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Cardinal Keeps Bulldogs on Leash

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By Joe Lami

The Stanford Cardinal returned to the court on Saturday, after a two-week long hiatus for finals.  They took on the number 23 ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs, and defeated them by the score 73-45.

The Bulldogs came into the game with a record of 8-1, with their only loss coming to the 11 ranked Oklahoma Sooners by the final score of 82-78.  The Zags were also riding a six-game winning streak coming into Maples Pavilion.

The first couple of minutes were going back and forth with a score of 9-8 in favor of Stanford, until around the 15-minute mark Stanford started to pull away from the Bulldogs. Stanford had gone on a 24-8 run to end the half to make the lead 33-19.

Stanford continued the dominance in the second as well, outscoring their opponent 40-26, to give them the 73-45 win.

Stanford was lead by Senior, Chiney Ogwumike who scored 19 points, just one point shy of recording her seventh 20-point game.  However, she was held to only seven rebounds, a season low at home.  Amber Orrange had anther strong outing for the Cardinal scoring ten points and three assists.  Freshman, Kailee Johnson came off of the bench to score 11 points, a new career high. Johnson also led the Cardinal in rebounding with eight, another career high for her young career.

Sonja Greinacher led the Bulldogs in scoring with 18, all of them coming from the field.  Greinacher also had six rebounds, with five of them coming on the offensive side.  Elle Tinkle, younger sister of former Stanford player Joslyn, was held scoreless, but still had two rebounds.

With the win, Stanford ups their record to 8-1, seven of them have been consecutive.  The Cardinal return to Maples on Monday, where they will host the New Mexico Lobos.  Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. and the game can be heard live in the Bay Area on Stanford radio, 90.1 FM KZSU, or online at kzsuive.stanford.edu.

 

 

VanDerveer Records Win Number 900

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By: Joe Lami

The Stanford Cardinal took on the Florida Gulf Eagles on Wednesday afternoon, as part of the Hardwood Tournament for Hope.  It was the second game in as many days for Stanford in beautiful Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and for the second straight day, the Cardinal came away victorious.

Stanford beat the Eagles by the final score of 83-59, with a strong first half showing by the Cardinal outscoring their opponent 45-28.  Three different players got into double digits in scoring; including Mikaela Ruef with 14, Freshman Lili Thompson with her career high of 12 and Chiney Ogwumike with 27.  Ogwumike and Ruef also got double-double as Ruef picks up her second of the year with 12 rebounds and Ogwumike her fifth of the year with 13 rebounds.

Three players for Florida Gulf Coast also got into double digits in scoring as Kaneisha Atwater led the way with 15, right behind her was Stephanie Haas with 14 and Sara Hansen had 11.

Though the win gives Stanford their sixth of the season and makes it five straight for the Cardinal, there was a much more important number, and that is 900.  As in the 900th career win for hall of fame coach Tara VanDerveer.  With achieving the milestone, she just becomes the fifth coach in women’s basketball history to reach the historic number, joining the ranks of Pat Summitt, Sylvia Hatchell, C. Vivian Stringer and Jody Conradt.

VanDerveer has an outstanding record of 748-153 with her tenure at the farm.  She was also presented the game ball, with the inscription of “900” on it.  Two players are still on the team when the coach hit her 800th win in 2010, with Ogwumike and Reuf.

VanDerveer looks to make it win number 901 when her Cardinal take on the South Dakota State Jackrabbits to finish off their historic week in Mexico on Thursday.

Cardinal routed in Brooklyn

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By Jeremy Kahn

Traveling across the country proved to be difficult for the Stanford Cardinal in the championship game of the Progressive Legends Classic.

Lamar Patterson scored 24 points, as the Pittsburgh Panthers never trailed in their two games and won the championship in a 88-67 victory over the Cardinal at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Jamie Dixon’s team also got help from Durand Johnson and Talib Zanna each scored 14 for the Panthers, who improve to 6-0 on the season.

Dwight Powell led the Cardinal with 20 points, while Anthony Brown scored 16 and Chasson Randle added 10, but the Cardinal fell to 5-2 on the season.

Despite Powell grabbing a game-high nine rebounds, the Panthers out rebounded the Cardinal 34-30 and grabbed 13 offensive rebounds, while the Cardinal pulled down eight offensive boards.

The Cardinal cut the Panthers lead down to 11, but the Panthers got a big three and a free throw for a four-point play to put the Panthers up by 15 and they never looked back.

Strong Second Half Leads Cardinal to Victory

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By: Joe Lami

The number six-ranked Stanford Cardinal traveled to Austin, Texas where they played the unranked Longhorns on Saturday.  Stanford defeated Texas by the final score of 63-54.  The Cardinal extend their record to 4-1 with the nine-point victory.

It was a very impressive win for the Cardinal, as they were able to come back from the seven-point deficit they faced going into halftime.  Texas was able to get on the board first with Nneka Enemkpali’s bucket and the foul to put the Longhorns up 3-0.  Mikaela Ruef then knocked down her first of many on the night.  Texas answered when Imani McGee-Stafford hit her only three-pointer of the night.  Scoring changes would go back and forth until there was 4:23 to go in the first half, where Texas would hold the lead going into the half.  The halftime score was 37-30.

Coming out of the half, Texas would get the two points off of free throws.  Stanford would then go on a 22-5 run to take over the game, giving them a 52-44 lead with 7:25 to go in the game.  The Cardinal would not loose the lead, as they carried it out for the victory.

