Jan 31, 1997
No. 3 Stanford Embarrasses Archrival California, 95-44
STANFORD, Calif. -- Kate Starbird had 23 points and five assists as third-rankedStanford rolled over California, 95-44, in a Pacific 10 matchup.
Olympia Scott added 19 points and nine rebounds for Stanford(21-1, 9-0 Pac 10), which took a 49-26 lead into halftime. TheCardinal shot 49.2 percent (31-for-63) from the field, including7-of-15 from three-point range (46.7 percent).
Jennie Leander scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds forCalifornia (6-12, 2-7), which shot 33.9 percent (20-for-59) andwas outrebounded, 42-31.
CALIFORNIA (44) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpKennon 26 2-4 0-0 1-3 0 2 4Czepiec 36 3-12 0-1 2-4 2 2 8Leander 32 9-15 1-2 4-7 0 3 19Smith 31 2-8 0-0 0-0 0 0 4Rizzo 30 1-5 0-0 0-3 2 2 3Mcdaniel 15 2-5 0-0 0-3 1 5 4Snijder 9 0-5 0-0 1-1 0 1 0Folsom 8 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0Scotty 6 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 2Churchill 7 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 20-59 1-3 10-26 5 19 44_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.339, FT-.333. 3-Point Goals:3-12, .250 (Czepiec 2-4, Smith 0-2, Rizzo 1-4,Snijder 0-2). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 2(Mcdaniel, Churchill). Turnovers: 21 (Smith 7,Kennon 4, Scotty 3, Leander 2, Churchill,Czepiec, Folsom, Mcdaniel, Rizzo). Steals: 2(Smith, Snijder).STANFORD (95) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpNygaard 22 4-6 0-0 1-6 1 1 9Smith 28 3-8 2-2 2-6 3 0 9Scott 27 8-14 3-3 2-9 0 3 19Starbird 24 7-13 6-7 2-4 5 0 23Wideman 20 0-4 0-0 0-1 5 2 0Owen 20 0-2 9-10 1-2 2 1 9Flores 18 2-4 0-0 1-4 2 0 6Batastini 15 1-5 3-4 1-1 0 1 5Benton 8 2-2 2-2 0-1 2 0 6Mcnamee 7 2-2 1-1 0-2 1 0 5Harrington 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2Peterson 5 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2Gbzlazeh 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 31-63 26-29 10-36 21 8 95_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.492, FT-.897. 3-Point Goals:7-15, .467 (Nygaard 1-2, Smith 1-3, Starbird 3-4,Wideman 0-1, Flores 2-4, Batastini 0-1). Teamrebounds: 6. Blocked shots: 2 (Scott 2).Turnovers: 8 (Scott 3, Flores 2, Batastini,Nygaard, Starbird). Steals: 9 (Scott 2, Smith 2,Wideman 2, Benton, Nygaard, Owen).__________________________________California 26 18 - 44Stanford 49 46 - 95__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 7,391. Officials: StanGaxiola, Kim Balque.