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Stanford Hosts Washington St. and WashingtonCardinal have won seven of past eight<!justin> Jan. 20, 1998 1997-98 STANFORD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL1/22 vs. Washington St. (8-6, 2-3) 1/24 vs. #15 Washington (11-3, 2-3) This Week: Stanford (8-5, 5-1 Pac-10) returns home this weekend after winning seven of the last eight games to face Washington State on Thursday, January 22 and No. 15 Washington on Saturday, January 24. The Cardinal is riding a two game winning streak after defeating USC and UCLA in Los Angeles last weekend, marking the first time this season the Cardinal has swept teams on a two-game road trip. Stanford in the Rankings: Stanford is ranked 13th in the Associated Press Poll and 14th in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. The Cardinal has been ranked in the AP Top 25 every week since the beginning of the 1987-88 season. Washington is ranked 15th in this week's AP Poll. TV & Radio: The Stanford-WSU game will air on a tape-delayed basis on Cable Co-op in Palo Alto. There is no television for the Washington game. All Stanford games air live on KBPA 1220 AM and KZSU 90.1 FM. Dave Flemming handles the play-by-play duties, while Ray Salloom provides the color. Additionally, all Cardinal radio broadcasts can be heard on the world wide web via AudioNet. Inside Stanford Basketball with Tara VanDerveer can be heard on Monday nights on KBPA 1220 AM at 9:00 pm, with host Dave Flemming. Head Coach Tara VanDerveer: Head Coach Tara VanDerveer returns to The Farm for a 12th season after leading the 1996-97 team to a third consecutive Final Four appearance. At Stanford, VanDerveer owns a 293-69 (.809) overall record and a 157-22 (.877) Pac-10 mark. In her 18 years of collegiate coaching, VanDerveer has accumulated an impressive 445-120 (.788) record. Three times each VanDerveer has collected National Coach of the Year and District Coach of the Year honors. VanDerveer was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the fourth time in her career last season. Injury Report: The Cardinal will be without Naomi Mulitauaopele for the rest of the 1997-98 season. She had off-season surgery on her right patellar tendon that has not fully healed. On Tuesday, January 20, she will have surgery to repair the area of her right infrapatellar tendon that has not healed from the summer surgery. She does have a redshirt season available to use, but she is exploring the options of using her redshirt season or playing professionally after graduating in June. Scouting Report -Washington State: The Washington State Cougars enter the game against Stanford with an 8-6 overall record and a 2-3 Pac-10 record. In the conference, WSU upset Arizona, 64-61, in Tucson with a last second shot and also defeat Oregon State in Pullman last weekend. The Cougars are led by Yvonne Kunze, a 6-4 center from Berlin, Germany, who is averaging 13.1 ppg and 6.6 rpg. Freshman Alke Dietel, also from Germany, ranks second on the team in scoring with 11.4 ppg and in rebounding with 4.5 rpg. WSU is coached by Harold Rhodes in his 16th season with the Cougars. The Cardinal holds a 24-0 series lead on the Cougars, including a 12-0 mark in Maples Pavilion. Scouting Report -Washington: The Washington Huskies come to the Bay Area with an 11-3 overall record and a 2-3 conference mark. The Huskies face California on Thursday, prior to Stanford on Saturday. The Huskies opened the season with 10 consecutive victories, including the likes of Iowa, Vanderbilt and North Carolina State, but the team has struggled as of late. UW has dropped three of its last four games, including a conference surprise loss to Oregon in Seattle last weekend. Washington is led by the duo of Jamie Redd and Amber Hall who are averaging 20.9 and 17.8 ppg, respectively. Additionally Hall leads the team on the boards with a 12.2 rpg average. At the helm of the Huskies' program is June Daugherty in her second year in Seattle. Daugherty served as the head coach at Boise State for seven years after working at Stanford under Tara VanDerveer for five seasons (1985-89). The Cardinal has won the last seven meetings with Washington and holds a 17-9 series advantage, including a 9-3 mark in Maples Pavilion. Pac-10 Dominance: Despite ending a 48-game conference winning streak on January 12th, which dated back to Feb. 9, 1995 when the Cardinal lost at Oregon State, the Cardinal is a dominate team in the Pac-10. Stanford has won 60 consecutive Pac-10 games at Maples Pavilion. Since the first season of Pac-10 women's basketball in 1986-87, the Cardinal has finished nothing less than sixth and that was in the first conference season. Stanford has captured eight Pac-10 titles and was picked at the start of the season by the media to earn a