Looking at Lindy

Lindy started out slowly this season as she continued to rehab from her foot injury. She started for the first time on December 19 against Tennessee, perhaps to shield Toni from the impact of a Rocky Top crowd, but played just a few minutes in that game.

She has been a key member of the starting five in the six games since then, playing an average of 23 minutes a game.

Ron Kantowski (Las Vegas Review Journal) wrote of her performance in the game against UConn:

No. 15 La Rocque, sank two long 3-point field goals that provided impetus for Stanford's 71-59 victory. Those were La Rocque's only baskets in a game in which her team never trailed. She also had six assists. She was efficient. She was selfless. Every time UConn made a run to trim the deficit, No. 15 would make a nice pass to one of Stanford's bigs on the inside, and UConn's deficit would grow anew.

In her review of last week's games, Michelle Smith (Leftcoasthoops) wrote:

The Cardinal set a tone this weekend in the Pac-10. The Arizona schools had been playing well coming into Maples and Stanford swatted them away by a combined margin of 80 points. Guard Jeanette Pohlen continues to play the best basketball of her career, but the catalyst for the Stanford turnover has been the insertion of Lindy LaRocque into the lineup. LaRocque is a steady presence who knows the offense, doesn’t make many mistakes and should contribute more offensively as the season progresses.

Lindy has indeed been a steady presence at the point. In the last six games, she has made 24 assists with just six turnovers for an outstanding assist-to-turnover ratio of 4.0. (There are currently eight players in the nation with an ATO greater than 3.0 and just one greater than 3.9 (4.64 by Cetera DeGraffenreid, North Carolina.))

Nothing brings a Maples crowd to its feet like one of Lindy's signature rainbow 3-pointers.

Lindy is an aggressive, persistent defender. In the game against Xavier, she held Katie Rutan, their 3-point specialist to just three attempts and one made. And she's not shy about getting inside and mixing it up with the bigs.

Lindy is quick to go after any loose ball.

She enthusiastically celebrates her teammates' successes.

We're so glad to have you 100% back, Lindy.