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grew concerned while the Cardinal kept missing its shots — over and over again.Not Alanna Smith and company. They figured they would find a way at the end.Smith and Stanford outlasted Missouri State for a 55-46 victory on Saturday in the NCAA Tournament Delano Hill Color Rush Jersey , sending the cold-shooting Cardinal back to the Elite Eight for the third time in four years.Stanford shot a season-low 25 percent (17 for 68) in its second-lowest scoring game. But Smith and Anna Wilson supplied just enough offense, and the Cardinal used its superior length to hold the 11th-seeded Lady Bears to 25.4 percent shooting (16 for 63), also a season low for the last double-digit seed left in March.“I think the feeling on the team was we weren’t worried,” said Smith, who finished with 13 points. “We know that we can hit down those shots, and we weren’t today, so we had to go to something else.”VanDerveer seemed to get a kick out of Smith’s confidence.“I don’t know what game she was at,” VanDerveer cracked. “I mean, wow. We just — we tried a lot of different things. We tried a lot of different people, and we struggled.”Next up for No. 2 seed Stanford (31-4) is defending national champion Notre Dame on Monday in the Chicago Regional final. The Fighting Irish advanced with an 87-80 victory over Texas A&M.“We know it will be a big challenge, but I have a lot of confidence in our team,” VanDerveer said. “We know we’ll have to play better.”Danielle Gitzen had 14 points and eight rebounds for Missouri State, which had won seven in a row. Jasmine Franklin finished with 11 points and 10 boards.It was Missouri State’s first appearance in the Sweet 16 since Jackie Stiles led the Missouri Valley Conference team to the Final Four in 2001.Stiles Earl Thomas Color Rush Jersey , an assistant coach on Kellie Harper’s staff who remains the school’s career leading scorer with 3,393 points, could only watch this time around as the Lady Bears (25-10) struggled offensively. Alexa Willard, who averaged 18.5 points in Missouri State’s first two wins in the NCAA tourney, finished with two points on 1-for-11 shooting.“Stanford is a great team, and they’re very long, and I think that it definitely was disruptive having their long arms and getting into passes,” Gitzen said, “but I think also we got good looks. We just couldn’t hit them at the end of the day.”The Lady Bears closed to 38-35 on Gitzen’s jumper with 1:04 left in the third quarter. But the Cardinal responded with an 11-1 run.Shannon Coffee started the key sequence with a 3-pointer, one of just three treys in 29 attempts on the day for Stanford. Wilson closed it out with two foul shots and a layup with 5:27 left.Wilson, the younger sister of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, scored seven of her 11 points in the second half. Russell Wilson and his wife, singer Ciara J.R. Sweezy Color Rush Jersey , took in the action from a pair of seats behind the Stanford bench.“My defense is kind of my thing, so if I can score some points, that’s nice, too,” Anna Wilson said. “So I think for me, I just wanna play as hard as I can and continue playing.”BIG PICTUREMissouri State: Gitzen is the only senior on the Lady Bears’ roster, so they could be even better next season. But Harper, a Tennessee alum, could be in the mix for the opening at her alma mater.“We weren’t going to come in here and back down,” Harper said. “Somebody was going to have to beat us. Stanford beat us. They had to work hard to do it.”Stanford: Wilson led a solid effort by Stanford’s reserves. Coffee finished with seven points, and Lexie Hull had seven points and nine rebounds.UP NEXTStanford takes on the top-seeded Irish on Monday. After more than one of the selections that the Seattle Seahawks have made through the first two days of the draft fans have pointed out that the pick felt like a reach. Whether it was Marquise..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteField Gullsa Seattle Seahawks communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsSectionsSeahawksOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections VideosCoffee and CigarettesGame AnalysisThe Numbers GameCigar ThoughtsFiled under:NFL Draft2019 NFL DraftHow do pundits grade the first two days of Seahawks 2019 draft?New,15commentsPDTShareTweetShareShareHow do pundits grade the first two days of Seahawks 2019 draft?Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesAfter more than one of the selections that the Seattle Seahawks have made through the first two days of the draft fans have pointed out that the pick felt like a reach. Whether it was Marquise Blair in the second round or Cody Burton in the third, some fans have opined that the Seahawks could have been more patient and selected these players later. That may or may not be the case Quinton Jefferson Color Rush Jersey , as fans are not as plugged in with scouts and contact around the league, so in order to get an assessment of the Hawks draft so far, let’s take a look at some of the grades that have been given out. Just as a reminder, four players have been added to the roster so far, and they are:DE L.J. Collier, TCUS Marquise Blair, UtahWR D.K. Metcalf, Ole MissLB Cody Burton, UtahI’ll start with every Seattle fan’s favorite, Pete Prisco. Prisco has for years been at odds with many Seahawks fans, as he was not a believer in Russell Wilson what Russ brings to the table. That obviously came to an end back in December when Prisco authored an apology letter to Wilson admitting that his opinion about Wilson’s game was wrong. In any case, Prisco has Seattle with some variation of a B for all four of the selections. His grades for the picks are a B+ for the selection of Collier, a B for Blair Tom Johnson Color Rush Jersey , a B- for Metcalf and a B for Burton. I feel it’s kind of odd to be hearing some fans complain about the team’s picks and give low grades, while Prisco is handing out solid B grades for all four of these selections. What is going on? Moving on, the Hawks also got solid grades for their moves from NFL.com Draft Analyst Chad Reuter in a breakdown giving grades to all teams through the first two days. For the Seahawks his comments were: Over at Sports Illustrated, Andy Benoit gave the Seahawks grades that covered a wider range, but overall were not as high. The breakdown by pick at SI.com was as follows Collier: C+Blair: C+Metcalf: A+Burton: CObviously, it’s impossible to accurately grade a draft class until years after the draft, but it’s always interesting to see what the “experts” have to say about the players added through the draft. With the Seahawks set to more than double their haul of players on Day 3, we’ll check back in on the grades in the coming days and see what the thoughts are regarding the final additions in the draft.