Jan. 23, 1997
No. 3 Stanford Defeats Washington, 90-64
SEATTLE -- Kate Starbird poured in 30 points and grabbed seven rebounds asthird-ranked Stanford posted a 90-64 Pacific 10 victory overWashington.
Heather Owen scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds andOlympia Scott had 18 points and nine rebounds for Stanford(19-1), which outscored Washington, 50-30, in the second half.
The Cardinal shot 53 percent (17-for-32) from the field in thesecond half and 49 percent (32-for-67) for the game.
Laure Savasta scored 17 points and Melinda Lynch pulled down 11rebounds for Washington, which shot 35 percent (22-for-63) andheld a 44-38 rebounding edge.
STANFORD (90) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpSmith 29 0-4 2-2 2-3 4 3 2Owen 35 7-12 10-12 4-10 1 3 24Scott 28 7-15 4-6 1-9 1 4 18Flores 21 0-4 0-0 0-3 5 1 0Starbird 37 12-19 4-6 3-7 5 2 30Wideman 29 3-7 2-3 0-5 1 2 8Batastini 3 1-1 2-2 0-0 0 0 4Benton 9 2-3 0-0 0-2 0 2 4Mcnamee 7 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 3 0Peterson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0Harrington 1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 32-67 24-31 10-41 18 20 90_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.478, FT-.774. 3-Point Goals:2-10, .200 (Smith 0-3, Flores 0-1, Starbird 2-5,Wideman 0-1). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 4(Smith, Owen, Starbird, Benton). Turnovers: 8(Starbird 3, Smith 2, Flores, Owen, Scott).Steals: 6 (Smith 2, Mcnamee, Scott, Starbird,Wideman).WASHINGTON (64) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpHall 23 4-6 6-10 2-5 0 2 14Niemela 32 2-6 4-4 0-2 2 3 8Pelz 7 0-1 2-2 2-3 0 5 2Savasta 39 7-19 0-0 0-2 3 0 17Redd 34 5-16 1-4 0-3 3 5 11Lynch 32 3-11 3-4 5-11 0 4 9Tuiaea 18 1-3 1-2 2-8 1 4 3Teel 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 2 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 22-63 17-26 11-34 12 25 64_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.349, FT-.654. 3-Point Goals:3-20, .150 (Niemela 0-3, Savasta 3-9, Redd 0-7,Lynch 0-1). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 3(Hall 2, Lynch). Turnovers: 16 (Redd 5, Savasta5, Teel 2, Lynch, Niemela, Pelz, Tuiaea). Steals:4 (Hall, Lynch, Redd, Teel).__________________________________Stanford 40 50 - 90Washington 34 30 - 64__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 5,832. Officials:Violet Palmer, Maraianne Karp, Michelle Duncan.