repeat title this season. Additionally, the Cardinal leads the all-time series with every Pac-10 team. From the Stripe: Not only is Vanessa Nygaard a top outside shooter, but she has come up big this season from the free throw line. Currently, Nygaard is shooting .829 (29-35) from the line, good for the conference lead, including her 9-10 performance at UCLA on Sunday. Last season, for all 31 games she played in, Nygaard shot .750 (45-60) from the line. Nygaard is averaging 15.3 ppg, shooting .473 from the field. Additionally, she is .416 for three-pointers. Nygaard tied her season-high 24 points against Illinois with the help of a 4-6 3-point performance. Nygaard also scored 24 points in the season-opener at Wisconsin. This year, Nygaard posted her 1,000 career point against Connecticut, now with a total of 1091 points, 18th all-time for Stanford players. Already Nygaard has set a new Stanford record for 3-Pt. Attempts in a career, now with 465. The record was previously held by Kate Starbird with 457. Additionally, Nygaard is fourth on the 3-Pt. FG Made in a career list with 174. She is just four behind Molly Goodenbour in third and needs 18 more to move into first place ahead of Jennifer Azzi. "O"ffense: Senior co-captain Olympia Scott continues to be a big contributor both in scoring and on the boards. In the opening weekend of Pac-10 play, against Oregon State and Oregon, she combined for 43 points and 24 rebounds, including a career high 16 rebounds against Oregon. Scott is averaging 7.9 rpg, good for second on the team. With 17.9 ppg, Scott leads the team. Against Colorado, Scott set a new career high for points for the second time this season. Her previous career high was 31 points scored against USF, but her 33 points against Colorado set a new best. Scott was named Pac-10 Player of the Week for the first time in her career for her efforts against the Illini in December. With 1285 career points, Scott ranks 14th on Stanford's all-time list. In other Stanford categories, Scott has already jumped seven spots in rebounding this season, now with 653 career rebounds, seventh in Stanford history. Val Whiting heads up the all-time list with 1134 rebounds. Scott is a top-ten preseason Naismith candidate, as well as a preseason All-American by Street & Smith's and Athlon. Last season, Scott was an AP All-America Honorable Mention and a First-Team All-Pac-10 player. Folkl Point: Junior Kristin Folkl, who rejoined the Stanford basketball team on December 26th after leading the women's volleyball team to a second consecutive NCAA Championship on December 20, has made an immediate impact on the team and opponents. Since her return, Folkl is averaging 17.0 ppg, second on the team, and a team leading 9.7 rpg. In seven games, she has four double-doubles [Oregon State (12 pts., 10 reb.), California (16 pts., 13 reb.), Arizona (21 pts., 10 reb.), and UCLA (20 pts., 15 reb.)]. Folkl's 21 points at Arizona tied her career high set in 1995 against North Carolina. The 15 rebounds she posted at UCLA set a new career high as well. Folkl is a top-ten preseason Naismith candidate along with teammate Olympia Scott. Back Court Duo: Sophomores Milena Flores and Melody Peterson have proven to be a good back court duo. Peterson is averaging 10.2 ppg, while Flores is adding 9.9 ppg. Flores is one of the Cardinal's most consistent free throw shooters, going 29-40 (.725) from the line and leads the conference in assists with 6.64 per game. With junior Regan Freuen, shooting .500 from behind the arc, and sophomores Christina Batastini and Yvonne Gbalazeh coming in off the bench, the Cardinal is forming a solid back court lineup. - 1997-98 Schedule -
11/12 Slovakia (Exh.) W, 88-63
11/21 @ Wisconsin L,82-90
11/23 @ Purdue L, 68-78
11/26 USF W, 101-54
Bravo Card Classic @ San Jose Arena
11/29 Tennessee (Fox Sports Net) L, 70-88
12/14 @ Illinois W, 91-78
Honda Elite 4 Holiday Classic @ Walt Disney World
12/21 Stanford vs. Connecticut (ESPN) L, 78-94
12/28 Colorado (Fox Sp. Bay Area) W, 87-73
1/2 Oregon State (Cable Co-op) W, 93-66
1/4 Oregon (CBS) W, 97-72
1/9 @ California W, 72-52
1/12 @ Arizona L, 90-91
1/16 @ USC W, 89-55
1/18 @ UCLA (Fox Sports Net) W, 75-70
1/22 Washington St. 7:30 pm
1/24 Washington 7:30 pm
1/29 @ Arizona State 7:00 pm
1/31 @ Texas Tech (ESPN2) 5:30 pm
2/6 California (Fox Sp. Bay Area) 7:30 pm
2/12 UCLA (Cable Co-op) 7:30 pm
2/14 USC (Fox Sp. Bay Area) 5:30 pm
2/19 @ Washington 7:00 pm
2/21 @ Washington State 1:00 pm
2/26 Arizona State (Cable Co-op) 7:30 pm
2/28 Arizona (Fox Sports Net) 1:00 pm
3/5 @ Oregon 7:00 pm
3/7 @ Oregon State 7:00 pm
3/13-16 NCAA Subregionals TBA
3/21-23 NCAA Regionals
West Region - Oakland Coliseum
3/27-29 NCAA Final Four Kansas City, MO
Host: Big 12 Conference
All times local. Schedule subject to change. Home games in bold.
