Mar. 15, 1997
Nygaard, Stanford Drop Howard in First Round of NCAA Tournament, 111-59
STANFORD, Calif. -- Vanessa Nygaard had 13 of her 18 points in the first half whentop-seeded Stanford raced to a 32-point lead on its way to a111-59 rout of 16th-seeded Howard in an NCAA TournamentWest Region first-round game at Stanford, California.
The Cardinal (31-1), ranked third in the country, extended theirhomecourt winning streak to 47 consecutive games, longest in thenation. Stanford will host either Montana or Texas Tech in thesecond round on Monday.
Kate Starbird and Olympia Scott had 13 points apiece for theCardinal, who shot 57.5 percent (42-for-73) from the field. Milena Flores and Naomi Mulitauaopele had 11 and 10 points,respectively, off the bench for the Cardinal, who played 15players, with 13 scoring.
Amanda Hayes had a game-high 23 points for Howard (24-6), whichshot just 28 percent (20-for-71) and had its 23-game winningstreak snapped.
HOWARD (59) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpHill 18 3-10 0-1 6-9 1 5 6Hayes 34 6-20 11-14 0-3 3 4 23Graves 30 2-10 2-2 1-5 2 5 6Boyd 24 3-9 0-0 0-0 1 2 8Hynes 29 1-6 0-0 0-1 0 0 2Hunter 23 1-3 1-1 1-3 0 4 3Carter 11 0-4 0-0 1-1 0 0 0Ford 11 2-3 0-0 1-3 1 0 5Gardner 9 1-4 0-0 1-1 1 0 3Screen 7 1-2 1-3 2-2 0 1 3Thompson 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 20-71 15-21 13-28 9 21 59_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.282, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:4-13, .308 (Hayes 0-2, Boyd 2-5, Hynes 0-2,Carter 0-1, Ford 1-1, Gardner 1-2). Teamrebounds: 4. Blocked shots: None. Turnovers: 20(Hill 5, Boyd 3, Ford 3, Hayes 3, Hunter 2, Hynes2, Carter). Steals: 8 (Hayes 3, Ford 2, Hunter 2,Graves).STANFORD (111) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpNygaard 27 7-12 1-1 1-10 7 2 18Starbird 25 5-13 2-2 1-2 4 0 13Scott 22 6-10 1-1 4-7 0 2 13Wideman 22 3-6 0-0 0-2 8 0 7Smith 15 2-4 0-0 0-1 2 3 5Mulitauaopele 11 5-8 0-2 2-2 0 1 10Folkl 16 2-3 3-4 1-4 2 3 7Owen 13 1-2 6-8 0-1 2 1 8Flores 16 4-4 0-0 0-6 6 1 11Batastini 10 3-4 1-2 1-1 2 2 7Harrington 8 1-3 2-2 0-4 1 0 5Benton 5 1-2 0-0 0-3 1 2 2Mcnamee 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Peterson 4 2-2 0-0 1-1 0 1 5Gbzlazeh 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 42-73 16-22 11-44 35 18 111_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.575, FT-.727. 3-Point Goals:11-24, .458 (Nygaard 3-7, Starbird 1-5, Wideman1-2, Smith 1-3, Flores 3-3, Batastini 0-1,Harrington 1-2, Peterson 1-1). Team rebounds: 8.Blocked shots: 3 (Mulitauaopele, Folkl, Benton).Turnovers: 17 (Nygaard 3, Scott 3, Batastini 2,Flores 2, Starbird 2, Benton, Folkl, Harrington,Smith, Wideman). Steals: 10 (Starbird 4, Wideman2, Batastini, Folkl, Nygaard, Owen).__________________________________Howard 21 38 - 59Stanford 53 58 - 111__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 7,391. Officials: JohnMorningstar, Connie Pardue, Henry Martinez.