Mar. 15, 1997
Nygaard, Stanford Drop Howard in First Round of NCAA Tournament, 111-59
STANFORD, Calif. -- Vanessa Nygaard had 13 of her 18 points in the first half when top-seeded Stanford raced to a 32-point lead on its way to a 111-59 rout of 16th-seeded Howard in an NCAA Tournament West Region first-round game at Stanford, California.
The Cardinal (31-1), ranked third in the country, extended their homecourt winning streak to 47 consecutive games, longest in the nation. Stanford will host either Montana or Texas Tech in the second round on Monday.
Kate Starbird and Olympia Scott had 13 points apiece for the Cardinal, who shot 57.5 percent (42-for-73) from the field. Milena Flores and Naomi Mulitauaopele had 11 and 10 points, respectively, off the bench for the Cardinal, who played 15 players, with 13 scoring.
Amanda Hayes had a game-high 23 points for Howard (24-6), which shot just 28 percent (20-for-71) and had its 23-game winning streak snapped.
HOWARD (59)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Hill 18 3-10 0-1 6-9 1 5 6
Hayes 34 6-20 11-14 0-3 3 4 23
Graves 30 2-10 2-2 1-5 2 5 6
Boyd 24 3-9 0-0 0-0 1 2 8
Hynes 29 1-6 0-0 0-1 0 0 2
Hunter 23 1-3 1-1 1-3 0 4 3
Carter 11 0-4 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
Ford 11 2-3 0-0 1-3 1 0 5
Gardner 9 1-4 0-0 1-1 1 0 3
Screen 7 1-2 1-3 2-2 0 1 3
Thompson 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 20-71 15-21 13-28 9 21 59
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Percentages: FG-.282, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:
4-13, .308 (Hayes 0-2, Boyd 2-5, Hynes 0-2,
Carter 0-1, Ford 1-1, Gardner 1-2). Team
rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: None. Turnovers: 20
(Hill 5, Boyd 3, Ford 3, Hayes 3, Hunter 2, Hynes
2, Carter). Steals: 8 (Hayes 3, Ford 2, Hunter 2,
Graves).
STANFORD (111)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Nygaard 27 7-12 1-1 1-10 7 2 18
Starbird 25 5-13 2-2 1-2 4 0 13
Scott 22 6-10 1-1 4-7 0 2 13
Wideman 22 3-6 0-0 0-2 8 0 7
Smith 15 2-4 0-0 0-1 2 3 5
Mulitauaopele 11 5-8 0-2 2-2 0 1 10
Folkl 16 2-3 3-4 1-4 2 3 7
Owen 13 1-2 6-8 0-1 2 1 8
Flores 16 4-4 0-0 0-6 6 1 11
Batastini 10 3-4 1-2 1-1 2 2 7
Harrington 8 1-3 2-2 0-4 1 0 5
Benton 5 1-2 0-0 0-3 1 2 2
Mcnamee 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Peterson 4 2-2 0-0 1-1 0 1 5
Gbzlazeh 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 42-73 16-22 11-44 35 18 111
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Percentages: FG-.575, FT-.727. 3-Point Goals:
11-24, .458 (Nygaard 3-7, Starbird 1-5, Wideman
1-2, Smith 1-3, Flores 3-3, Batastini 0-1,
Harrington 1-2, Peterson 1-1). Team rebounds: 8.
Blocked shots: 3 (Mulitauaopele, Folkl, Benton).
Turnovers: 17 (Nygaard 3, Scott 3, Batastini 2,
Flores 2, Starbird 2, Benton, Folkl, Harrington,
Smith, Wideman). Steals: 10 (Starbird 4, Wideman
2, Batastini, Folkl, Nygaard, Owen).
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Howard 21 38 - 59
Stanford 53 58 - 111
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Technical fouls: None. A: 7,391. Officials: John
Morningstar, Connie Pardue, Henry Martinez.