It was a strong performance from the redshirt senior, Ruef, who picked up her first double-double of the season, scoring 11 points and picking up ten rebounds.  Chiney Ogwumike led the Cardinal in scoring with 18 points, however she was held to only six rebounds.  Saturday was Ogwumike’s first game this season without recording a double-double.  Amber Orrange had yet another fantastic game scoring 13 points.  Though the bench for Stanford had some trouble only notching 8 points total, Sara James was impressive as she led the team in assists with four.

Texas was led by Guard Chassidy Fussell scoring 15 points, with six of them coming from the charity strike, from which she was perfect.  McGee-Stafford was right behind Fussell with 12 points of her own on the way to a double-double with the 14 rebounds that she brought down.

Stanford next travels to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where they will take on Purdue, Florida Gulf Coast and South Dakota State on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  In Mexico, head coach, Tara VanDerveer expects to pick up win number 900, which she is now only two-wins away from the historic feat.

Stanford Ladies Return Home and to Their Winning Ways

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By: Joe Lami

The number three Stanford Cardinal returned to Maples Pavilion for the first time this season on Friday night, where they beat the Cal Poly Mustangs by the final score of 86-51. It was the first time that the Cardinal have played on their home floor since March 26th, where they hosted Michigan in a second round NCAA tournament matchup.

The Cardinal are coming off a two game east coast road trip which started the season with a record of 1-1.  After a win against Boston College, the Cardinal went to take on number one Connecticut, a game where they would fall 76-57.

Friday night’s game was back and forth between Stanford and Cal Poly for the first ten minutes, seeing six different lead changes.  It was a close game up until Stanford broke free and went on a 27-10 run to end the half.  The halftime score was 41-27.  Stanford continued to dominate the second half of play as well, outscoring Cal Poly 45-24.

Stanford was led by Chiney Ogwumike, who scored 36, a new career high.  She also brought down 11 rebounds in Friday nights’ win.  For Ogumike, its’ her third double-double in as many games and also the 61st in her career on the farm.  Ogwumike was also the only Stanford player to get into double figures, as the next closest player was Mikaela Ruef with nine.  Though Stanford only had one player in double digits, it was a complete team game for the Cardinal as ten different players got onto the scoring sheet.  All of Stanford’s starters got on the scoring sheet as well, as Ruef scored nine, Ogwumike had 36, Kailee Johnson scored seven and Lili Thompson and Amber Orrange each had six.

Stanford continues to struggle with turnovers however, where Cal Poly forced another 15, totaling 46 in only three games.  Luckily for the Cardinal, they were able to dominate the boards once again, outrebounding the Mustangs 47-37.The Cardinal up their record to 2-1 in the win, and they will cap off their short two game home stand on Sunday against the UC Davis Aggies with a scheduled tip for 2 p.m. before they go back on the road to take on Texas.

Number One Ranked Connecticut Hands Stanford First Loss of the Season

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By: Joe Lami

The Stanford Cardinal went into Monday night’s match with a record of 1-0 after the season opener win over Boston College. However, they will not move to 2-0, after a loss to the Huskies by the final score of 76-57.  Stanford went into Storrs looking to knockoff UConn and get their revenge from last season’s embarrassing loss to the Huskies at home.  Stanford also wanted to upset the preseason number one for the second straight year, after last season’s victory over Baylor by two points in Hawaii, but UConn prevented that from coming to reality.

Both teams started the game especially cold, as the first bucket wasn’t knocked down until a minute eighteen into the game by Husky star, Bria Hartley.  Stanford would then answer back just ten seconds later with their first bucket of the night from freshman Kailee Johnson.  This was the last bucket for over five minutes, as both teams struggled from the field, as the next bucket wouldn’t be made until Chiney Ogumike hit her first of the night at the 13:13 mark.  UConn would retake the lead after Saniya Chong came off the bench to knock down a three, but that was short lived as Ogumike would retake the lead for the Cardinal, 6-5 with 12:39 remaining in the first half.  Almost another minute would go by until the next basket was made, this time a three again by Husky guard Chong.  The Husky lead was 8-6 with just under 12 minutes to go in the half.  The lead wouldn’t be changed again, as Connecticut didn’t look back on their way to victory.

For Stanford, Amber Orrange led the way with 22 points, Ogumike followed with 16.  It was another strong showing for the pre-season All-American Ogumike, as she recorded another double-double with 13 rebounds, ten of those coming in the first half.

Connecticut spread the ball around really well with 3 players scoring more than ten points, and another three recording nine points.

The difference makers in Monday night’s contest came in a couple of different ways, all of them, favoring the Huskies.  The biggest came in the way of bench points as the UConn bench out scored the Stanford bench 27-12.  Connecticut also had only ten turnovers compared to the Cardinal 16. UConn out scored Stanford at the foul line 19-12 and hit four more three-pointers than the girls from Palo Alto.  The Huskies were also really strong inside the paint as they blocked a total of eight shots, six of them coming from Kiah Stokes, who came off of the bench and added ten points as well.

There was however, a big scare for the Huskies as one of their star players in Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis hit the ground hard fighting for a rebound landing awkwardly on her right arm.  Gampel Pavilion went silent, with the shrieks of Mosqueda-Lewis.  She was eventually able to get out and walk off of the floor, but she was favoring her right elbow.  The Huskies didn’t let what looked like a serious injury get to their heads, as they were able to get right back to the game.

The schedule won’t get any easier for the Huskies, as they travel to Maryland to take on the number eight ranked Terrapins.

For the Cardinal, they suffer their first loss since they were eliminated from the NCAA tournament in March and their first regular season loss since January 13, as the Cal Bears knocked them off at Maples 67-55.  The record moves to 1-1 on the season, as they return home to Maples this Friday where they host the Cal Poly Mustangs.