03-20-2022, 11:59 PM
Randoms from the game:
1. In Q1, I turned to my son and said "this is the kind of game where Tara plays Lexie 40 minutes, even if she isn't scoring much." It was evident from the jump that Lexie was "on it" all over the court. You could just see she was doing all the little things on both ends of the court. And THEN she decides to go COMPLETELY OFF offensively, just for good measure. An all-time performance.
2. Stanford's 1H problems, imo, was too much dribbling or holding the ball. When people are open on the wings or in the post, you have to get them the ball promptly - the hesitation allowed the D to recover. That was my initial take, anyway, watching live.
3. In Q3, it was just flat raining on the Stanford end of the court. That was a blitzkrieg . . . and a really impressive one.
4. I agree with poster who said the biggest bucket of the game was Lacie's trey from WAY up top. It was great redemption for the air ball (or was it? Did it scrape iron?) that immediately preceded it, and just felt very important.
5. Again, Cam should get a double-double rolling out of bed, she's that good. And she did tonight. If she does not, then Stanford could be in trouble.
6. It goes w/o saying that Lexie will not have another game like this the rest of the tourney, but as others have noted, many players on the roster can pick up the differential (most notably Haley and Anna). The depth of this team may be its biggest asset. But you hope that someone will always be ready to (and actually) step in and step up if the team needs a lift. The danger is if an opponent decides to lock down on the 3 line and Stanford must score twos. The 1H was an indication of that. We'll see.
On to Spokane for team and staff (and some lucky fans, too). Congrats all.
1. In Q1, I turned to my son and said "this is the kind of game where Tara plays Lexie 40 minutes, even if she isn't scoring much." It was evident from the jump that Lexie was "on it" all over the court. You could just see she was doing all the little things on both ends of the court. And THEN she decides to go COMPLETELY OFF offensively, just for good measure. An all-time performance.
2. Stanford's 1H problems, imo, was too much dribbling or holding the ball. When people are open on the wings or in the post, you have to get them the ball promptly - the hesitation allowed the D to recover. That was my initial take, anyway, watching live.
3. In Q3, it was just flat raining on the Stanford end of the court. That was a blitzkrieg . . . and a really impressive one.
4. I agree with poster who said the biggest bucket of the game was Lacie's trey from WAY up top. It was great redemption for the air ball (or was it? Did it scrape iron?) that immediately preceded it, and just felt very important.
5. Again, Cam should get a double-double rolling out of bed, she's that good. And she did tonight. If she does not, then Stanford could be in trouble.
6. It goes w/o saying that Lexie will not have another game like this the rest of the tourney, but as others have noted, many players on the roster can pick up the differential (most notably Haley and Anna). The depth of this team may be its biggest asset. But you hope that someone will always be ready to (and actually) step in and step up if the team needs a lift. The danger is if an opponent decides to lock down on the 3 line and Stanford must score twos. The 1H was an indication of that. We'll see.
On to Spokane for team and staff (and some lucky fans, too). Congrats all.