Mar. 22, 1997
Stanford Moves on to West Region Final, 91-69
MISSOULA, Mont. -- Jamila Wideman had 19 points, nine rebounds and seven assistsand Kate Starbird scored 22 points as top seed Stanford cruisedpast fourth seed Virginia, 91-69, in the West Region semifinalsat Missoula, Montana.
The Cardinal (32-1), who posted their 24th straight win, movedinto the Elite Eight for the fourth consecutive season and forthe eighth time in 11 tournament appearances. They will faceGeorgia in Monday's regional final for the right to go to theFinal Four in Cincinnati.
Stanford built a 44-35 halftime lead, holding Virginia to 37percent shooting from the floor in the opening 20 minutes.
"Virginia is a team that will not win or lose in the firsthalf," said Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer. "Their defensivequickness gave us a problem early. Virginia is a great team, butwe had a little more quickness tonight."
Starbird, who sprained her ankle in a first-round win overHoward, was 7-of-15 from the floor, including 4-of-8 fromthree-point range.
"My shot came back and my ankle feels a lot better," she said."They don't have anything to do with each other."
Naomi Mulitauopele chipped in 13 points off the bench andKristin Folkl had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Cardinal.
Tora Suber paced Virginia (21-8) with 22 points and Monick Footeadded 12.
Stanford defeated the Cavaliers for the third time in fourmeetings.
VIRGINIA (69) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpFoote 32 3-14 6-6 2-7 1 3 12Glessner 18 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 4 2Walker 25 4-8 0-1 2-6 1 4 8Robinson 25 5-7 0-0 2-4 2 1 10Suber 38 8-23 2-2 1-4 2 4 22L Brown 8 0-0 1-2 1-3 0 2 1Hosac 20 1-3 1-2 1-3 0 4 3Mckinney 25 1-11 4-4 4-4 1 2 6Mooney 9 2-4 0-0 0-1 0 2 5_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 25-73 14-17 13-32 7 26 69_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.342, FT-.824. 3-Point Goals:5-26, .192 (Foote 0-5, Glessner 0-1, Suber 4-13,Hosac 0-1, Mckinney 0-3, Mooney 1-3). Teamrebounds: 8. Blocked shots: 1 (Mckinney).Turnovers: 14 (Mckinney 6, Robinson 3, Suber 3,Foote, Walker). Steals: 5 (Glessner, Hosac,Robinson, Suber, Walker).STANFORD (91) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpNygaard 33 4-12 2-2 5-7 4 1 12Smith 16 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0Scott 21 3-5 5-6 2-5 0 4 11Wideman 36 5-12 8-10 2-9 7 3 19Starbird 28 7-15 4-4 1-4 1 3 22Folkl 25 5-8 2-4 4-10 1 0 12Batastini 3 1-1 0-2 0-2 1 0 2Flores 13 0-0 0-2 1-6 4 0 0Benton 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Harrington 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Mulitauaopele 15 5-9 3-3 4-6 0 1 13Owen 8 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 30-64 24-33 19-50 19 14 91_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.469, FT-.727. 3-Point Goals:7-16, .438 (Nygaard 2-5, Smith 0-1, Wideman 1-2,Starbird 4-8). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 3(Scott, Wideman, Owen). Turnovers: 17 (Owen 3,Wideman 3, Batastini 2, Mulitauaopele 2, Scott 2,Flores, Folkl, Nygaard, Smith, Starbird). Steals:6 (Wideman 4, Folkl, Owen).__________________________________Virginia 35 34 - 69Stanford 44 47 - 91__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 6,333. Officials:Sally Bell, Dave Stewart, John Whitson.