[81alum]

The game on GO Stanford now shows as Sunday 7pm.  They'll certainly miss us on the east coast.

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You will remember how Tara 'figured out' how to stop JuJu and in the process left Forbes wide open time after time....I agree, Stanford had better bring its 'A' game on O. I was not particularly impressed with the entry passes last night -- or with the way some of them were bumbled. (I did like the entry pass that Brink caught and redirected to the corner for a trey. Clean and crisp ball movement led to a successful open shot.) I hope Bosgana can replicate or come close to replicating, because it can't be taken for granted that Jump will score in double figures or that Lepolo will score at all, which turns our O into a two-woman affair, with little help from the bench. We need someone, preferably two people, to step up and score in double digits to at least get us above 70 points. We may need more than 80 for the W, depending on how tight or porous our D turns out to be.

I doubt that we will start out by doubling Crooks.  We'll find out if Brink or Iriafen can handle her on their own, probably by fronting her.  Doubling her would leave an Iowa State shooter open, and we can't afford that.  Crooks has just 34 assists on the year, however, which seems low for a center of a three point shooting team.  If she gets the ball, she shoots it rather than passing it.  Probably no need to pass it--the whole battle with her is preventing her from getting the ball in the first place.

I also have not been happy with our entrance passes.  With Brink and Iriafen we should be getting the ball low on the block more often.  It is hard to make those passes against the zone, however.  We got burned a few times early in the game and seem to have backed off.  We can't afford for that to continue.  If we can get the ball inside, I like our chances against Crooks.

Radically different teams, but both teams can be defeated if the other defense can prevent entrance passes into the low post.

[81alum]

The game on GO Stanford now shows as Sunday 7pm.  They'll certainly miss us on the east coast.

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You will remember how Tara 'figured out' how to stop JuJu and in the process left Forbes wide open time after time....I agree, Stanford had better bring its 'A' game on O. I was not particularly impressed with the entry passes last night -- or with the way some of them were bumbled. (I did like the entry pass that Brink caught and redirected to the corner for a trey. Clean and crisp ball movement led to a successful open shot.) I hope Bosgana can replicate or come close to replicating, because it can't be taken for granted that Jump will score in double figures or that Lepolo will score at all, which turns our O into a two-woman affair, with little help from the bench. We need someone, preferably two people, to step up and score in double digits to at least get us above 70 points. We may need more than 80 for the W, depending on how tight or porous our D turns out to be.

I doubt that we will start out by doubling Crooks.  We'll find out if Brink or Iriafen can handle her on their own, probably by fronting her.  Doubling her would leave an Iowa State shooter open, and we can't afford that.  Crooks has just 34 assists on the year, however, which seems low for a center of a three point shooting team.  If she gets the ball, she shoots it rather than passing it.  Probably no need to pass it--the whole battle with her is preventing her from getting the ball in the first place.

I also have not been happy with our entrance passes.  With Brink and Iriafen we should be getting the ball low on the block more often.  It is hard to make those passes against the zone, however.  We got burned a few times early in the game and seem to have backed off.  We can't afford for that to continue.  If we can get the ball inside, I like our chances against Crooks.

Radically different teams, but both teams can be defeated if the other defense can prevent entrance passes into the low post.