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wow, thought Horns would have a bit of an advantage, with a week between games. With no games since Nov 29, Stanford also will not be complaining of lack of rest.
 
Well, the games keep getting easier, going by rankings. :smile1: First came a top ten matchup vs #4/5 Tenn. That was followed by another top ten game against #9/9 Miss. State where Texas was the higher ranked team. Now, 15 days after the Tenn game, Texas will close out the two weeks with a game against #14/12 Stanford in Austin. Horns will be seeking their third win over a top 15 team in their out of conference schedule. The Cardinal hold a 6-3 edge in the series. After Texas won the first two games of the series, Stanford had reeled off a string of six wins in a row going before being upset last season in Maples Pavilion 87-80 in OT. Texas is 7-0 while Stanford is 6-1 with only a 61-58 loss to Santa Clara marring their record. This will be the fourth road game in a row for Stanford. Texas returns home after a trip to Little Rock, Arkansas. This season, Texas has yet to lose at home (4-0) while Stanford is 5-0 on the road, though 3 of those games were on neutral courts. One of those streaks will be broken at game’s end Sunday.

Averaging 72.6 ppg, the Cardinal have four players in double figures. Lili Thompson (# 1, 5-7 Jr. G) leads the way at 19.3 ppg. Erica McCall (# 24, 6-3 Jr. F) is second at 14.3 ppg. Third is Briana Roberson (# 10, 5-7 Jr. G) with an average of 11.4 ppg while Karlie Samuelson (# 44, 6-0 Jr. G) is fourth at 10.0 ppg. Thompson is two FG attempts short of breaking triple digits in that category. Her 41 made FGs is second on the team as she has a 41.8 FG%. McCall leads with 42 made FGs (42-88, 47.7%). Roberson is third in FGs made & attempted with 25 of 65 (38.8%). Samuelson is fourth in both categories, making 45.8% of her shots (22-48). Alana Smith (# 11, 6-3 Fr. F) has the best FG% among players that have attempted at least 10 shots (19-36; 52.8%). The Cardinal do a very good job connecting from BTA, with four players making over 40% of their treys: Thompson (23-51, 45.1%); Samuelson (16-39; 41.0%); McCall (16-27; 59.3%) and Smith (8-19; 42.1%). McCall and Smith at 6-3 are tall enough to shoot over most players guarding them. If McCall has a weakness, it is her FT shooting as she has only hit 59.3% of her FTs (16-27). Thompson, on the other hand, is almost automatic, making 90.9% of hers (30-33). Horns don’t want to see Roberson (16-19; 84.2%) or Samuelson (10-13; 76.9%) on the FT line, either.

McCall, with 10.7 rpg to go with her 14.3 ppg, is the only Cardinal averaging a double double. Kaylee Johnson (# 5, 6-3 Soph. F) is second in rebounding at 5.1 rpg. Thompson’s 35 assists are 15 more than Roberson has. Kaylee Johnson tops the team with 12 blocks closely followed by 11 from McCall. Smith has 5 to rank third in blocks. Thompson also tops the Cardinal with 11 steals. Roberson is second with 8 while both McCall and Marta Sniezek (# 13, 5-8 Fr. G) each have 7 steals.

McCall, Roberson, Samuelson and Kaylee Johnson have started all seven games for Stanford. The last five games, Thompson has joined them in the starting lineup. Sneizek had started the first two games of the season. Thirteen of the fourteen players on the roster have played in at least 3 games this season. Only Alex Green (# 00, 5-6 RS Sr. G) has not played. She may be out all year as she suffered an ACL injury in the NCAA playoffs last season. Eight players have seen action in all seven games. Joining Sniezek coming off the bench are Smith and Brittany McPhee (# 12, 6-0 Soph. G). All eight average double digit minutes per game. Kailee Johnson (# 32, 6-3 Jr. F) also averages double digit minutes in the five games she has gotten into. Three players average over 30 mpg: McCall (34.9 mpg), Samuelson (30.9 mpg) and Thompson (30.4 mpg). Roberson (29.1 mpg) is close to making it four players average at least 30 mpg. Stanford pretty much as an eight player rotation with four players right at 30 mpg.