Stanford Tentative Starters
PPG RPG APG
G #20 Milena Flores 9.9 3.1 6.4
G #4 Melody Peterson 10.2 3.2 3.7
F #13 Vanessa Nygaard 15.3 7.0 1.4
F #0 Olympia Scott 17.9 7.9 1.5
C #44 Heather Owen 10.9 4.9 0.7
Associated Press Poll(1/19/98) Rnk.School Pvs. 1. Tennessee (39) 1 2. Old Dominion 2 3. Connecticut 3 4. Louisiana Tech 4 5. Texas Tech 5 6. Illinois 8 7. Arizona 9 8. N. Carolina St. 10 9. Vanderbilt 6 10. Florida 12 11 North Carolina 7 11. Virginia 15 13. Stanford 11 14. Utah 17 15. Washington 13 16. Western Kentucky 18 17. Wisconsin 14 18. Georgia 19 19. Clemson 23 20. SW Missouri State 16 21. Nebraska 20 22. Florida International 21 23. Purdue 24 24. Duke 25 25. Stephen F. Austin NRUSA Today/ESPN Poll (1/19/98) Rnk.School Pvs. 1. Tennessee (60) 1 2. Connecticut 3 3. Old Dominion 2 4. Louisiana Tech 4 5. Texas Tech 6 6. Illinois 8 7. N. Carolina St. 9 8. Vanderbilt 5 9. Arizona 10 10. Virginia 12 11. North Carolina 7 12. Florida 15 13. Utah 16 14. Stanford 14 15. Wisconsin 11 16. Washington 13 17. Western Kentucky 18 18. Georgia 19 19. Nebraska 21 20. Florida International 22 21. SW Missouri State 17 22. Clemson 23 23. Duke 20 24. Purdue 25 25. Hawaii NRHome Sweet Home Stanford owns a 52-game Maples Pavilion winning streak, the longest by Stanford women's basketball team. Here's a look at the streak game-by-game:1994-95 Texas Tech 79-60 CS Fullerton 122-80 Saint Mary's 83-49 Northwestern St. 102-62 Providence 107-63 San Diego 96-54 Washington 68-54 Washington St. 94-59 California 99-65 UCLA 88-49 USC 109-53 Arizona 100-72 Arizona St. 102-51 Oregon St. 76-66 Oregon 97-55 UC-Irvine# 88-55 SMU## 95-73 1995-96 Old Dominion 97-76 Santa Clara 91-51 Tennessee 90-72 Sacramento St. 105-47 Auburn 63-44 UCLA 81-77 USC 88-67 Washington 67-54 Washington St. 66-50 Oregon St. 86-62 Oregon 74-65 California 87-36 Arizona 77-61 Arizona St. 79-63 Grambling# 82-43 Colorado St.## 94-63 1996-97 Alabama* 74-65 Northern Arizona 96-48 Purdue 83-57 UMass 100-47 Arizona State 96-64 Arizona 91-68 Oregon 85-61 Oregon State 72-54 California 95-44 USC 103-69 UCLA 98-68 Washington State 82-45 Washington 106-76 Howard# 111-59 Texas Tech## 67-45 1997-98 USF 101-54 Colorado 87-73 Oregon St. 93-66 Oregon 97-72 # NCAA 1st Round ## NCAA 2nd Round * State Farm Tip-Off ClassicGame-by-Game with Kristin Folkl Game FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts. Reb. Min. Colorado 5-10 6-9 16 8 24 OSU 5-7 2-4 12 10 19 Oregon 6-6 4-4 16 6 24 Cal 6-11 4-7 16 13 27 Arizona 7-10 7-11 21 10 35 USC 7-8 4-4 18 6 15 UCLA 7-9 6-10 20 15 37 Totals 43-61 (.705) 33-49 (.674) 119/17.0 68/9.7 181/25.9Pac-10 Conference Standings
