Stanford Women's Basketball Game Notes
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STANFORD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 1/10 --- Stanford (11-1, 3-0) at Oregon (6-8, 2-3), 7:00 p.m. STANFORD LOOKS TO EXTEND PAC-10 WINNING STREAK TO 25 GAMES: The No. 5 (tie)/6 Stanford Cardinal hopes to prolong its winning ways in Pacific-10 Conference play when it visits the University of Oregon (6-8 overall, 2-3 Pac-10) on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. at McArthur Court … The Cardinal (11-1, 3-0) has won 24 straight Pac-10 games dating back to March 3, 2001, including 12 straight away from the friendly confines of Maples Pavilion … Stanford won its third Pac-10 game of 2002-03 in as many tries with a hard-fought 62-51 victory over Oregon State (7-7, 1-4) on Thursday night in Corvallis … The win was Stanford’s sixth straight, and four in five tries on the road this season … A victory on Saturday would give the Cardinal its second consecutive road sweep over the Oregon schools … Next week, Stanford returns home to face Washington State (0-12, 0-4) on Thursday and Washington (11-2, 3-1) on Saturday. STANFORD VS. OREGON: *- Stanford is 27-6 all-time against the Ducks, and 12-5 in Eugene … The Cardinal has won three straight in the series dating back to Feb. 8, 2001. *- The Cardinal swept the 2001-02 season series 2-0, winning 91-76 at Stanford (Jan. 13) and 77-72 in Eugene (Feb. 9). *- In the last meeting between the teams (Feb. 7, 2002), Stanford pulled out a hard-fought 77-72 win at McArthur Court … It was the Cardinal’s first win in Eugene since March 5, 1998 … Lindsey Yamasaki scored a game-high 24 points, and Nicole Powell (Phoenix, AZ) had 20 points and six boards. *- Oregon is 6-8 overall (4-2 at home) and 2-3 in the Pac-10 … The Ducks are coming off a 70-67 home win over California (5-7, 1-2) on Thursday night …Freshman C Carolyn Ganes led the Ducks with 18 points and four rebounds … Sophomore F Andrea Bills leads the team with 10.5 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. OREGON STATE WRAP-UP: *- Redshirt sophomore C Chelsea Trotter (San Dimas, CA) scored a career-high 17 points to lead the Cardinal to a 62-51 victory at Gill Coliseum … The win was Stanford’s fifth straight over the Beavers, and seventh in the last eight tries in Corvallis. *- Trotter, who played a career-high 28 minutes, single-handedly sparked a 7-2 run down the stretch that put Oregon State away for good … With Stanford up just 48-46, Trotter drained a long two-pointer as the shot clock was expiring to stretch the lead to four with 8:13 to play … The Cardinal center then converted on a 3-point play with 6:55 to remaining to make it 53-46 … After Oregon State answered with a basket by Casey Bunn, Trotter scored inside with 3:59 to play for a commanding 55-48 lead … Oregon State could get no closer than five points (55-50) the rest of the way … Stanford led 34-27 at the half, and by as many as nine, before Oregon State trimmed the lead to two midway through the second half. *- Stanford had four players in double figures for the fourth time this season, and Susan King (Richfield, MN), Sebnem Kimyacioglu (Mountain View, CA) and Nicole Powell all contributed 10 points apiece … Powell also added a career-high six steals in 20 minutes off the bench. * - Stanford made 18-of-21 from the free throw line (85.7 percent), compared to just 1-of-3 (33.3 percent) for Oregon State … The Cardinal has made 210 free throws through its first 12 games (17.5 per game) compared to just 98 for the opposition (8.2 pg) … Over the last four games, the Cardinal has outscored its opponents 88 (22.0 pg) to 21 (5.5 pg) from the charity stripe. PEPPERDINE WRAP-UP: *- Stanford shattered a school record by making 41 free throws in an easy 91-58 non-conference home win over Pepperdine (8-5) on Sunday afternoon … The 41 free throws broke the old record of 38 set on Feb. 28, 1998 vs. Arizona … The Cardinal’s 48 free throw attempts against the Waves tied the school mark set in that same game vs. Arizona. *- Junior F Nicole Powell, who was making just her second appearance of the season, was dominant with 19 points and 16 rebounds in just 25 minutes … Powell was 13-of-15 from the free throw line, with the 13 free throws made tying for the second highest single game performance in school history (record is 16). *- Stanford finished with four players in double figures, marking the sixth time in 11 games this season that