Stanford-Washington State Postgame Notes

FINAL SCORE

Washington State (15-15, 9-9 Pac-12) – 41 • 23 = 64
Stanford (28-2, 17-1 Pac-12) – 49 • 35 = 84

Stanford improved to 57-0 all-time against Washington State and swept the season series with Saturday’s 84-64 win.

Stanford, the No. 1 seed in next week’s Pac-12 Tournament, will play in next Friday’s quarterfinal at KeyArena in Seattle against the winner of Thursday’s UCLA-Colorado matchup. The tip-off time is still to be announced by the conference.

Stanford’s 17-1 Pac-12 record marks the 15th time in 28 Pac-12 seasons that it has won at least 17 conference games.

Senior forward Chiney Ogwumike scored a career-high 37 points with 13 rebounds for her 13th 30-point game and 22nd double-double of the season.

Junior point guard Amber Orrange scored 20 points with eight rebounds Saturday, coming up just two points and one rebound shy of her respective career highs.

Ruef’s 14 rebounds also gave her 36 over the two games against Washington this season. On Feb. 9 in Seattle she grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds.

Junior forward Bonnie Samuelson scored 10 points for her fourth double-digit scoring performance over the past five games.

Stanford’s total of 51 rebounds is it’s second-highest of the season, and the third time that it has hit the 50-rebounds mark. It is also the second straight game in which the Cardinal has grabbed at least 50 rebounds.

Washington State’s 41 first-half points matched a Cardinal opponent’s top scoring mark over the first 20 minutes this year. Washington had previous scored 41 in the first half back on Feb. 9 in Seattle.

Chiney Ogwumike’s 37 points increased her career scoring total to 2,580, bringing her to 50 points away from breaking Candice Wiggins’ Pac-12 record of 2,629 career points.

Ogwumike’s 13 rebounds Sunday brought her Pac-12-leading career rebounding total to 1,483.