11-21-2015, 04:53 PM
This was the first time I've seen Stanford play this year. (By the way, I almost stayed home but it turned out that parking was a lot easier than I expected. Attendance was low and the garage had lots of room.)
I have to admit that early in the game I thought "Tara is great, but even she can't teach height". Our ladies were losing every rebound, not because they weren't in a reasonable place, but that the player behind or in front of them was just reaching higher. And Jones was just killing us. Jones had 15 points in the first (10 min) quarter and a double-double by half time. She had all but 4 of GWU's points in the first quarter.Â
In the first half, there were 37 rebounds under GWU's goal, of which GWU got 18, compared to only 16 rebounds under Stanford's goal.
Just 6 1/2 minutes into the game, we were down 11-19. It looked bad.
But then we turned it around. 9 minutes later, we took the lead for good at 27-26. With 3s by Karlie, Karlie, and Lili, 2 1/2 minutes later we were up by double digits for the rest of the game. I don't recall a game that looked so one-sided (for good reason rather than luck), and turns around for equally good reason for the other team.
After dominating the 2nd quarter 31-11, Stanford basically kept the #22 team at arm's length. Jones never again threatened to take over the game. She wound up with 27 points (50% inside the arc, 84% from 3), 17 rebounds (7O, 10D), 1 assist, 3 blocks. Importantly, she had no free throws. She's obviously a really good shooter, and had great moves, but she should have been able to take her team on her back more in the 2nd half. We did try to deny her the ball, but she should have been able to get open.
I have to say that Tara can't teach height, but she did coach them to neutralize the other team's height advantage. We wound up getting 46 rebounds to their 50, but more because we shot 46% to their 29%.
I was impressed with the team's play. We made mistakes, but it is early. I think we're better than #15.
I have to admit that early in the game I thought "Tara is great, but even she can't teach height". Our ladies were losing every rebound, not because they weren't in a reasonable place, but that the player behind or in front of them was just reaching higher. And Jones was just killing us. Jones had 15 points in the first (10 min) quarter and a double-double by half time. She had all but 4 of GWU's points in the first quarter.Â
In the first half, there were 37 rebounds under GWU's goal, of which GWU got 18, compared to only 16 rebounds under Stanford's goal.
Just 6 1/2 minutes into the game, we were down 11-19. It looked bad.
But then we turned it around. 9 minutes later, we took the lead for good at 27-26. With 3s by Karlie, Karlie, and Lili, 2 1/2 minutes later we were up by double digits for the rest of the game. I don't recall a game that looked so one-sided (for good reason rather than luck), and turns around for equally good reason for the other team.
After dominating the 2nd quarter 31-11, Stanford basically kept the #22 team at arm's length. Jones never again threatened to take over the game. She wound up with 27 points (50% inside the arc, 84% from 3), 17 rebounds (7O, 10D), 1 assist, 3 blocks. Importantly, she had no free throws. She's obviously a really good shooter, and had great moves, but she should have been able to take her team on her back more in the 2nd half. We did try to deny her the ball, but she should have been able to get open.
I have to say that Tara can't teach height, but she did coach them to neutralize the other team's height advantage. We wound up getting 46 rebounds to their 50, but more because we shot 46% to their 29%.
I was impressed with the team's play. We made mistakes, but it is early. I think we're better than #15.