Feb. 08, 1997
No. 3 Stanford Declaws the Bruins, 98-68
STANFORD, Calif. -- Kate Starbird scored 15 of her 29 points in the first half as third-ranked Stanford remained perfect in the Pac-10 Conference with a 98-68 thrashing of UCLA.
Vanessa Nygaard added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Cardinal (23-1, 11-0), who shot 43 percent from the field in the first half (17-of-39) and raced to a 45-27 halftime lead. Jamila Wideman added 16 points and Olympia Scott 15 for Stanford, which shot 46 percent (32-of-69) overall.
Melanie Pearson scored 16 points and Maylana Martin added 14 for UCLA (10-10, 4-7), which made 9-of-14 shots in the first half, but committed 34 turnovers in the game.
UCLA (68)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Martin 23 4-7 6-6 1-1 1 5 14
Veasley 35 3-5 0-1 2-5 2 2 6
Funicello 23 3-3 0-2 0-2 1 2 6
Pearson 34 5-8 5-6 0-3 5 2 16
Grimes 29 2-5 0-0 1-6 5 5 5
Hubbard 20 3-8 2-4 0-5 0 5 8
Jackson 19 2-4 2-3 0-3 1 5 7
Houser 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Philman 8 1-4 0-0 1-1 0 1 2
Oening 5 1-1 2-2 0-2 0 0 4
Tomich 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 24-45 17-24 5-28 15 28 68
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Percentages: FG-.533, FT-.708. 3-Point Goals:
3-5, .600 (Pearson 1-2, Grimes 1-1, Jackson 1-2).
Team rebounds: 6. Blocked shots: 2 (Funicello,
Jackson). Turnovers: 34 (Martin 7, Veasley 6,
Pearson 5, Funicello 4, Hubbard 4, Grimes 3,
Jackson, Philman). Steals: 8 (Grimes 2, Jackson
2, Veasley 2, Funicello, Pearson).
STANFORD (98)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Nygaard 30 4-9 3-4 9-11 3 4 13
Smith 32 2-6 1-2 2-5 3 2 7
Scott 19 5-7 5-8 1-3 1 4 15
Wideman 35 5-14 5-6 0-0 10 0 16
Starbird 38 12-25 2-2 2-2 0 0 29
Owen 18 2-3 4-6 0-3 0 5 8
Benton 13 0-2 2-2 0-3 0 2 2
Flores 5 1-2 0-0 0-1 2 3 2
Mcnamee 6 0-0 1-3 0-1 0 1 1
Harrington 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 3
Batastini 2 0-0 2-2 0-1 0 0 2
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TOTALS 200 32-69 25-35 14-30 19 21 98
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Percentages: FG-.464, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:
9-20, .450 (Nygaard 2-3, Smith 2-4, Wideman 1-3,
Starbird 3-8, Flores 0-1, Harrington 1-1). Team
rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 2 (Nygaard, Smith).
Turnovers: 14 (Owen 3, Wideman 3, Benton 2,
Nygaard 2, Flores, Scott, Smith, Starbird).
Steals: 14 (Nygaard 4, Wideman 4, Starbird 3,
Owen 2, Mcnamee).
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Ucla 27 41 - 68
Stanford 45 53 - 98
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Technical fouls: None. A: 7,391. Officials:
Melissa Barlow, John Madrid, Tom Dubas.