(1/19/98)
Conference Overall
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Arizona 5 1 .833 11 3 .786
Stanford 5 1 .833 8 5 .615
UCLA 4 2 .667 9 6 .600
Oregon 4 2 .667 8 6 .571
Washington 2 3 .400 11 3 .786
Washington St. 2 3 .400 8 6 .571
Arizona St. 2 3 .400 6 8 .429
USC 2 4 .333 7 8 .467
California 1 4 .200 5 10 .333
Oregon St. 1 5 .167 6 9 .400
Stanford's Record When ...Game Site played at home 4-1* played on the road 4-3 played at a neutral site 0-1 Final Margin 1-5 points 1-1 6-10 points 0-2 11+ points 7-2 Scoring 1 player in double figures 0-0 2 players in double figures 0-1 3 players in double figures 2-0 4 players in double figures 3-3 5+ players in double figures 3-1 Halftime Score leading the opponent 8-5 trailing the opponent 0-0 tied with the opponent 0-0 Field Goal Percentage higher than opponent 7-3 lower than opponent 1-2 equal to opponent 0-0 Rebounds more than opponent 7-4 fewer than opponent 1-1 equal to opponent 0-0 Three-Pointers Made made more than opponent 5-2 made fewer than opponent 3-2 made equal to opponent 0-1 Free Throws Made made more than opponent 6-2 made fewer than opponent 2-3 made equal to opponent 0-0 Turnovers committed more than opponent 7-5 committed fewer than opponent 1-0 committed equal to opponent 0-0 * includes Stanford-Tennessee game at the San Jose ArenaStanford in the Pac-10 & Nationally
(as of 1/20/98)
Team Pac-10 Nationally*
Scoring Offense 1st (84.1) 3rd
Scoring Margin 2nd (+10.2) NR
FG Percentage 1st (.512) 4th
3-Pt. FG Percentage 1st (.375) 24th
Rebounding Offense 4th (39.5) NR
Rebounding Defense 1st (32.2) NR
FT Percentage 2nd (.685) NR
Offensive Rebounds 7th (13.69) NR
Defensive Rebounds 2nd (25.77) NR
Rebounding Margin 2nd (+7.2) NR
Assists 2nd (16.69) NR
Blocks 7th (2.15) NR
Steals 7th (8.62) NR
Assist/Turnover Ratio 2nd (.75) NR
Individuals Pac-10 (top-10 only) Nationally*
Scoring Olympia Scott (4th, 17.9) 32nd
Vanessa Nygaard (7th, 15.3) NR
Rebounds Olympia Scott (4th, 7.9) NR
Vanessa Nygaard (6th, 7.0) NR
FG Percentage Olympia Scott (2nd, .600) 14th
Assists Milena Flores (1st, 6.64) 9th
3-Pt. FG Pct. Vanessa Nygaard (3rd, .444) NR
Milena Flores (6th, .382) NR
FT Percentage Milena Flores (7th, .727) NR
Steals Olympia Scott (10th, 1.91) NR
* National ranking as of 1/13/98. New rankings available 1/21/98.
