Jan. 02, 1997
Starbird Sparks No. 3 Stanford to Win Over Sun Devils, 96-64
STANFORD, Calif. -- Kate Starbird scored 21 points and Olympia Scott added 19 as third-ranked Stanford posted a 96-64 victory over Arizona State in a Pac-10 matchup.
Naomi Mulitauaopele had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Cardinal, which improved to 13-1. Stanford took a 50-37 lead into halftime and owned a 43-20 rebounding edge. The Cardinal shot 58 percent from the field (36-for-62).
Arizona State placed just two players in double-figure scoring as Molly Tuter had 16 points and Stephanie Freeman contributed 13. The Sun Devils shot 40 percent but were just 6-for-20 from beyond the three-point arc.
ARIZONA ST (64)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Tuter 22 7-18 0-0 1-1 0 4 16
Garner 17 0-2 1-2 0-1 0 4 1
Boyle 23 2-5 1-3 0-2 1 1 5
Carl 23 1-5 0-0 0-1 1 0 2
A Johnson 16 1-3 0-0 1-2 2 1 3
Freeman 29 5-10 1-2 0-2 2 3 13
Sand 10 2-3 0-0 1-3 1 4 5
Gledhill 22 3-7 2-2 0-1 2 1 8
Amama 15 1-2 0-0 1-3 2 2 2
Holt 15 1-1 5-7 3-3 0 4 7
Steed 8 1-4 0-0 0-1 0 0 2
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TOTALS 200 24-60 10-16 7-20 11 24 64
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Percentages: FG-.400, FT-.625. 3-Point Goals:
6-20, .300 (Tuter 2-8, Carl 0-2, A Johnson 1-1,
Freeman 2-7, Sand 1-1, Steed 0-1). Team rebounds:
5. Blocked shots: 1 (Tuter). Turnovers: 31 (Carl
7, Gledhill 6, Tuter 5, Freeman 3, Garner 3, Sand
3, A Johnson, Boyle, Holt, Steed). Steals: 16
(Freeman 4, Gledhill 4, Tuter 4, Carl 2, Amama,
Sand).
STANFORD (96)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Nygaard 19 3-6 4-5 1-5 0 0 11
Mulitauaopele 17 6-9 0-2 3-8 4 2 12
Scott 29 7-10 5-7 2-6 1 2 19
Wideman 25 2-6 2-4 1-1 6 1 6
Starbird 25 10-15 1-1 3-4 5 1 21
Owen 18 2-2 0-1 1-6 0 4 4
Flores 11 2-4 2-2 1-2 4 2 6
Smith 18 3-5 2-2 2-2 1 2 9
Batastini 16 1-1 5-6 0-4 4 0 8
Benton 8 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 0
Harrington 6 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
Peterson 4 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Gbzlazeh 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Mcnamee 3 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 0
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TOTALS 200 36-62 21-30 16-43 25 17 96
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Percentages: FG-.581, FT-.700. 3-Point Goals:
3-6, .500 (Nygaard 1-2, Starbird 0-1, Smith 1-2,
Batastini 1-1). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots:
4 (Benton 2, Scott, Peterson). Turnovers: 29
(Flores 4, Scott 4, Nygaard 3, Owen 3, Peterson
3, Benton 2, Harrington 2, Mulitauaopele 2,
Batastini, Gbzlazeh, Mcnamee, Smith, Starbird,
Wideman). Steals: 22 (Mulitauaopele 5, Starbird
4, Nygaard 3, Flores 2, Scott 2, Smith 2,
Batastini, Benton, Mcnamee, Peterson).
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Arizona St 37 27 - 64
Stanford 50 46 - 96
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Technical fouls: None. A: 6,812. Officials: Kim
Balque, Tom Little.