[2006alum]

The numbers are even worse than they look, because it is generally easier to rebound on the defensive end than to corral offensive rebounds.  With such an awful shooting percentage, that means there were more opportunities at the GW end of the floor, so the fact that George Washington outrebounded us overall is a red flag.

To put some numbers to it... on the GW side of the floor, we captured 30/51 rebounds available (30 Stanford defensive rebounds + 21 GW offensive rebounds) for a defensive rebounding percentage of 59%.  On our own side of the floor, we captured 6/32 available rebounds (6 Stanford offensive rebounds + 26 GW defensive rebounds) for an offensive rebounding percentage of 19%.  Compare that to GW, who had a defensive rebound percentage of 81% and an offensive rebound percentage of 41%.

BC

Our terrible offensive rebounding strikes me as inevitable with a four-guard lineup - only Erica's positioned at/under the basket. And because Karlie generally shoots from the perimeter and McPhee made almost every shot she took, neither of them would be near the basket to pick up a missed shot. I didn't see the game, but I heard that we gave up inches at every position. I imagine our rebounding will improve tremendously when we get Kayl back for conference play. She hasn't blossomed into a consistent offensive threat, but she's been a tremendous rebounding asset from basically day one.

At this point, I'm mostly worried about the 1 spot, because neither Bri nor Marta have been able to consistently fulfill the three things we need from the 1: perimeter shooting, clean passing, and good defense.

[2006alum]

The numbers are even worse than they look, because it is generally easier to rebound on the defensive end than to corral offensive rebounds.  With such an awful shooting percentage, that means there were more opportunities at the GW end of the floor, so the fact that George Washington outrebounded us overall is a red flag.

To put some numbers to it... on the GW side of the floor, we captured 30/51 rebounds available (30 Stanford defensive rebounds + 21 GW offensive rebounds) for a defensive rebounding percentage of 59%.  On our own side of the floor, we captured 6/32 available rebounds (6 Stanford offensive rebounds + 26 GW defensive rebounds) for an offensive rebounding percentage of 19%.  Compare that to GW, who had a defensive rebound percentage of 81% and an offensive rebound percentage of 41%.

BC

Our terrible offensive rebounding strikes me as inevitable with a four-guard lineup - only Erica's positioned at/under the basket. And because Karlie generally shoots from the perimeter and McPhee made almost every shot she took, neither of them would be near the basket to pick up a missed shot. I didn't see the game, but I heard that we gave up inches at every position. I imagine our rebounding will improve tremendously when we get Kayl back for conference play. She hasn't blossomed into a consistent offensive threat, but she's been a tremendous rebounding asset from basically day one.

At this point, I'm mostly worried about the 1 spot, because neither Bri nor Marta have been able to consistently fulfill the three things we need from the 1: perimeter shooting, clean passing, and good defense.