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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.