#1 Stanford @ Utah - 1/15/21

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Salt Lake City, UT - 3:30 PM ET
TV: Pac-12 Network (Krista Blunk, Mary Murphy)

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[nwhoopfan]

About to start. Some weird game times this season, I've missed quite a few, but I can actually watch this one.

 

[Lorcan]

Jerome starting in place of Jones for Stanford per Twitter

 

[nwhoopfan]

Haley Jones not starting, instead Alysa Jerome? Why not Brink or Prechtel?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Jones not available to play, not covid related. She is there with the team.

 

[Lorcan]

Jones unavailable to play today, unclear why.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Kiana coming out firing, 2 threes in the first 2 minutes.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Looks like Brynna Maxwell is going to be Anna Wilson's next victim.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Brink picks up her first foul about 30 seconds after checking in.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Gylten continually surprises me, she looks pretty scrawny on tv but she is VERY physical.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Brink w/ 2 fouls in about 2 minutes. 10-8 Stanford at the first media break. The 'Furd getting nothing from the frontcourt so far. 6 for Kiana and 4 for Lexie.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Stanford on a run now, up 18-8. They haven't been shooting the 3 very well this year but 4-8 already today.

 

[nwhoopfan]

The Hulls are everywhere, making life miserable for Utah. This went from tied at 8 to 21-8 in a hurry.

 

[nwhoopfan]

23-8 thru Q1. Poor Utah. I really thought they'd be a lot better than this.

 

[Lorcan]

Stanford with a moderate 23-8 lead. I almost wonder if Tara held Haley out because they needed to get Lexie, Kiana, and others out of a slump before heading further into Pac-12 play. At least, I hope that's the reason instead of a niggling injury.

 

[nwhoopfan]

8-1 turnover differential tells the story of this one.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Utah's leading scoring doesn't even have a shot attempt yet. That can't be a good sign for the Utes.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Stanford slowing down in Q2, basically even. 33-16 at the media TO.

edit--or 17? Score keeps changing, matter of whether Maxwell's lone FG was a 3 or a 2.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Getting kinda ugly for Stanford now. Fell in love w/ the 3 after starting 5-9, now 6-15. 33-21, Utes chipping away at the lead.

 

[nwhoopfan]

40-25 at the half. 13 for Lexie, 12 for Kiana.

edit--they took 3 away from Lexie and gave it to Prechtel. Now they both have 10.

 

[nwhoopfan]

What in the world happened to Lola Pendande? She was really good as a Fr. She's been nearly non-existent all season. HUGE sophomore slump apparently.

 

[nwhoopfan]

17 of Stanford's 32 FGA are behind the arc. That seems a bit unbalanced. They hit 7, average 8 made 3's per game.

 

[Lorcan]

17 of Stanford's 32 FGA are behind the arc. That seems a bit unbalanced. They hit 7, average 8 made 3's per game.

Honestly, I think Stanford’s been shooting below average from behind the arc this year, so it might be a concentrated effort to shoot themselves out of a slump this game.

 

[nwhoopfan]

That was pretty. Belibi went coast to coast off a D board for an and-1.

edit--oops, it was a steal

 

[nwhoopfan]

Kiana w/ another pair of 3's, she's up to 18. 49-25, all Card in Q3.