There’s Gold in River City

Ros “Good as GOLD”-Onwude hit 6 straight threes on her way to 26 points and 5 assists to lead Stanford to the Sweet 16 in Sacramento. We play Saturday at 6:05, or 6:04 or 6:07, love the NCAA. Nneka added 23 of her own, and 7 assists as Stanford scored 61 points in an amazing first half to beat Iowa.

We move to the Sweet Sixteen with the following seeds:

# 1 = all 4
# 2 = 2
# 3 = 3
# 4 = 1
# 5 = 1
# 7 = 2
#11 = 1

Stanford plays Georgia, and the other game at about 8:30 on Saturday will be 7 seed Gonzaga against 3 seed Xavier.

Georgia is 25-8 overall, earning them a # 5 seed. At one time they were 18-1 and # 6in the country, then they went 5-7 before their 2 tournament wins. Georgia holds wins over Oklahoma, Rutgers, Kentucky, LSU and Tennessee (at home). Three of those teams are still alive in the Tournament.

As a team on offense they are shooting 39% from the floor, 29% from three and 66% from the free throw line. They have an assist to turnover ratio of 1: 1.4 and on defense have 181 blocked shots.

As a comparison Stanford is shooting 47% from the floor, 35% from three and 73% from the free throw line. Our assist to turnover ratio is a great 1:.75 and we have blocked 148 shots.

An interesting stat, Georgia has outscored their opponents in the 2nd half by 4.4 points per game, Stanford has outscored their opponents by 9.7 points per game.

Georgia’s top two scorers are Sr Point Guard Ashley Houts and Frosh Guard Jasmine Jones, each with 12 points per game. Georgia doesn’t list a Center on their roster, but 6-2 Jr Porsha Phillips is averaging 9 points and leading the team with 8 rebounds per game. She is a transfer from LSU. 6-5 5th year Sr Angel Robinson is averaging 8 points and 8 rebounds. Rounding out the starting five, 6-1 Soph Meredith Mitchell is averaging 8 points per game.

Georgia plays 7 players. Off the bench are 6-2 frosh Jasmine Hassell, 6 points per game, and 6-3 frosh Anne Marie Armstrong, 5 points per game.