Like most, I was stunned by Arizona clobbering UCLA last week by 26 points. How did that happen? Well, for openers, Japreece Dean was held to 16 points below her season average. She had a grand total of 2 points. She went 0 for 8 from 2 and 0 for 3 from 3. She hit two free throws. I guess everyone is allowed a clunker of a game every so often, but wow!
Meanwhile, Aari McDonald (the Tucson Tornado) went off for 27 points, and basically tore UCLA's defense to shreds.
UCLA was 12% (2 of 17) from 3. While the Wildcats hit 46% of their 3's. (11 of 24). That stat alone equals the scoring differential.
So what does all this mean, when the Bruins are coming to Maples Friday at 8PM? Well, to their credit, UCLA limped north to Tempe and beat the Sun Devils two days after their collapse in Tucson. And Japreece scored her usual 18 points in that win. The following is the UCLA women's basketball website:
https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-basketball
UCLA's struggles in Tucson, indicate that we should play team defense against Japreece - backing up Kiana so she can play her close - and then thoroughly block out Onyenwere to keep her off the boards. If we keep those two well below their averages - Charisma Osborne (their third leading scorer) and the rest of the Bruins won't beat us.
GO STANFORD!! WE CAN DO THIS!!
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