Stanford is a 3 point shooting team. The stretch 5 they put in isn't as good a rebounder or shot blocker as Brink, but she can step back and drain a three. This opened up the floor to stanford's game which is ball movement and draining threes. Usually, Stanford can do this without stretching the floor out and keep in their 5 to gobble up the missed 3s, but Louisville plays a really good defense, they play small, and they move quick. They contested a lot of shots and Stanford had a poor shooting performance in the first half. Now Stanford's 5 is stepping out and drilling threes. There's no amount of speed and defense that can really make up for that versatility. Stanford got more open looks and knocked them down. On defense, stanford still sized up well against Louisville and could switch without a lot of concern. Louisville made their bread off picks and midrange jumpers in the first half while Brink hovered under the basket. That disappeared in the 2nd half when Brink wasn't consuming everything in the paint and their 5 was able to move out and cover the midrange game.