[81alum]

GoStanford has the 1,000th program victories feature already up:

http://gostanford.com/fls/30600/Feature/Beyond1000/

A very nicely written article.  Those early Azzi days with Maples filled to the rim and fans crying after losses must have been something.  I'm sorry I graduated just a little too early to have experienced that for myself.

As I reflect on this game, I think the biggest story may not be McCall's dramatically improved range--as wonderful as that is.  I think it is McPhee's defense.  McPhee shut down Weisner--completely shut down one of the nation's best shooting guards.  And she did so while being our second most important offensive player and dishing out as many assists as our point guard.    She was  6/7 shooting the ball, she was the most effective ball distributor, and she did this all in 26 minutes.  If McPhee can continue this level of play--and it is not the first game recently where she has been this productive--then I think we have a feature player, not a role player or bench player.

Here is an interesting stat:  points-in-the-paint:  Stanford 26 Oregon State 14.  Wow.  Not bad considering Hamblin's dominance. 

Here is another:  Fast break points:  Stanford 12 Oregon State 0.

Some quotes:

All the credit to Stanford,” Oregon State coach Scott Rueck said on his postgame radio interview. “They came out with the right mindset, they executed just phenomenally well. Everybody was ready to shoot the ball and everybody did.  “I didn’t think we handled adversity as well as we needed too, obviously, in the beginning and that led to their momentum.”  “Erica McCall put on a show tonight,” Rueck said. “That was unbelievable what she did.”

Regarding Weise and Weisner:

“(Stanford) loaded up their defense against those two, really did a nice job of making it tough for them to catch the ball and then once they did catch it there were three defenders close to them,” Rueck said. “… When they did get looks, they didn’t go down for them.”

http://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/beave...5a4ff.html

With regard to the zone that destroyed us last game:

When asked at the half if she expected to see the zone, Stanford coach Tara Vanderveer said “bring it.”

And inexplicably, the 2-3 zone that Oregon State coach Scott Rueck had employed that shut down the Cardinal in the second half in Corvallis never appeared until the second half, and then it was pulled back off only a few possessions into the third quarter.

http://www.buildingthedam.com/2016/2/26/...ot-so-fast

Oregon State coach Scott Rueck said Stanford responded to Thompson's absence.  "Maybe the pressure is taken off," he said. "They had an excuse built in" if the team lost. "They just let it fly."

It started with sophomore Brittany McPhee, who replaced Thompson (14.4 points per game). McPhee scored 15 points and added four rebounds and four assists, but also dogged Weisner to frustrate the Beavers.  "They told me to have a pit-bull mentality," McPhee said.  VanDerveer interrupted her guard.  "She really has a golden retriever personality, but brought the pit-bull aggressiveness," the coach said.

http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_295...o-7-oregon

Up was down, water was wine, Erica McCall hit 3-pointers and Karlie Samuelson recorded a double-double.

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2016/...ford-women

[81alum]

GoStanford has the 1,000th program victories feature already up:

http://gostanford.com/fls/30600/Feature/Beyond1000/

A very nicely written article.  Those early Azzi days with Maples filled to the rim and fans crying after losses must have been something.  I'm sorry I graduated just a little too early to have experienced that for myself.

As I reflect on this game, I think the biggest story may not be McCall's dramatically improved range--as wonderful as that is.  I think it is McPhee's defense.  McPhee shut down Weisner--completely shut down one of the nation's best shooting guards.  And she did so while being our second most important offensive player and dishing out as many assists as our point guard.    She was  6/7 shooting the ball, she was the most effective ball distributor, and she did this all in 26 minutes.  If McPhee can continue this level of play--and it is not the first game recently where she has been this productive--then I think we have a feature player, not a role player or bench player.

Here is an interesting stat:  points-in-the-paint:  Stanford 26 Oregon State 14.  Wow.  Not bad considering Hamblin's dominance. 

Here is another:  Fast break points:  Stanford 12 Oregon State 0.

Some quotes:

All the credit to Stanford,” Oregon State coach Scott Rueck said on his postgame radio interview. “They came out with the right mindset, they executed just phenomenally well. Everybody was ready to shoot the ball and everybody did.  “I didn’t think we handled adversity as well as we needed too, obviously, in the beginning and that led to their momentum.”  “Erica McCall put on a show tonight,” Rueck said. “That was unbelievable what she did.”

Regarding Weise and Weisner:

“(Stanford) loaded up their defense against those two, really did a nice job of making it tough for them to catch the ball and then once they did catch it there were three defenders close to them,” Rueck said. “… When they did get looks, they didn’t go down for them.”

http://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/beave...5a4ff.html

With regard to the zone that destroyed us last game:

When asked at the half if she expected to see the zone, Stanford coach Tara Vanderveer said “bring it.”

And inexplicably, the 2-3 zone that Oregon State coach Scott Rueck had employed that shut down the Cardinal in the second half in Corvallis never appeared until the second half, and then it was pulled back off only a few possessions into the third quarter.

http://www.buildingthedam.com/2016/2/26/...ot-so-fast

Oregon State coach Scott Rueck said Stanford responded to Thompson's absence.  "Maybe the pressure is taken off," he said. "They had an excuse built in" if the team lost. "They just let it fly."

It started with sophomore Brittany McPhee, who replaced Thompson (14.4 points per game). McPhee scored 15 points and added four rebounds and four assists, but also dogged Weisner to frustrate the Beavers.  "They told me to have a pit-bull mentality," McPhee said.  VanDerveer interrupted her guard.  "She really has a golden retriever personality, but brought the pit-bull aggressiveness," the coach said.

http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_295...o-7-oregon

Up was down, water was wine, Erica McCall hit 3-pointers and Karlie Samuelson recorded a double-double.

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2016/...ford-women