[MV72018]

A few troubling stats from tonight's game:

Stanford:  9 assists, 12 turnovers.
Cal:        20 assists,  9 turnovers. 

Stanford: field goal percentage of 33.9% 
Cal:         field goal percentage of 44.4%

Breaking those field goal attempts down: 

Stanford was 9 for 17 on three-point shots (52.9%)
Cal was 18 for 40 (!!!) on three-point shots (45%)

BUT

Stanford was only 11 for 42 on two-point shots (for an anemic 26.2%)
Cal was 14 for 32 on two-point shots (for a much better 43.8%)

Cal shot only 4 foul shots the whole game; Stanford shot 15. 

These stats suggest to me that Stanford was not playing team basketball tonight (Cal did much better at that); had  serious problems scoring inside the three-point line; was not taking very good care of the ball; and was not playing aggressive, disruptive D on the perimeter, otherwise Cal would have shot more than 4 free throws and hit less than 18 treys. Agara seems to be the only player on the starting team that, by using her excellent crossover dribble, can take it to the hoop from 15-20 feet out and finish. I fear that Cal may have exposed several of Stanford's systemic weaknesses tonight. Stanford is still lacking productive point guard play. From what I've seen, this is likely to change next year. I don't get the impression that Stanford has an identity yet this year, meaning a characteristic style of play that is well honed and productive.

[MV72018]

A few troubling stats from tonight's game:

Stanford:  9 assists, 12 turnovers.
Cal:        20 assists,  9 turnovers. 

Stanford: field goal percentage of 33.9% 
Cal:         field goal percentage of 44.4%

Breaking those field goal attempts down: 

Stanford was 9 for 17 on three-point shots (52.9%)
Cal was 18 for 40 (!!!) on three-point shots (45%)

BUT

Stanford was only 11 for 42 on two-point shots (for an anemic 26.2%)
Cal was 14 for 32 on two-point shots (for a much better 43.8%)

Cal shot only 4 foul shots the whole game; Stanford shot 15. 

These stats suggest to me that Stanford was not playing team basketball tonight (Cal did much better at that); had  serious problems scoring inside the three-point line; was not taking very good care of the ball; and was not playing aggressive, disruptive D on the perimeter, otherwise Cal would have shot more than 4 free throws and hit less than 18 treys. Agara seems to be the only player on the starting team that, by using her excellent crossover dribble, can take it to the hoop from 15-20 feet out and finish. I fear that Cal may have exposed several of Stanford's systemic weaknesses tonight. Stanford is still lacking productive point guard play. From what I've seen, this is likely to change next year. I don't get the impression that Stanford has an identity yet this year, meaning a characteristic style of play that is well honed and productive.