Nov. 26, 1999
STANFORD, Calif.(AP) - Tamika Catchings, sidelined by foul trouble for part of the second half, hit a decisive 3-pointer with 1:09 remaining as No. 5 Tennessee scored the final 11 points to defeat No. 23 Stanford 79-73 Friday night.
Catchings, who left the game with her fourth foul with nine minutes remaining, gave the Lady Volunteers a 75-73 lead with her 3-pointer. Michelle Snow added a follow shot and Kara Lawson had two free throws in the closing seconds.
Snow finished with 18 points and Catchings had 17 for Tennessee (2-1), which trailed 73-68 with two minutes remaining. The Lady Vols avoided becoming the second Top 10 team to lose this week at Stanford, which upset Iowa State on Sunday.
Carolyn Moos had 16 points, including the fifth 3-pointer of her career, for Stanford (2-1). Jamie Carey hit four 3-pointers and had 14 points, and Milena Flores also had 14 points for the Cardinal.
Tennessee outrebounded Stanford 40-26 and hit 23 of its 27 foul shots in the win. It was a far different game than last season, when Stanford missed 17 of its first 18 shots and fell behind by 38 points at halftime in a 98-62 loss in Knoxville.
Trailing 41-39 at halftime, Tennessee regained the lead briefly with 14:30 left on a driving layup by Lawson - only to have Carey hit a 3-pointer. Three minutes later, Lawson hit a 3-pointer to break a 54-54 tie and Carey immediately responded with another 3-pointer.
Moos, a 6-foot-6 center, gave Stanford a 70-68 lead with 4:07 remaining with a 3-pointer from in front of the Cardinal bench. And Carey then added a 3-pointer from about seven feet behind the arc to increase that lead to 73-68.
But Tennessee held Stanford scoreless the rest of the way, and the Lady Vols finally caught up on Catchings' 3-pointer - the 11th lead chance of the second half.
Tennessee opened an early 19-8 lead, using tight defense to force Stanford into rushing its shots, but a pair of driving layups by Moos finally loosened the Lady Vols' pressure and gave the Cardinal perimeter shooters more space.
Flores had five points during a 17-6 run that turned a seven-point Tennessee lead into a 35-31 lead for Stanford. The run ended with a three-point play by Moos and a 3-pointer from way behind the arc by Carey.