbling.  But Ki wasn't alone in that regard (except for the too much dribbling critique) - the entire team just puked when it took the lead in Q3.

Seeing Jones at the game - there does not appear to be any way she comes back this year.

No clue on Carrington or Dodson, but it just seems unlikely, given where we are in the season and the complete lack of signals from player or team re: return.

The band was great in post-game . . . so there was that.

P.S.  I'm not giving up on this team and the Final Four.  UCLA is legit; and Stanford could have won the game with a little better play.