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On the bright side: incredible play; free thows; Kiki; scoring under pressure; and a good chunk of video from which to learn.

It was an odd game - but compelling, too, at least for Stanford fans.

Odd:  Brink contributing essentially nothing.  (Same for their big).  When staying out of foul trouble, Brink is a double-double falling out of bed.
Odd:  Haley having a monster scoring and rebounding (and blocking shots - couple brobdingnagian ones) while shooting very poorly and making some horrible turnovers, especially in Q3.
Odd:  Prechtel stinking up the joint from distance (and missed a short jumper in the key and 1-2 from the FT line) before absolutely saving the Cardinal with monster run of three treys and an O-board and put back.  I agree that Prechtel is not as strong a rebounder as she could/should be, but she must have had 3 or 4 D rebounds in Q3 (including a couple off FTs, which were not gimmes tonight), as well as the Q4 O-board and put back.

Compelling:  Stanford's entire 1H - the ball movement, backdoor cuts,  treys splashed (including a couple by Lexie and one by Wilson), and overall transition energy.

Compelling:  Anna Wilson was great tonight.  Period.

Compelling:  Iriafen - for some reason, I only saw/remember two of her buckets (not the 4-4 reported); regardless, she played very well.

Compelling:  The Jump trey at end of Q3 was rather important.

Compelling:  As noted by many, beating undefeated Tennessee on their home court . . . by double digits.  And really, the score does not lie in this one.  Stanford was double-digit better than Tennessee tonight.  (BTW, unless their missing player makes a brobdingnagian impact, I don't see Tennessee as a Top 10 team.  Too many holes and bad decision-makers.

P.S.  This is the kind of game where Stanford's depth really made the difference.  There are SO MANY good players on this squad.

[teejers1]

On the bright side: incredible play; free thows; Kiki; scoring under pressure; and a good chunk of video from which to learn.

It was an odd game - but compelling, too, at least for Stanford fans.

Odd:  Brink contributing essentially nothing.  (Same for their big).  When staying out of foul trouble, Brink is a double-double falling out of bed.
Odd:  Haley having a monster scoring and rebounding (and blocking shots - couple brobdingnagian ones) while shooting very poorly and making some horrible turnovers, especially in Q3.
Odd:  Prechtel stinking up the joint from distance (and missed a short jumper in the key and 1-2 from the FT line) before absolutely saving the Cardinal with monster run of three treys and an O-board and put back.  I agree that Prechtel is not as strong a rebounder as she could/should be, but she must have had 3 or 4 D rebounds in Q3 (including a couple off FTs, which were not gimmes tonight), as well as the Q4 O-board and put back.

Compelling:  Stanford's entire 1H - the ball movement, backdoor cuts,  treys splashed (including a couple by Lexie and one by Wilson), and overall transition energy.

Compelling:  Anna Wilson was great tonight.  Period.

Compelling:  Iriafen - for some reason, I only saw/remember two of her buckets (not the 4-4 reported); regardless, she played very well.

Compelling:  The Jump trey at end of Q3 was rather important.

Compelling:  As noted by many, beating undefeated Tennessee on their home court . . . by double digits.  And really, the score does not lie in this one.  Stanford was double-digit better than Tennessee tonight.  (BTW, unless their missing player makes a brobdingnagian impact, I don't see Tennessee as a Top 10 team.  Too many holes and bad decision-makers.

P.S.  This is the kind of game where Stanford's depth really made the difference.  There are SO MANY good players on this squad.