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I was at the Cornell game but don't have a recording to review.  So I am amusing myself by looking at some of the Analytics stats at Statbroadcast for the game.  This message is more about the stats than about the players' performances.  I'm going to ignore the players with 5 minutes or less; so everyone I'm looking at had at least 12 minutes on the court.

One stat that was amazing to me was "DRtg: Defensive Rating is points allowed by a player per 100 possessions" for Somfai: 19.9.  Next best was 72.3.  Big difference.  Did Somfai really disrupt the opponents offense that much? Obviously she pulled down a ton of rebounds.

Another stat that seemed somewhat surprising was that Ogden, Agara, Swain, and Ijiwoye tied in the number of steals at 3.  We saw the break-aways by Ijiwoye late in Q1 that helped Stanford get an almost insurmountable lead, but only 3 steals?  Is it just that she gets the loose balls that someone else knocks loose?

Another interesting aspect is that Eschmeyer (12 minutes) had a ho-hum Efficiency (Efficiency Stat as calculated by Manley's formula: PTS + REB + AST + STL + BLK - Missed Shots - TO) of 8, but was the highest in ORtg (Offensive Rating is points produced by a player per 100 possessions) at 181.5 and 3rd best in DRtg of 74.

And, Stanford was called for significantly fewer fouls than the opponent: only 6 fouls in the entire game (none in Q1 or Q4).  (Cornell: 12). And only 12 TO (3 in each quarter).  Very similar to the Washington game (St: 6 fouls (10 TO), UW: 16)

Cornell's Emily Pape hit a lot of 3s, scoring 18 of her 24 points on 6 of 15 3pt shots.  I'm a bit disappointed Stanford let her get so many 3pt shots.

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I was at the Cornell game but don't have a recording to review.  So I am amusing myself by looking at some of the Analytics stats at Statbroadcast for the game.  This message is more about the stats than about the players' performances.  I'm going to ignore the players with 5 minutes or less; so everyone I'm looking at had at least 12 minutes on the court.

One stat that was amazing to me was "DRtg: Defensive Rating is points allowed by a player per 100 possessions" for Somfai: 19.9.  Next best was 72.3.  Big difference.  Did Somfai really disrupt the opponents offense that much? Obviously she pulled down a ton of rebounds.

Another stat that seemed somewhat surprising was that Ogden, Agara, Swain, and Ijiwoye tied in the number of steals at 3.  We saw the break-aways by Ijiwoye late in Q1 that helped Stanford get an almost insurmountable lead, but only 3 steals?  Is it just that she gets the loose balls that someone else knocks loose?

Another interesting aspect is that Eschmeyer (12 minutes) had a ho-hum Efficiency (Efficiency Stat as calculated by Manley's formula: PTS + REB + AST + STL + BLK - Missed Shots - TO) of 8, but was the highest in ORtg (Offensive Rating is points produced by a player per 100 possessions) at 181.5 and 3rd best in DRtg of 74.

And, Stanford was called for significantly fewer fouls than the opponent: only 6 fouls in the entire game (none in Q1 or Q4).  (Cornell: 12). And only 12 TO (3 in each quarter).  Very similar to the Washington game (St: 6 fouls (10 TO), UW: 16)

Cornell's Emily Pape hit a lot of 3s, scoring 18 of her 24 points on 6 of 15 3pt shots.  I'm a bit disappointed Stanford let her get so many 3pt shots.