[SkiBum80]

One of the live stats that shows a problem with stats is the "Stop %: Stop Percentage estimates the rate of defensive possessions where the opposing team did not score"
For Brink, her Stop Percentage was 133.3% (shades of 1972).

I think Stop % is a comparison of a defender's stops per minute to the opposing team's possession's per minute (per player).  Since Brink's stops per minute exceeded the Belmont players' average possessions per minute it pushed her stop percentage above 100%.  If I'm analyzing it correctly, I think it means she completely shut down the equivalent of 1 and 1/3 of Belmont's players while she was on the floor.  So pretty impressive.

This is really important.  So much attention is (rightfully) paid to Brink's offensive skill--but she may be even more important on defense than she is on offense.

I'm not familiar enough with that stat to know if it captures one of Brink's impressive defensive skills that seems hard to quantify but is palpable. That is, her ability to intimidate and alter shot selection. As the opposition gets in close in the paint some of them just shy away and move it back out, even if Brink isn't right hovering right over them. They feel her presence.

[SkiBum80]

One of the live stats that shows a problem with stats is the "Stop %: Stop Percentage estimates the rate of defensive possessions where the opposing team did not score"
For Brink, her Stop Percentage was 133.3% (shades of 1972).

I think Stop % is a comparison of a defender's stops per minute to the opposing team's possession's per minute (per player).  Since Brink's stops per minute exceeded the Belmont players' average possessions per minute it pushed her stop percentage above 100%.  If I'm analyzing it correctly, I think it means she completely shut down the equivalent of 1 and 1/3 of Belmont's players while she was on the floor.  So pretty impressive.

This is really important.  So much attention is (rightfully) paid to Brink's offensive skill--but she may be even more important on defense than she is on offense.

I'm not familiar enough with that stat to know if it captures one of Brink's impressive defensive skills that seems hard to quantify but is palpable. That is, her ability to intimidate and alter shot selection. As the opposition gets in close in the paint some of them just shy away and move it back out, even if Brink isn't right hovering right over them. They feel her presence.