03-08-2012, 05:32 PM
I haven't watched the game (yet), so here are some thoughts/questions based on the stats.
I'm surprised our best players played as many minutes as they did.
Toni: 28, Chiney: 27, Nneka: 25, Jos 25, Lindy 24, Amber 23
As a group, that's down 15% from the last UW game, but still higher than I expected.
The stats look similar to the UW game at Maples, except in free throws. In this game, UW got 28 free throws on 18 Stanford fouls. That's 13 FTA more than our opponents normally get on 4 fouls more than average. It's just 1 short of our season high. Chiney had 4 fouls and the other starters had 2 each. That's a concern, esp. with limited minutes. Is it officiating? Rough play? Call the fouls on the winning team? More fouls committed against their interior players when they have the ball?
I guess the fact that the stats look similar, but our starters played 15% less is a good sign!
31% on 3 point shots is ok, but nothing to be proud of. It is just below our average.
Their 8 3point attempts is a season low (by 2) for our opponents. Is that because they were getting the ball inside, or were we guarding them on the outside, or what?
By the way, in our last two games, we've had 4 (today) and 3 "unforced turnovers" (which is our turnovers minus their steals), compared to our season average of 7. It seems were cutting down on the errant passes and other bad judgements (yes, their steals are often caused by us).
I'm surprised our best players played as many minutes as they did.
Toni: 28, Chiney: 27, Nneka: 25, Jos 25, Lindy 24, Amber 23
As a group, that's down 15% from the last UW game, but still higher than I expected.
The stats look similar to the UW game at Maples, except in free throws. In this game, UW got 28 free throws on 18 Stanford fouls. That's 13 FTA more than our opponents normally get on 4 fouls more than average. It's just 1 short of our season high. Chiney had 4 fouls and the other starters had 2 each. That's a concern, esp. with limited minutes. Is it officiating? Rough play? Call the fouls on the winning team? More fouls committed against their interior players when they have the ball?
I guess the fact that the stats look similar, but our starters played 15% less is a good sign!
31% on 3 point shots is ok, but nothing to be proud of. It is just below our average.
Their 8 3point attempts is a season low (by 2) for our opponents. Is that because they were getting the ball inside, or were we guarding them on the outside, or what?
By the way, in our last two games, we've had 4 (today) and 3 "unforced turnovers" (which is our turnovers minus their steals), compared to our season average of 7. It seems were cutting down on the errant passes and other bad judgements (yes, their steals are often caused by us).