02-15-2020, 01:27 AM
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.
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.