Mar. 17, 1997
Cardinal Throttle Texas Tech in Second-Round of NCAA Tournament, 67-45
STANFORD, Calif. -- Olympia Scott had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead top-seededStanford to a 67-45 victory over eighth-seeded Texas Tech in anNCAA Tournament West Regional second-round game at Stanford,California.
The Cardinal (32-1), winners of 23 consecutive games, advanced tothe round of 16 for the 10th time in 11 tries and will facefourth-seeded Virginia Saturday at Missoula, Montana.
Kristen Folkl contributed 11 points and eight rebounds forStanford, which extended its nation-leading home winning streakto 48 games. All-American guard Kate Starbird, who injured herankle in the Cardinal's first-round victory over Howard, startedand scored six points in 30 minutes.
Stanford built a 35-18 halftime lead, but the Lady Raidersopened the half with a 10-4 burst to get within 39-28 with 16:11to play. But the Cardinal regrouped and used a 16-4 spurt toopen a 55-32 bulge with 6:10 remaining.
Vanessa Nygaard chipped in with 10 points for Stanford, whichshot 42 percent (27-for-64) from the field.
Alicia Thompson had a strong performance for Texas Tech with 24points and nine rebounds. The Lady Raiders shot 38 percent(19-for-50) and finish their season at 20-9.
TEXAS TECH (45) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpCockerell 20 1-1 0-0 2-2 1 1 2Thompson 37 10-26 4-6 0-9 1 2 24Lake 37 3-7 1-1 2-6 3 2 7Parker 17 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 2Hanebutt 34 0-4 0-0 0-4 0 0 0Schmucker 26 2-5 1-2 0-2 1 0 6Gibbs 20 2-3 0-0 2-6 1 2 4Dickerson 9 0-3 0-2 0-1 0 3 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 19-50 6-11 6-30 10 10 45_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.380, FT-.545. 3-Point Goals:1-8, .125 (Thompson 0-1, Lake 0-1, Hanebutt 0-4,Schmucker 1-2). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots:2 (Schmucker, Gibbs). Turnovers: 17 (Hanebutt 4,Thompson 4, Parker 3, Dickerson 2, Cockerell,Gibbs, Lake, Schmucker). Steals: 9 (Thompson 3,Gibbs 2, Parker 2, Schmucker 2).STANFORD (67) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpNygaard 35 4-9 0-0 3-6 4 0 10Smith 17 1-5 2-2 1-2 1 2 4Scott 25 8-14 3-3 3-9 0 3 19Wideman 36 2-7 2-2 2-6 3 0 6Starbird 30 3-10 0-0 0-1 4 1 6Mulitauaopele 21 3-7 0-0 1-4 1 2 6Folkl 21 4-5 3-6 2-8 3 1 11Owen 4 0-3 0-0 1-1 0 0 0Flores 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 3Batastini 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0Harrington 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Benton 1 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 1 2_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 27-64 10-13 14-38 18 12 67_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.422, FT-.769. 3-Point Goals:3-17, .176 (Nygaard 2-7, Smith 0-3, Wideman 0-1,Starbird 0-4, Flores 1-1, Harrington 0-1). Teamrebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 2 (Scott, Folkl).Turnovers: 14 (Scott 5, Starbird 3, Folkl,Harrington, Mulitauaopele, Nygaard, Smith,Wideman). Steals: 9 (Wideman 3, Nygaard 2, Scott2, Folkl, Starbird).__________________________________Texas Tech 18 27 - 45Stanford 35 32 - 67__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 7,391. Officials: JohnMorningstar, Doug Cloud, Lisa Mattingly.