Mar. 08, 1997
No. 3 Cardinal Close Out Regular Season with Win at ASU, 81-62
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Olympia Scott had 23 points and 12 rebounds and Kristen Folkl scored 15 points as Stanford closed out the regular season with an 81-62 victory over Pacific 10 rival Arizona State.
Folkl made all seven of her field goal attempts, including six in the first half, for the Cardinal, who made 50 percent (30-of-60) from the floor.
Stanford never trailed after Folkl scored on follow-up shot to give the Cardinal an 18-17 lead with 7:07 to go. That sparked a 25-7 run. She scored 10 points during the stretch that concluded with a lay-up with one second remaining to give Stanford a 41-24 halftime lead. Folkl also contributed three blocked shots in 19 minutes.
Molly Tutor had 15 points and eight rebounds and La Toya Johnson added 12 and seven for the Sun Devils, who made just 31 percent (21-of-67) of their field-goal attempts. Arizona State could get no closer than 12 points and trailed by as many as 26 in the second half.
STANFORD (81)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Nygaard 31 1-5 1-2 2-7 4 3 4
Starbird 30 5-12 2-4 2-3 2 2 14
Scott 30 9-17 5-6 6-12 2 4 23
Wideman 29 2-10 2-2 0-0 5 1 7
Smith 30 5-6 1-2 1-5 1 1 11
Mulitauaopele 7 0-1 2-2 0-4 0 5 2
Folkl 19 7-7 1-4 2-8 2 1 15
Batastini 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
Benton 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
Mcnamee 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Harrington 2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0 2
Peterson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Flores 11 0-1 1-4 0-0 2 1 1
_______________________________________________
TOTALS 200 30-60 17-28 13-40 18 20 81
_______________________________________________
Percentages: FG-.500, FT-.607. 3-Point Goals:
4-11, .364 (Nygaard 1-3, Starbird 2-5, Wideman
1-3). Team rebounds: 6. Blocked shots: 7 (Folkl
3, Starbird, Scott, Nygaard, Benton). Turnovers:
19 (Scott 6, Batastini 2, Mulitauaopele 2,
Nygaard 2, Wideman 2, Benton, Folkl, Peterson,
Smith, Starbird). Steals: 6 (Folkl 2, Starbird 2,
Nygaard, Peterson).
ARIZONA ST (62)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Sand 23 3-6 0-0 3-3 1 2 6
Tuter 27 5-18 2-3 3-8 0 3 15
Boyle 16 0-3 0-0 1-2 1 3 0
Lowe 25 2-6 0-1 1-3 4 0 5
L Johnson 27 5-10 2-2 6-7 1 4 12
Carl 15 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 0
Freeman 21 3-7 1-3 1-5 1 2 8
Stilson 19 2-4 4-4 1-4 0 4 8
Holt 15 0-5 6-8 0-2 1 3 6
Gledhill 4 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Amama 6 1-5 0-0 2-2 1 0 2
A Johnson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Steed 1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
_______________________________________________
TOTALS 200 21-67 15-21 18-38 13 22 62
_______________________________________________
Percentages: FG-.313, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:
5-14, .357 (Sand 0-1, Tuter 3-8, Lowe 1-1, Carl
0-2, Freeman 1-1, Gledhill 0-1). Team rebounds:
5. Blocked shots: 4 (Tuter, Boyle, Lowe,
Stilson). Turnovers: 17 (L Johnson 4, Stilson 3,
Tuter 3, Boyle 2, Carl 2, Freeman, Lowe, Sand).
Steals: 7 (Lowe 2, Sand 2, Tuter 2, Carl).
__________________________________
Stanford 41 40 - 81
Arizona St 24 38 - 62
__________________________________
Technical fouls: None. A: 3,104. Officials: Tom
Little, Maraianne Karp, Alonza Gray.