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Jan. 18, 1997

Starbird Sizzles in No. 3 Cardinal Win Over Oregon State, 72-54

STANFORD, Calif. -- Kate Starbird scored 28 points and pulled down seven rebounds as third-ranked Stanford remained perfect in Pacific 10 Conference play with a 72-54 crushing of Oregon State.

Olympia Scott added 19 points and Milena Flores had seven assists and four steals for Stanford (18-1, 6-0 PAC 10), which used a 23-6 run to open up a 32-14 cushion midway through the first half. The Cardinal led 40-24 at halftime and forced 25 Oregon State turnovers in the game.

Kristina Lelas and Nicole McAllister each scored 12 points and Monica Watts added 10 for Oregon State (7-7, 1-4), which held a slim 35-31 edge on the boards. The Beavers trimmed the lead to 62-52 on Starbird's 17-foot jumper with 5:51 to go but were outscored 10-2 the rest of the way.

OREGON ST (54)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Walsh           29   2-7   4-4   2-3  2  5    8
Lelas           31   5-9   2-6   2-5  1  2   12
Mcallister      34  5-10   0-0   1-6  5  0   12
Watts           22   5-9   0-0   0-2  0  0   10
Barrett         27   0-1   0-0   0-1  4  1    0
Morris          15   1-5   1-2   1-1  0  3    4
Adcock           1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  1    0
Pierce          12   1-3   0-0   1-4  0  2    2
Scoble           8   0-0   0-0   0-1  0  0    0
Busen           14   1-5   2-2   2-5  2  0    4
Byars            5   1-1   0-0   0-0  0  1    2
Mitchell         2   0-0   0-0   1-1  0  0    0
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TOTALS         200 21-50  9-14 10-29 14 15   54
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Percentages: FG-.420, FT-.643. 3-Point Goals:
3-14, .214 (Mcallister 2-5, Watts 0-2, Barrett
0-1, Morris 1-4, Busen 0-2). Team rebounds: 6.
Blocked shots: 2 (Walsh 2). Turnovers: 25 (Watts
5, Morris 4, Busen 3, Lelas 3, Mcallister 3,
Walsh 3, Barrett 2, Scoble). Steals: 9 (Barrett
3, Mcallister 3, Lelas, Morris, Watts).
STANFORD (72)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Smith           31   1-4   4-4   1-1  4  5    7
Mulitauaopele   22  4-11   1-2   1-5  1  4    9
Scott           28  8-13   3-3   1-3  0  2   19
Flores          34   3-7   0-0   0-3  7  2    6
Starbird        35 12-19   3-4   2-7  2  2   28
Owen            22   0-2   3-4   3-6  1  2    3
Batastini       16   0-3   0-0   0-0  1  0    0
Peterson         4   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Benton           4   0-0   0-1   0-2  0  0    0
Harrington       2   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Mcnamee          1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Gbzlazeh         1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
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TOTALS         200 28-59 14-18  8-27 16 17   72
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Percentages: FG-.475, FT-.778. 3-Point Goals:
2-10, .200 (Smith 1-3, Flores 0-2, Starbird 1-3,
Batastini 0-2). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots:
3 (Mulitauaopele 2, Scott). Turnovers: 14 (Flores
3, Starbird 3, Batastini 2, Harrington,
Mulitauaopele, Owen, Peterson, Scott, Smith).
Steals: 13 (Flores 4, Scott 3, Mulitauaopele 2,
Smith 2, Mcnamee, Starbird).
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Oregon St          24   30  -   54
Stanford           40   32  -   72
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Technical fouls: None.  A: 7,016. Officials: John
Madrid, Alonza Gray, Bill Harris.