Louisville versus Stanford
- Thread starter PushupMan
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We must of posted the thread at the same time but not a good first quarter for the Cards. It was a really weird lineup I don’t know what CJW is trying to do. Is he sitting the starters so they won’t get worn out at the end of the game. Is he sitting them out to send a message. Are they not practicing hard and haven’t earned the playing time. Whatever it has been a really weird lineup the past couple of games.
Was surprised to see Juffermans in very early. Perhaps it was a reward for playing well in practice. She didn’t do anything on offense, but she did play good post defense and also grabbed two rebounds.
Stanford had lots of problems in their last game against Notre Dame’s pressure defense. UofL does seem to be very intentional in applying pressure. Stanford did a decent job in that first quarter of beating it for layups, but the pressure is working better in the second quarter.
Yes, we’ve been getting open shots, but we just haven’t been hitting many of them. Taj is now on fire!
Taj with 14 of her 17 in that quarter. She went 1-4 from the line or it could have been even more!
If Cochran is recovering from the flu does Russell have the flu? I have not seen her at all in this game.
Note Cochran don’t try to dribble in traffic it never works out well.
Probably won't be able to blow 4th quarter big leads the next two games against ranked teams. Maybe the Cards need their own 4th quarter comeback to rid themselves of these 4th quarter collapses?
This game should have never been this close CJW has to figure this out.
With Russell, probably just Walz knowing what he has with her, and he thought he’d try to play the younger players a lot more in this one. It’s significant that, when the game got tight in the fourth quarter, he put Merissah in to replace Cochran.
Agreed. I attribute a lot of it to this years lack of maturity. They are going through growing pains. Has to be frustrating for CJW.
I expect Isla will begin taking more of Elif’s minutes as we get further into the end of the regular season. Elif played 12 minutes but failed to get a rebound, but contributed two TOs. Isla got 2 rebounds in only 8 minutes and did not commit a TO. Both of these 2 young ladies give 100% effort at every opportunity, but it looks like Isla is just quicker and more comfortable inside the paint.
Its a combination of all of that. I think CJW played Cochran in spurts because apparently she has the flu or is ill, but I also think he is trying to save her so she's there in the 4th quarter. She fouled out again today. Berry might have played a little more in the first half if she hadn't picked up 2 fouls. Whatever CJW is doing ends up basically with the same issue, closing out the game in the 4th quarter. I still contend thats on the guard play. Harris pick up a late moving pick foul. She should know better, shes not a FR.