On Friday we tangle yet again with the Beavers, who have fallen on hard times of late. Their talented 6'-6" freshman post player, Kennedy Brown, was lost for the season last week - while our talented junior post player, Maya Dotson, returned to the lineup to play against Utah for the first time this season.
Over the last eight games the Beavs are 3 and 5 and later today they take on a very tough UCLA team in Pauley, after a loss to USC over the weekend. The weekend before, in front of 8,000 in Gill, they beat the Sun Devils by two points with point two seconds left on the game clock. Sounds like life in the PAC12, doesn't it?
If you haven't already, you should read Warren Grimes' blog piece on our last two games against Colorado. It makes you appreciate the fantastic effectiveness of our coach, her staff, and our incredible players who consistently execute when everything is on the line. Here's the Beaver website:
https://osubeavers.com/sports/womens-basketball
Needless to say, regardless of how it goes tonight for the Beavers in LA, we can expect Mikayla Pivec and her crew to show up in Maples on Friday with fire in their eyes. We have to be 1000% ready to match their intensity. Let's fill the place with our loudest support for this amazing team that plays with all they've got for Stanford.
Then, on Monday we do it all over again against Oregon. But this time - let's beat'em. Once again, I refer you to Warren's blog piece from mid-January on beating Oregon. He says it better than I could, but basically we have to play fantastic defense, hit our shots, make great passes, set good screens, and eliminate turnovers. He also says we need to find someone to do a great impersonation of Brittney McPhee and just go off on'em. The Duck website:
https://goducks.com/sports/womens-basketball
This is a big game. Let's show up and become outrageously ear-splitingly supportive!!
GO STANFORD! WE CAN DO THIS!!
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