02-23-2013, 05:18 AM
(Whew! I'm glad we got a post on the game before Garvin noticed. Thanks, 81alum !)
I've seen so many games like tonight's over the years that Tara's been here. Sort of a sense of pleasant deja vu!
Let's not forget to say Congrats to Jos for passing 1,000 points. I wonder if she was a bit anxious as she started off really slow and didn't do much in the first half, but started hitting in the middle of the second half. Judging from the replay on TV, she didn't know she had passed the mark, but you can see her trying to figure out what Chiney is telling her on the way back down the court.
While we didn't have 4 starters in, we seemed to play pretty well with Chiney out.
Filling in more info on stats. The 10 3-pointers ties the high for the season. The 6 total personal fouls was the lowest of the season (avg 14), giving up only 5 FT attempts for OSU, our season low. OSU only had 14 fouls (avg 15), so one can't really say the refs controlled this game. But maybe the officials changed their calling at the half. We had 15 FTA in the first half (IIRC, 12 were for Chiney) and only 3 in the second half. The 90 points was 2 less than our high for the season. Our rebounding turned out to be about our average. Our 7 TO was just 1 more than our best for the season. Our 31 bench points were just 2 less than our highest of the season. Over the last 4 games, we've shot 67 of 79 FTA for 84.8%. The game was played at a fast pace, having 15 more shots (total over both teams) than our average games.
As I look at the stats, I think it shows that teams should continue to play aggressively with Stanford. OSU didn't and they got clobbered. Of course, if we're hitting our 3s, then there will be fewer interior fouls called. On the other hand, Mikaela showed really good play on the interior. That's a good sign for next year, without Jos.
I wanted to run these numbers in a game where Chiney sat out a good bit:
At least for this game's performance, Tess & Alex & Jasmine aren't ready for prime time, but it is good they got time. Jos didn't have a very good night. Bonnie, Mikaela, Taylor, and Chiney had good games. Similarly to the UConn game (but with an entirely opposite meaning), Stanford played OSU evenly during the time Amber was out of the game. Amber had a very good game, but when she was out, we used no one that brought the ball down the court well.
Note that Stanford won the part of the game without Chiney on the floor. That included much of the time when Amber was out and we had problems at the point.
We miss Toni for bringing the ball down with Amber out or getting out-played. If we have some more easy games, we should pull Amber & put in Alex & Jasmine with the hope that one of them can get the experience they need. Let's keep thinking good thoughts for Toni's health.
I was going to say that our defense was again great. It felt that way, but I had to stop & think about it some. OSU was only 4 points below their offensive average. What happened was that the second half was played at a fast pace, which let them have a lot of chances, and therefore they scored more points. We beat them by 18 in the first half and by 19 in the second half. OSU scored 21 in the first half but 32 in the second half.
I've seen so many games like tonight's over the years that Tara's been here. Sort of a sense of pleasant deja vu!
Let's not forget to say Congrats to Jos for passing 1,000 points. I wonder if she was a bit anxious as she started off really slow and didn't do much in the first half, but started hitting in the middle of the second half. Judging from the replay on TV, she didn't know she had passed the mark, but you can see her trying to figure out what Chiney is telling her on the way back down the court.
While we didn't have 4 starters in, we seemed to play pretty well with Chiney out.
Filling in more info on stats. The 10 3-pointers ties the high for the season. The 6 total personal fouls was the lowest of the season (avg 14), giving up only 5 FT attempts for OSU, our season low. OSU only had 14 fouls (avg 15), so one can't really say the refs controlled this game. But maybe the officials changed their calling at the half. We had 15 FTA in the first half (IIRC, 12 were for Chiney) and only 3 in the second half. The 90 points was 2 less than our high for the season. Our rebounding turned out to be about our average. Our 7 TO was just 1 more than our best for the season. Our 31 bench points were just 2 less than our highest of the season. Over the last 4 games, we've shot 67 of 79 FTA for 84.8%. The game was played at a fast pace, having 15 more shots (total over both teams) than our average games.
As I look at the stats, I think it shows that teams should continue to play aggressively with Stanford. OSU didn't and they got clobbered. Of course, if we're hitting our 3s, then there will be fewer interior fouls called. On the other hand, Mikaela showed really good play on the interior. That's a good sign for next year, without Jos.
I wanted to run these numbers in a game where Chiney sat out a good bit:
| F | L | O | O | R | | | BENCH | | | Flr-Bnch | |||
Player | Min | Opts | Dpts | NetPts | OP/g | DP/g | NetP/G | OP/g | DP/g | NetP/G | NetP/G |
Camp, Jasmine | 8:58 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 71.4 | 71.4 | 0.0 | Â 95.4 | 47.7 | 47.7 | -47.7 |
Green, Alex | 6:39 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 72.2 | 84.2 | -12.0 | Â 93.6 | 46.8 | 46.8 | -58.8 |
Greenfield, Taylor | 23:30 | 59 | 32 | 27 | 100.4 | 54.5 | 46.0 | Â 75.2 | 50.9 | 24.2 | Â 21.7 |
James, Sara | 21:30 | 47 | 26 | 21 | 87.4 | 48.4 | 39.1 | Â 93.0 | 58.4 | 34.6 | Â 4.5 |
Ogwumike, Chiney | 28:00 | 65 | 35 | 30 | 92.9 | 50.0 | 42.9 | Â 83.3 | 60.0 | 23.3 | Â 19.5 |
Orrange, Amber | 31:02 | 74 | 37 | 37 | 95.4 | 47.7 | 47.7 | Â 71.4 | 71.4 | 0.0 | Â 47.7 |
Payne, Erica | 1:56 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 82.8 | 62.1 | 20.7 | Â 90.4 | 52.5 | 37.8 | -17.1 |
Picknell, Tess | 9:05 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 79.3 | 70.5 | 8.8 | Â 93.2 | 47.9 | 45.3 | -36.5 |
Ruef, Mikaela | 26:58 | 63 | 33 | 30 | 93.4 | 48.9 | 44.5 | Â 82.9 | 61.4 | 21.5 | Â 23.0 |
Samuelson, Bonnie | 18:39 | 44 | 21 | 23 | 94.4 | 45.0 | 49.3 | Â 86.2 | 60.0 | 26.2 | Â 23.1 |
Tinkle, Joslyn | 23:43 | 48 | 32 | 16 | 81.0 | 54.0 | 27.0 | 103.2 | 51.6 | 51.6 | -24.6 |
At least for this game's performance, Tess & Alex & Jasmine aren't ready for prime time, but it is good they got time. Jos didn't have a very good night. Bonnie, Mikaela, Taylor, and Chiney had good games. Similarly to the UConn game (but with an entirely opposite meaning), Stanford played OSU evenly during the time Amber was out of the game. Amber had a very good game, but when she was out, we used no one that brought the ball down the court well.
Note that Stanford won the part of the game without Chiney on the floor. That included much of the time when Amber was out and we had problems at the point.
We miss Toni for bringing the ball down with Amber out or getting out-played. If we have some more easy games, we should pull Amber & put in Alex & Jasmine with the hope that one of them can get the experience they need. Let's keep thinking good thoughts for Toni's health.
I was going to say that our defense was again great. It felt that way, but I had to stop & think about it some. OSU was only 4 points below their offensive average. What happened was that the second half was played at a fast pace, which let them have a lot of chances, and therefore they scored more points. We beat them by 18 in the first half and by 19 in the second half. OSU scored 21 in the first half but 32 in the second half.