Jan 25, 1997
No. 3 Cardinal Improve to 20-1 Overall With Win at Washington State, 84-75
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Kate Starbird scored 31 points and third-ranked Stanford nevertrailed in beating Washington State, 84-75 in a Pac-10Conference game.
Olympia Scott added 14 points and Jamila Wideman 13 for theCardinal (20-1, 8-0 Pac-10), who shot 55 percent (29-for-53)from the field, including 7-for-15 from three-point range. Stanford forced 25 turnovers, leading to 26 points.
Washington State cut a 12-point halftime deficit to 55-47 on athree-pointer by Joanna Smith with 12:57 left. But the Cardinalresponded with a 9-2 run, capped by a bucket by Wideman, to taketheir largest lead at 64-49 with 9:51 to go.
Amy Saneholtz scored 20 points and Smith added 18 for WashingtonState (7-9, 1-6). Yvonne Kunze contributed 13 points and CathyMcNeely 10 for Washington State, which shot 48 percent(27-for-56). Jade Hyett had 11 assists.
STANFORD (84) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpOwen 32 2-4 1-2 0-2 1 4 5Smith 34 2-7 3-5 1-7 2 3 8Scott 19 6-9 2-3 1-2 0 5 14Wideman 36 5-7 2-2 0-4 7 1 13Starbird 39 11-18 6-8 1-3 3 1 31Mcnamee 13 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 2 2Peterson 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Batastini 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Flores 14 2-3 1-2 1-1 2 1 7Benton 11 0-1 4-4 1-5 0 2 4_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 29-53 19-28 5-24 16 19 84_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.547, FT-.679. 3-Point Goals:7-15, .467 (Smith 1-5, Wideman 1-2, Starbird 3-5,Flores 2-3). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 2(Scott, Benton). Turnovers: 18 (Smith 4, Starbird4, Scott 3, Wideman 3, Batastini, Benton, Flores,Peterson). Steals: 7 (Mcnamee 2, Scott 2, Benton,Owen, Starbird).WASHINGTON ST (75) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpHyett 40 0-3 1-2 1-3 11 4 1Kunze 36 5-8 3-6 1-7 0 3 13Ludwicki 16 2-9 2-2 2-6 1 1 7Mcneely 21 5-7 0-3 2-3 0 4 10Saneholtz 39 7-14 6-8 1-2 0 4 20Smith 27 6-11 0-0 1-3 4 2 18Wilder 16 0-2 0-0 1-3 1 1 0Rubio 5 2-2 2-2 1-2 0 2 6_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 27-56 14-23 10-29 17 21 75_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.482, FT-.609. 3-Point Goals:7-18, .389 (Hyett 0-2, Ludwicki 1-5, Mcneely 0-1,Smith 6-10). Team rebounds: 6. Blocked shots: 1(Saneholtz). Turnovers: 25 (Hyett 8, Ludwicki 5,Saneholtz 5, Mcneely 2, Wilder 2, Kunze, Smith).Steals: 7 (Hyett 3, Kunze, Mcneely, Smith,Wilder).__________________________________Stanford 40 44 - 84Washington St 28 47 - 75__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 702. Officials:Melissa Barlow, Tom Dubas, John Madrid.