Mar. 17, 1997
Cardinal Throttle Texas Tech in Second-Round of NCAA Tournament, 67-45
STANFORD, Calif. -- Olympia Scott had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead top-seeded Stanford to a 67-45 victory over eighth-seeded Texas Tech in an NCAA Tournament West Regional second-round game at Stanford, California.
The Cardinal (32-1), winners of 23 consecutive games, advanced to the round of 16 for the 10th time in 11 tries and will face fourth-seeded Virginia Saturday at Missoula, Montana.
Kristen Folkl contributed 11 points and eight rebounds for Stanford, which extended its nation-leading home winning streak to 48 games. All-American guard Kate Starbird, who injured her ankle in the Cardinal's first-round victory over Howard, started and scored six points in 30 minutes.
Stanford built a 35-18 halftime lead, but the Lady Raiders opened the half with a 10-4 burst to get within 39-28 with 16:11 to play. But the Cardinal regrouped and used a 16-4 spurt to open a 55-32 bulge with 6:10 remaining.
Vanessa Nygaard chipped in with 10 points for Stanford, which shot 42 percent (27-for-64) from the field.
Alicia Thompson had a strong performance for Texas Tech with 24 points and nine rebounds. The Lady Raiders shot 38 percent (19-for-50) and finish their season at 20-9.
TEXAS TECH (45)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Cockerell 20 1-1 0-0 2-2 1 1 2
Thompson 37 10-26 4-6 0-9 1 2 24
Lake 37 3-7 1-1 2-6 3 2 7
Parker 17 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 2
Hanebutt 34 0-4 0-0 0-4 0 0 0
Schmucker 26 2-5 1-2 0-2 1 0 6
Gibbs 20 2-3 0-0 2-6 1 2 4
Dickerson 9 0-3 0-2 0-1 0 3 0
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TOTALS 200 19-50 6-11 6-30 10 10 45
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Percentages: FG-.380, FT-.545. 3-Point Goals:
1-8, .125 (Thompson 0-1, Lake 0-1, Hanebutt 0-4,
Schmucker 1-2). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots:
2 (Schmucker, Gibbs). Turnovers: 17 (Hanebutt 4,
Thompson 4, Parker 3, Dickerson 2, Cockerell,
Gibbs, Lake, Schmucker). Steals: 9 (Thompson 3,
Gibbs 2, Parker 2, Schmucker 2).
STANFORD (67)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Nygaard 35 4-9 0-0 3-6 4 0 10
Smith 17 1-5 2-2 1-2 1 2 4
Scott 25 8-14 3-3 3-9 0 3 19
Wideman 36 2-7 2-2 2-6 3 0 6
Starbird 30 3-10 0-0 0-1 4 1 6
Mulitauaopele 21 3-7 0-0 1-4 1 2 6
Folkl 21 4-5 3-6 2-8 3 1 11
Owen 4 0-3 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
Flores 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 3
Batastini 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0
Harrington 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Benton 1 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 1 2
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TOTALS 200 27-64 10-13 14-38 18 12 67
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Percentages: FG-.422, FT-.769. 3-Point Goals:
3-17, .176 (Nygaard 2-7, Smith 0-3, Wideman 0-1,
Starbird 0-4, Flores 1-1, Harrington 0-1). Team
rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 2 (Scott, Folkl).
Turnovers: 14 (Scott 5, Starbird 3, Folkl,
Harrington, Mulitauaopele, Nygaard, Smith,
Wideman). Steals: 9 (Wideman 3, Nygaard 2, Scott
2, Folkl, Starbird).
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Texas Tech 18 27 - 45
Stanford 35 32 - 67
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Technical fouls: None. A: 7,391. Officials: John
Morningstar, Doug Cloud, Lisa Mattingly.