Two players lead Texas in scoring: Imani (13.6 ppg) and Brooke (13.0 ppg). Close to reaching that double digit scoring average are Brianna (9.7 ppg) and LaShann (9.1 ppg). Three players have reached the 60 FG attempted line: LaShann (22-66. 33.3%); Brooke (30-65; 46.2%) and Imani (36-62, 58.1%). Imani, Brianna (29-51, 56.9%), Kelsey (22-41, 53.7%) and Sara (8-15, 53.3%) all have hit over 50% of their shot attempts. The main 3pt threat for the Horns has Brooke who is hitting on 41.9% of her treys (13-31) . Support from BTA is provided by Celina (7-14, 50.0%), LaShann (3-12, 25.0%), Empress (4-16, 25.0%) and, at times, Brianna (3-4, 75.0%). Imani and LaShann have been the most successful in getting to the FT line, with each attempting 29 FTs. Imani has hit 22 FTs for a 75.9% while LaShann has connected on 17 (58.6%). Brady is 6-6 from the FT line while Brooke is at 81.8% (18-22).

Imani leads a trio of players grabbing at least 5 rpg. She averages 8.9 rpg while Kelsey adds 5.4 rpg and LaShann averages 5.0 rpg. Celina averages 3.4 assists per game with Empress at 3.1 apg and Brooke at 2.7 apg. LaShann (13), Brooke (11) and Imani (10) top the squad in steals. Imani is just under two blocks a game with 13 while Kelsey is second with six blocks.

Imani and Celina have started all seven games for Texas. Brooke and Empress have six starts in seven games. Brianna has five starts while Kelsey has three. LaShann has one. Those seven have combined for four different lineups. Brooke is the only player averaging over 30 mpg at 31.1 mpg. At 20+ mpg are Imani, Brianna, Kelsey, Celina and Empress. LaShann and Tasia average in the teens. Jordan is just below double digits at 9.0 mpg. Those eight have played in all seven games. Brady (7.5 mpg), Sara (9.8 mpg) and Olamide (2.7 mpg) have seen action in 6, 5 and 3 games, respectively.

Projected starting lineups based on the last game:
Texas.........Stanford
Iman...........McCall
Brianna.......Roberson
Empress......Samuelson
Celina..........Kaylee Johnson
LaShann......Thompson

There will be two of the 50 Naismith Trophy Women’s Early Season Watch List players facing off in this game. Thompson and Imani were both named to the watch list. While LaShann started the last game in place of Brooke, it would not be surprising if Brooke got the start in this game. Stanford has two players that are 6-5 but neither has gotten much playing time to date. McCall and Kaylee Johnson will likely rotate on Imani with the other responsible for guarding Brianna. Depending on the situation, that particular matchup could favor either team . Stanford has a number of 6-3 players to run into the post. Texas will counter with Kelsey, Jordan and Sara.

The matchup to watch will be Thompson vs Brooke. The two Texans will match their quickness, speed, shooting ability from BTA and ability to hit the open teammate against each other. Both teams are likely to be missing an important player. For Texas, Ariel is likely to miss this game as she continues to recover from ankle surgery. Stanford’s Alex Green suffered an ACL injury in the NCAA playoffs last season and has yet to play.

