It was 23.4% while Arizona was a percentage point better shooting than CU was against TSU. CU’s biggest weakness is their free throw shooting. They outplayed Arizona last year in one game but lost narrowly when they hit only 11 of 22 free throws.
Brink missed 5 of 6 free throw attempts and turned the ball over 5 times but mads up for it by scoring 21, collecting 22 rebounds, blocking 5 shots and dishing 5 assists. Monster game.
I didn't get to watch, but Mackenzie Holmes had been playing very well for Indiana this year and looks like she was kept in check, maybe credit goes to Brink for that as well.
Holmes had one great game against Kentucky. Pretty forgettable against Quinnipiac, was in foul trouble and finished with 10 points. Gulbe and Holmes were both terrible in this game, Berger also struggled the entire second half. I don't even know how Indiana stayed close.
Stats don't tell everything, but looks like Patberg and Cardano-Hillary were good? For Stanford looks like it was pretty much the Brink and Belibi show and not much else.
Yes Indiana's guards (Patberg and Cardaño) pretty much carried them in this game, but both seemed to go cold in the second half as well. Cardaño's defense is very good, she is a total pest and got numerous steals and deflections, made it hard for Stanford to get the ball up the court. But once Stanford got into its offense it was either layups or putbacks.
I did watch the game, and Brink missed a ton of shots in the first half, but was much more efficient in the second. For Belibi it was the opposite (to my eyes, anyway). At the other end, Brink was clearly a game changer every time Indiana tried to score in the paint. Just a monster defensively and on the boards.
I didn't see the game but wouldn't be surprised if Brink is the reason she struggled. Cameron's an absolute beast defensively.
Yeah, though not disclosed what it is. She didn’t play their last game and did not start today. She did play today though off the bench, but did not really seem like herself.
Was sad to miss this game, (as well as others as I just got back from a trip to Chicago). Happy to come away with the win, and hopefully FTs and turnovers can be fixed moving forward, as well as getting Jones back to 100%.
I think that’s true. Brink has star potential, and at times, star readiness.
These 2 things don't really jive. I'd argue she's not a finesse player, she's fairly physical despite being thin.
It looked to me like Tara wanted the team to be less dependent upon Brink to start the second half, and it worked to the extent that Demetre and Jump made a bunch of 3's.
It’s not. But, keep in mind both UCLA and Oregon are playing without1 some of their best players due to injury.
I'll make a bold prediction--a lot of missed FTs by Stanford. Can they even hit 60% in a game?No idea what to expect tomorrow with Stan vs Maryland, I may email Brenda and see if we can borrow Owusu
Don't forget the loss by Arizona State
Maybe NBD to you, but this was a winnable game and they didn't get it done. Their OOC is fairly weak, this and ND are really their only chances for good noncon wins, and they already let the first one get away. This is the kind of thing that can hurt seeding. Committee has already dinged OSU in years past, doesn't seem to matter that much how they do in conference.