the Cardinal had four or more players in double figures … Sophomore G Kelley Suminski (Chester, NJ) had 17 points and six rebounds, sophomore F Azella Perryman (Anchorage, AK), had 15 points, including 11-of-14 from the foul line, and seven rebounds and sophomore C Chelsea Trotter contributed 15 points. *- The Cardinal out-rebounded the Waves 45-32, and held Pepperdine to just 33.8 percent shooting from the field and 26.1 (8-of-18) percent from 3-point range. *- Stanford broke the game open by outscoring the Waves 23-7 over the final 7 minutes, 7 seconds of the first half … The Cardinal led 47-28 at halftime, and pushed the lead to 30 (62-32) with 15:05 remaining on the strength of a 12-1 run … The Waves could get no closer than 22 points (70-48, 9:32 remaining) the rest of the way … Nine different Stanford players saw at least 10 minutes of action, and the starters all played 28 minutes or less. *- Stanford now leads the all-time series with Pepperdine 5-1. THE TARA VANDERVEER FILE: *- Now in her 24th season as a collegiate head coach … Owns a career record of 559-157 (.781) … Picked up career win No. 550 on Nov. 24 at San Francisco … Entered the 2002-03 season ranked fifth all-time and third among active coaches in career Division I winning percentage … Also entered the campaign ranked 16th all-time and 14th among active coaches in career Division I victories. *- In her 17th year at Stanford, and is 407-106 (.793) during her tenure on The Farm … She picked up her 400th win at Stanford on Nov. 30 vs. Kansas State … In the 1990’s alone, she compiled a record of 241-48 (.834). *- Has led Stanford to two NCAA Championships (1989-90 & 1991-92), five NCAA Final Four appearances and 10 Pacific-10 Conference titles … She is also a three-time NCAA Coach of the Year and was a National Coach of the Year finalist last season *- Served as head coach o the 1996 United States Olympic Women’s Basketball Team that won the gold medal in Atlanta, Georgia … Guided the Olympic/National Team to a perfect 60-0 record from 1995-96, and owns an all-time international head coaching record of 88-8 (.917). *- Inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in April, 2002, in Knoxville, Tennessee. *- Named the third women’s basketball coach in Stanford history on May 7, 1985, after head coaching stints at Idaho (1978-80) and Ohio State (1980-85). INJURY REPORT: *- Freshman F Eziamaka Okafor tore her right ACL in July … She is out indefinitely. *- Junior F Nicole Powell returned to action on Friday, Jan. 3 vs. Oklahoma after missing the first nine games with a bulging disc in her lower back … She has appeared in three games since returning, and is averaging 14.0 points and 8.3 rebounds. MEDIA CORNER: *- Saturday’s game at Oregon will not be televised. *- The Saturday, Jan. 18 home game vs. Washington will be broadcast live nationally by Fox Sports Net at 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) … Jim Watson and Mary Murphy will call all the action. *- All of Stanford’s 2002-03 games can be heard live on KZSU 90.1 FM or on the internet at http://kzsu.stanford.edu/ … Lilla Toal and Scott Allen will call all the action for KZSU. RANKING REVIEW: *- Stanford is currently tied for fifth (with Tennessee) in the USA Today/ESPN/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Poll and sixth in the Associated Press Poll … Stanford moved up two spots in this week’s Coaches Poll and stayed at No. 6 in the AP Poll. *- The Cardinal finished the 2001-02 campaign ranked fifth by the Associated Press and eighth in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll … The Cardinal peaked in both polls at No. 2 from Feb. 4-March 4. *- The Cardinal’s season-ending ranking of No. 5 in the AP Poll was its highest since it finished the 1997- 98 regular season at No. 3 … Stanford has now been ranked in the top five of the final AP Poll in eight of the last 14 seasons. SPREADING THE WEALTH: *- Stanford’s scoring attack has been a balanced one this season, as six different players have led the squad in scoring in 12 games. *- Sophomore G Kelley Suminski (Kansas State, Pacific, Arizona State) and redshirt sophomore C Chelsea Trotter (San Francisco, Boston University, Oregon State) have led the team in scoring three times, sophomore F Sebnem Kimyacioglu (Tennessee, Arizona) and sophomore F Azella Perryman (Rutgers, Oklahoma) have done it twice and junior G Katie Denny (Princeton) and junior F Nicole Powell (Pepperdine) have done it once.