Cal Women's Hoops at #2 Stanfurd Open Thread
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 2, 2010 11:15 AM PST
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Cal just beat San Diego to move to 6-5. Here's what Joanne Boyle has to say about how they can make the Cardinal work in this one.
"You can't move ahead with so many freshmen. It's not like we could start preparing for Stanford a week ago. You look at everybody on that team and say, 'What can you do against them?' Connecticut is the only team that's been successful playing them, and a lot of that was limiting their offensive rebounding."
So what does Boyle think the Bears might have in their arsenal to at least make Stanford work?
"We're athletic, but that doesn't mean we can take away the things we want to take away," Boyle said. "But we sure as heck can't sit in the quarter-court and let them just run their stuff. We've got to try to make them feel uncomfortable. You've got to get them out of a rhythm if you can. Change things up."
Hopefully we can give them a good fight, although Jayne Appel is pretty unstoppable down there. Discuss the game.
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This game scares the ever living crap out of me. Stanfurd has already beaten teams currently ranked 4, 8 and 26 by an average score of 19 points. Plus, they came within 12 points AT UConn. UConn looks even better this year and their smallest win so far was by 19 (and then 26, and then 35….)
If we win I’m going to run through the streets of Sacramento naked.
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We’re three minutes in and it’s 4-4 despite Stanfurd having approx. 12 offensive rebounds and 1,000 missed putbacks.
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Appel can’t hit the broadside of a planet so far
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 2, 2010 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Stanfurd is 4-25 from the field…and Cal is losing by 4. It might be a long day. Cal has only taken 12 shots.
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we can’t really shoot right now either
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 2, 2010 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Halftime thoughts:
Good: effort and intensity. Cal has done a good job on defense, particularly not letting Stanfurd’s absurd size advantage push them around. The Freshman are playing very tough. The offense has had decent movement and there have been a surprising amount of open shots
Bad: We’ve bricked a large number of those shots. Just sad, sad misses. We are a very poor shooting team (31% from the field, 30% from 3, and most shamefully, 20% from the FT line), which makes winning difficult unless we can outrebound and outshoot a team. Stanfurd is not one of those teams. The freshman also need to learn to play tough defense without fouling too much. Only time will give them that skill.
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Well, they’re all freshmen…hopefully they’ll be ready by next year?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 2, 2010 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
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