Team Stats...........................Texas (7-0)...........Stanford (6-1)
Scoring....................................508.........................508
PPG.........................................72.6........................72.6
Scoring Margin.........................+23.9......................+13.6
FGs Made-Att...........................186-414...................173-418
FG Ave/Game Made-Att.............26.7-59.1.................24.7-59.7
FG%........................................44.9.........................41.4
2pt Made-Att...........................152-322....................107-252
2pt FGs Ave/Game Made-Att......21.7-46.0.................15.3-36.0
2pt FG%...................................47.2........................42.5
3p FGs Made-Att.......................34-92.......................66-166
3pt Ave/Game Made-Att............4.9-13.1....................9.4-23.7
3pt FG%..................................37.0..........................39.8
FTs Made-Att...........................102-157.....................96-134
FT Ave/Game Made-Att............14.6-22.4...................13.7-19.1
FT %......................................65.0...........................71.6
Rebounds...............................307............................298
RPG.......................................43.9...........................42.6
Reb Margin............................+13.3.........................+0.9
Assists...................................98..............................103
APG......................................14.0............................14.7
Turnovers.............................111.............................108
TOPG...................................15.9............................15.4
TO Margin............................+3.1............................-1.3
A/TO Ratio...........................0.9..............................1.0
Steals...................................54...............................48
SPG......................................7.7..............................6.9
Blocks..................................27...............................41
BPG.....................................3.9..............................5.9
Winning Streak.....................7.................................3
Home Win Streak.................4..................................-0-
Home Attendance................15572...........................5522
Attendance Ave/Game.........4-3893..........................2-2761

Score by quarters (ave)....1st....2nd....3rd....4th....OT....Total
Texas (7-0).......................19.6...17.3....16.7...19.0... --......72.6
Stanford (6-1)...................14.7...17.9....18.7...19.7...1.7.....72.6

The teams are matched in points scored and ppg. They do it differently, though. Stanford has scored 48% of their points from the field on treys. Texas has scored 75% of their points from the field inside the arc. One of every 2.5 shots attempted by Stanford is from BTA. Texas will take a trey every 4.5 shots. Texas will need to prioritize guarding the 3pt line while Stanford needs to stop the inside attack by Texas. Both teams are strong rebounding teams. They both move the ball well. Texas does have a slight edge in steals which Stanford counters with strong shot blocking, almost twice as many per game as Texas averages. Stanford steadily increases their scoring every quarter while Texas has peaks in the first and last with solid second and third quarter scoring. Both end up at 72.6 ppg. The game should be that close as well.

Game time is 12 noon on Sunday, 12/13/15. The game will be carried by ESPN and on radio at The Horn, 104.9 FM.

There will be a 20% chance of rain with temperatures around 70 degrees.

texassports.com pregame story: http://www.texassports.com/news/2015/12/11/WBB_1211155504.aspx

AAS game preview: http://www.hookem.com/story/texas-hopes-better-team-leads-to-bigger-crowds/
 
I think 4x10 quarters vs 2x20 halves was a good change, but it messes with my mind a bit. I turned on the game with about 9 minutes left in the 2nd and the score 20-16 and thought wow, this is even lower-scoring than the Mississippi State game.
 
What happened to Sanders ? I remember her being much better and more of a gamer. She also used to HIT 3s as well, and play tough defense...Now she seems slow and kinda out of it.
 
It keeps feeling like we don't know how to break down a zone, and like they keep blocking our shots, plus Brady's shot selection is really iffy, but somehow we've got almost 40 points at halftime. I can't quite figure out how yet.
 
Brady and Celina at times seem unsure of what to do in the half court. Brady is just completely out of character, trying to go off the dribble or simply over dribbling. I don't get it. But this offense is still very stagnant outside of the 1 on 1 play.
 
Slgoris76 said:
Well that was fun while it lasted. Empress is doing work today.
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Yes, Empress is playing very well today. She needs to make better decisions when trying to make those post entry passes but overall she's playing very well. Hopefully she can be more consistent and carry this over for the rest of the year. The offense for the most part looks good, the defense needs to be better. Also, it's good to see Jordan out there playing well.
 
or simply over dribbling
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That's been mostly what I've seen. That one extra dribble allowing a defender to affect the shot rather than pulling up for a completely uncontested jump shot or floater.
 
Slgore76 said:
Brady and Celina at times seem of what to do in the half court. Brady is just completely out of character, trying to go off the dribble or simply over dribbling. I don't get it. But this offense is still very stagnant outside of the 1 on 1 play.
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I feel that the offense has been fine. Like I've said before we don't need to run a motion offense, or any offense with a lot of movement, just an offense that will help players get open looks. And for the most part they've done that today.
 
