Well I'll fess up, I thought Stanford would be better than this to start the season. I was wrong. I think one critical factor is that Alana Smith is not playing well. She's one of the veterans and I've seen her play at a high level against good competition.
I watched the replay of the Stanford game this morning. By far the biggest factor in the low point output was cold 3-point shooting and too many 3-point attempts. Riverside was almost conceding the 3-point shot and Stanford was an abysmal 3-of-28. Carrington alone, who otherwise carried Stanford with her rebounding and inside scoring, was 0-of-8 on 3-pointers. Stanford took a 51-33 lead early in the 4th quarter, and from that point on, by my count, they went 0-of-11 from the 3-point line and 1-of-16 overall. WAY too much settling for the outside shot.
They really, really missed McPhee out there, by far their most accomplished player and unquestioned court leader.
