01-14-2022, 10:55 PM
A lousy start to the game, but Stanford played steady after that. Like a rising tide, Stanford just kept coming on.
Down 11 early? No panic, just play your game.
It seemed CU went to the 3pt shot too quickly, and that only dug a deeper hole for them. They have the defense that could have made the last 10 minutes different, but they weren't able to do it.
Next time, they may be hitting their 3s and not getting into foul trouble. It could have been tougher.
All 10 players did pretty well tonight. All scored. 4 players had 7 or 8 rebounds. +22 rebounds (incl. 45.5% under our basket). 70% FT%. 37.5 3PT%. The 1Q was a disaster offensively, but rebounding & defense kept us within striking distance.
Cameron didn't get a double-double, but her big number was 1 (foul). She kept the penetrators turning away from the basket.
Prechtel had another solid game against CU, with some big, long shots. Good near-basket defense.
Jones has a slow first half & way too many turnovers, but in the 2nd, I knew she could take it to the rim when the shot clock got low. 5 assists helped balance out those turnovers.
Lexie was maybe weaker than usual on offense and had more turnovers than desired, but is always there on defense.
Lacie did what Lacie always does - not too much scoring, but tenacious defense. 7 rebounds in only 12 minutes!
Jump - wow, she only had 2 3ptrs? - was playing like one of the Hulls.
Wilson played a mostly solid point for 30 of the first 36.5 minutes until she went out for an injury.
Fran didn't score much but was part of the Stanford shot vac, sucking up 7 rebounds in 15 minutes.
Jana and Kiki played 8 and 3 minutes each but did well in their few minutes.
Of note, their high scorer Hollingshead only scored 7 points in 32 minutes.
For once, the opponent was in much more foul trouble that Stanford!
Although the result of the foul calls wound up in Stanford's favor, the officiating was poor. Officials listed as Corey Long, Darren Krzesnik, Brenda Pantoja. The topper was the foul called on the 3pt shot near the end. The proper call was a non-shooting foul by whichever Hull it was against the player that fell into the shooter. The officials were inconsistent on the call when the defender has their hand on the dribbler for more than a touch. There was also the unusual call (Q2?) when one of the Hulls just took the dribble out of bounds and the official indicated she was pushed out and gave the ball to Stanford rather than calling a blocking foul.
Shot chart indicates CU had 11 (of 20) layups to Stanford's 10 (of 25). Lots of bunnies missed.
(Oddly, the same stats that say Stanford had 11 layups also says that Stanford only had 20 points in the paint!)
But Stanford had 10 (of 27) other shots to CU's 6 (of 32).
PS I think Stanford should trademark "Shot vac".
Down 11 early? No panic, just play your game.
It seemed CU went to the 3pt shot too quickly, and that only dug a deeper hole for them. They have the defense that could have made the last 10 minutes different, but they weren't able to do it.
Next time, they may be hitting their 3s and not getting into foul trouble. It could have been tougher.
All 10 players did pretty well tonight. All scored. 4 players had 7 or 8 rebounds. +22 rebounds (incl. 45.5% under our basket). 70% FT%. 37.5 3PT%. The 1Q was a disaster offensively, but rebounding & defense kept us within striking distance.
Cameron didn't get a double-double, but her big number was 1 (foul). She kept the penetrators turning away from the basket.
Prechtel had another solid game against CU, with some big, long shots. Good near-basket defense.
Jones has a slow first half & way too many turnovers, but in the 2nd, I knew she could take it to the rim when the shot clock got low. 5 assists helped balance out those turnovers.
Lexie was maybe weaker than usual on offense and had more turnovers than desired, but is always there on defense.
Lacie did what Lacie always does - not too much scoring, but tenacious defense. 7 rebounds in only 12 minutes!
Jump - wow, she only had 2 3ptrs? - was playing like one of the Hulls.
Wilson played a mostly solid point for 30 of the first 36.5 minutes until she went out for an injury.
Fran didn't score much but was part of the Stanford shot vac, sucking up 7 rebounds in 15 minutes.
Jana and Kiki played 8 and 3 minutes each but did well in their few minutes.
Of note, their high scorer Hollingshead only scored 7 points in 32 minutes.
For once, the opponent was in much more foul trouble that Stanford!
Although the result of the foul calls wound up in Stanford's favor, the officiating was poor. Officials listed as Corey Long, Darren Krzesnik, Brenda Pantoja. The topper was the foul called on the 3pt shot near the end. The proper call was a non-shooting foul by whichever Hull it was against the player that fell into the shooter. The officials were inconsistent on the call when the defender has their hand on the dribbler for more than a touch. There was also the unusual call (Q2?) when one of the Hulls just took the dribble out of bounds and the official indicated she was pushed out and gave the ball to Stanford rather than calling a blocking foul.
Shot chart indicates CU had 11 (of 20) layups to Stanford's 10 (of 25). Lots of bunnies missed.
(Oddly, the same stats that say Stanford had 11 layups also says that Stanford only had 20 points in the paint!)
But Stanford had 10 (of 27) other shots to CU's 6 (of 32).
PS I think Stanford should trademark "Shot vac".