1997-98 Stanford Women's Basketball Season Highs(career-highs in italics) 0 Olympia Scott Points 33 vs. Colorado (12/28) Rebounds 16 vs. Oregon (1/4) Assists 5 @ Illinois (12/14) Field Goals 14 vs. USF (11/26) 3-Pointers Free Throws 11 vs. Colo. (12/28) Steals 5 vs. USF (11/26) Blocks 2 vs. Oregon St. (1/2) Minutes 38 vs. Colorado (12/28) 4 Melody Peterson Points 18 @ Wisconsin (11/21) Rebounds 6 vs. Colo. & Cal Assists 7 @ Illinois (12/14) Field Goals 8 @ Wisc. (11/21) 3-Pointers 2 vs. Wisc. & Cal Free Throws 8 @ Illinois (12/14) Steals 4 vs. USF, Ill. & Colo. Blocks 3 @ Purude (11/23) Minutes 32 @ Wisc. & UCLA 5 Christina Batastini Points 10 @ Arizona (1/12) Rebounds 4 vs. USF (11/26) Assists 3 vs. Oregon St. (1/2) Field Goals 4 vs. USF (11/26) 3-Pointers 3 @ Arizona (1/12) Free Throws 3 vs. Colo. & OSU Steals 1 @ Wisc. & vs. Colo. Blocks Minutes 21 vs. USF (11/26) 13 Vanessa Nygaard Points 24 @ Wisc. & Illinois Rebounds 12 vs. Colo. & UCLA Assists 3 vs. Connecticut (12/21) Field Goals 9 @ Wisc. & Illinois 3-Pointers 5 @ Wisconsin (11/21) Free Throws 9 vs. Tenn. & UCLA Steals 2 (five times) Blocks Minutes 39 (three times) 14 Yvonne Gbalazeh Points 2 vs. USF & OSU Rebounds 1 @ UCLA (1/18) Assists 2 vs. Oregon St. (1/2) Field Goals 1 vs. USF & OSU 3-Pointers Free Throws 1 @USC (1/16) Steals 2 vs. Oregon St. (1/2) Blocks 1 vs. USF (11/26) Minutes 16 vs. Oregon St. (1/2) 15 Regan Freuen Points 10 vs. USF & @ USC Rebounds 2 vs. USF & Colorado Assists 2 vs. UConn & Cal Field Goals 4 vs. USF (11/26) 3-Pointers 3 vs. UConn (12/21) Free Throws 7 @ USC (1/16) Steals 4 @ Cal (1/9) Blocks 1 vs. Colo., OSU & UCLA Minutes 15 vs. Oregon (1/4) 20 Milena Flores Points 18 @ Wisconsin (11/21) Rebounds 5 @ USC (1/16) Assists 12 vs. UConn (12/21) Field Goals 7 vs. Oregon St. (1/2) 3-Pointers 4 @ Wisc. (11/21) Free Throws 6 @ Illinois (12/14) Steals 2 (four times) Blocks 1 vs. Tennessee (11/29) Minutes 40 @ Purude & Arizona 24 Kristin Folkl Points 21 @ Arizona (1/12) Rebounds 15 @ UCLA (1/18) Assists 2 (four times) Field Goals 7 @ AZ,USC,UCLA 3-Pointers Free Throws 7 @ Arizona (1/12) Steals 2 vs. Oregon & Arizona Blocks 3 @ UCLA (1/18) Minutes 37 @ UCLA (1/18) 31 Karesa Granderson Points 2 vs. USF & USC Rebounds 2 @ USC (1/16) Assists 1 @ USC (1/16) Field Goals 1 @USC (1/16) 3-Pointers Free Throws 2 vs. USF (11/26) Steals 1 vs. USF (11/26) Blocks Minutes 9 vs. USF (11/26) 32 Chandra Benton Points 4 vs. Oregon (1/4) Rebounds 2 @ Cal (1/9) Assists 1 @ Cal (1/9) Field Goals 2 vs. Oregon (1/4) 3-Pointers Free Throws 2 vs. USF (11/26) Steals Blocks Minutes 4 vs. Oregon St. (1/2) 33 Sarah Dimson Points 5 @USC (1/16) Rebounds 5 @ Wisconsin (11/21) Assists 1 @ Wisc. & USC Field Goals 1 vs. Tenn. (11/29) 3-Pointers Free Throws 1 (three times) Steals 1 @ USC (1/16) Blocks 1 @ Illinois (12/14) Minutes 13 @ Wisconsin (11/21) 34 Naomi Mulitauaopele Points Rebounds Assists Field Goals 3-Pointers Free Throws Steals Blocks Minutes 44 Heather Owen Points 21 vs. UConn (12/21) Rebounds 10 @ USC (1/16) Assists 3 @ Cal (1/9) Field Goals 7 vs. UConn (12/21) 3-Pointers Free Throws 9 vs. OSU (1/2) Steals 2 vs. Ill., Colo., & OSU Blocks 1 vs. Purude, USF & Ill. Minutes 40 vs. UConn (12/21) 53 Carolyn Moos Points 6 @ Purdue (11/23) Rebounds 3 @ Purdue (11/23) Assists 1 vs. Illinois & Colo. Field Goals 2 @ Purdue (11/23) 3-Pointers Free Throws 2 @ Purdue (11/23) Steals 1 @ Purdue (11/23) Blocks 2 vs. USF (11/26) Minutes 22 @ Purdue (11/23) 55 Naila Moseley Points Rebounds Assists Field Goals 3-Pointers Free Throws Steals 1 vs. USF (11/26) Blocks Minutes 2 vs. USF (11/26) |
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