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I feel that the offense has been fine. Like I've said before we don't need to run a motion offense, or any offense with a lot of movement just an offense that will help players get open looks. And for the most part they've done that today.
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How do we score against Baylor if we don't MOVE on offense ? Standing around with a thumb up the rear may work against some teams, but you better have an offense that moves and gets open against Baylor. We also need to get better shooting FTs. We are better than we have been though.
 
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I feel that the offense has been fine. Like I've said before we don't need to run a motion offense, or any offense with a lot of movement just an offense that will help players get open looks. And for the most part they've done that today.
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I can agree with that for this game.
 
car54 said:
How do we score against Baylor if we don't MOVE on offense ? Standing around with a thumb up the rear may work against some teams, but you better have an offense that moves and gets open against Baylor. We also need to get better shooting FTs. We are better than we have been though.
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Are you watchig the game? They have 50 plus points in the third quarter. If they lose this game it won't be because of the offense it will be because of the defense. And Stanford isn't running anything complicated their running simple high ball screen.
 
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Alright Empress. We have been waiting on this player to show up. Looking like she did in D'Ville. Texas is looking good today and balanced scoring. The question is will they be able to continue to this type of play and also grind it out against a better teams.
 
Imani needs to step up and play better. It's as if she has no awareness out there, like she thinks she's out there playing by herself. And Mccall is out working her.
 
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And Imani needs to step up and play better. It's as if she has no awareness out their, like she thinks she's out their playing by herself. And Mccall is out working her.
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You took the words right out of my mouth. She post up like she is ready and once she gets the ball its like "what do I do now". Just no idea what to do. I can't figure her out either.
 
We've almost doubled their number of rebounds.

This "Ridiculous 6" they keep advertising looks like one of the most stupid movies ever created. There's a reason it's going to Netflix and not to theaters.
 
Just an observation and probably my biggest concern with the current offense. Whether purposely slowing the game down or just a low scoring game, Texas's half court sets just won't cut it. It either leads to a turnover or a horrible shot in most cases. That is something that I don't think will ever be addressed by coaching.
 
Slgore76 said:
Just an observation and probably my biggest concern with the current offense. Whether purposely slowing the game down or just a low scoring game, Texas's half court sets just won't cut it. It either leads to a turnover or a horrible shot in most cases. That is something that I don't think will ever be addressed by coaching.
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I agree with you on that. They need to get into their sets a lot quicker and the screening needs to be better, the sets need to be sharper.
 
Good win overall, the offense for the most part was good. Empress played very well, hopefully she can carry this game over for the entire year. They just need to continue to get better, especially on offense and also improve on their defense. They also need to continue to improve on their decision making. But today was a good win, and it was nice to see Jordan play well when she was in the game.
 
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Awesome game, just finished watching the replay. Both teams took 59 shots and made 25 for 42.4%. Stanford was 8-21 from BTA, which was expected as that is their bread and butter. Horns countered with getting to the FT line 30 times to Stanford’s 15. Horns made 23 while the Tree connected on 11. Another big edge to Texas was on the boards as they got 44 to Stanford’s 29. Hard to see what anyone is complaining about in this game. It’s not bowling where you can get a perfect game.

As expected a close game but Horns pulled it out with a show of calmness and steadiness that will help them pull out other close games. Nice to see Jordan have a solid outing scoring as she went 2-3 from the field. Good to see Brady reach double figures in minutes played as she continues to work her way back from leg surgery.

The Horns pulled out the win even though Imani had a subpar game shooting the ball, going 3-12 from the field. She did hit a 3, though. Empress had career high 23 pts including going 4-4 from the field. Kelsey was perfect shooting, 3-3 from the field and 2-2 on FTs. No one reached double digits on rebs but everyone that played, nine players, had at least one rebound with Imani’s nine topping the squad. Only 13 TOs which was big as Stanford only turned it over 15 times.

3942 was the official attendance. There were certainly more than I usually eyeball. Some people around me that I had never seen before. Hopefully, they will be back.

The thing about this team is that I don’t get the feeling that they have peaked.

They have three more games before conference starts at WVU. They have an excellent chance to be undefeated going into that game.
 
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