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Game 23 No. 6 Stanford (20-2, 17-2 Pac-12) vs. No. 10 Arizona (15-2, 13-2 Pac-12) Feb. 22, 2021 • Stanford, Calif. • Maples Pavilion • 6 p.m. TV: ESPN2 (Beth Mowins/Debbie Antonelli) | Audio: TuneIn/GoStanford.com (Tim Swartz) GOSTANFORD.COM • #GOSTANFORD @STANFORDWBB 2020-21 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS THE GAME: A Pac-12 regular season championship STANFORD AT A GLANCE is on the line for No. 6 Stanford as it plays host to Game 23 NOVEMBER No. 10 Arizona (15-2, 13-2) on Monday, Feb. 22 at 6 Overall Record .........................................................20-2 25 Cal Poly W, 108-40 p.m. Beth Mowins and Debbie Antonelli have the Pac-12 Record ..........................................................17-2 call on ESPN2 and Tim Swartz will handle the radio 29 Pacific Canceled Home Record .............................................................4-0 broadcast on TuneIn. 30 San Diego Canceled Road Record ............................................................13-1 THE RUNDOWN: Tara VanDerveer became the Neutral Record ...........................................................3-1 DECEMBER winningest coach in women’s basketball history 5 at UNLV W, 101-54 on Dec. 15, 2020, passing Pat Summitt with her HEAD COACH TARA VANDERVEER 6 vs. Washington *^ W, 83-50 1,099th win ... She now has 1,114 career victories Stanford Record (35th year) ..............................962-204 8 vs. Washington State *^ Postponed ... Fran Belibi is the eighth woman to dunk in a col- Career Record (42nd year) .............................1,114-255 11 UC Davis Canceled lege game and fifth to do so multiple times, having All-Time vs. Arizona ...............................................63-11 13 at California * (P12N) W, 83-38 done it twice this year ... Cameron Brink’s six blocks 15 at Pacific (ESPN2) W, 104-61 against Colorado are the most in a single game SERIES HISTORY 19 at USC * (P12N) W, 80-60 since Alanna Smith in 2019 ... Her 54 total blocks are All-Time vs. Arizona ...............................................70-14 21 at #10 UCLA * (P12N) W, 61-49 eighth nationally and second among all freshman At Stanford ...............................................................35-3 ... Brink was the first freshman in the nation since At Arizona ...............................................................28-10 Britney Griner with 3+ blocks in each of her first six JANUARY Neutral .......................................................................7-1 (P12N) career starts ... No team has shot over 41.8 percent 1 at #6 Arizona * W, 81-54 Streak ............................................................Stanford, 1 3 at Arizona State * (P12N) W, 68-60 against the Cardinal in 22 games this season for the first time since 2013-14, including eight opponents Last Stanford Win ...................1/1/21(81-54 @ Arizona) 8 #11 Oregon *% (P12N) W, 70-63 shooting 29 percent or worse ... Stanford is No. 1 in Last Arizona Win .............2/28/20 (73-72 OT @ Arizona) 10 Oregon State *% (P12N) Postponed the NET and checked in as a No. 1 seed in the NCAA’s 15 at Utah * (P12N) W, 82-54 first bracket reveal ... Six players are averaging at VS. ARIZONA: The Cardinal owns a 70-14 lead in 17 at Colorado * (P12N) L, 72-77 (OT) least six points per game, including four averaging its all-time series with the Wildcats, and had won 22 #6 UCLA *% (P12N) L, 66-70 over 10 points per game ... Stanford was picked to eight straight before a one-point loss in OT last 24 USC *% (P12N) W, 86-59 win the Pac-12 Conference for the first time since year. Nevertheless, Stanford has won 34 of the last 27 at Washington State * (P12N) W, 71-49 2014 ... Stanford has held its first 22 opponents to 36 in the series, including a 27-point win in Tucson 29 at Washington State * W, 77-49 77 points or less for the first time since 2016-17 ... on New Year’s Day this season. Stanford has not lost 31 at Washington * (P12N) W, 74-48 Kiana Williams ranks 11th in program history in ca- at home to the Wildcats since a 68-65 defeat on Jan. reer scoring, 21 points behind Alanna Smith in 10th 6, 2001. Two of the last three meetings between the FEBRUARY ... She is second in career 3-pointers, 18 behind first. pair have been decided by two points or less. 5 Colorado * (P12N) W, 62-54 7 Utah * (P12N) W, 83-41 STANFORD PROBABLE STARTERS 13 at Oregon State * W, 83-58 No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG APG 15 at #13 Oregon * (ESPN) W, 63-61 3 Anna Wilson G 5-9 5th 4.7 3.7 2.1 19 Arizona State * (P12N) W, 80-41 12 Lexie Hull G 6-0 Jr. 11.0 4.6 2.0 22 #10 Arizona * (ESPN2) 6:00 p.m. 22 Cameron Brink F 6-4 Fr. 10.1 6.9 0.9 28 California * (P12N) 1:00 p.m. 23 Kiana Williams G 5-8 Sr. 14.1 2.0 2.8 30 Haley Jones G 6-1 So. 13.8 7.7 3.0 MARCH 4-7 Pac-12 Tournament (2) TBD STANFORD OFF THE BENCH No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG APG (^) – Las Vegas, Nev. 2 Agnes Emma-Nnopu G 5-11 Fr. 1.0 2.2 0.5 (%) - Santa Cruz, Calif. * – Pac-12 game; All times local and subject to change; 4 Jana Van Gytenbeek G 5-7 Fr. 2.5 0.4 1.4 Home games in Bold; [#] - Indicates national ranking (AP) 5 Francesca Belibi F 6-1 So. 9.0 5.3 1.2 (P12N) - Game televised on Pac-12 Networks; 10 Alyssa Jerome F 6-3 Sr. 1.7 1.1 0.5 (ESPN/ESPN2) - Game televised on ESPN family of networks 11 Ashten Prechtel F 6-5 So. 4.9 4.0 0.9 24 Lacie Hull G 6-1 Jr. 2.6 2.7 1.6 Athletic Communications 33 Hannah Jump G 6-0 So. 6.9 2.1 0.8 WBB Contact .......................................Wilder Treadway Cell Phone ...................................... (859) 433-8204 54 Jenna Brown G 5-10 Jr. - - - 1990 & 1992 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 13 FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES • 23 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS • 13 PAC-12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS Stanford Women’s Basketball • Game 23 • Stanford vs. Arizona • Stanford, Calif. • February 22, 2021 QUICK FACTS WHAT TO EXPECT » The University • A win would clinch Stanford’s 24th Pac-12 regular season championship and first since 2014. • Stanford now features the conference’s longest winning streak of nine games, the longest streak of Location .................................................. Stanford, Calif. any Power 5 team nationally. Founded ...................................................................1891 • The Cardinal is 4-1 against ranked opponents this season. Stanford is the only team in the Pac-12 to Enrollment ......................17,249 (6,996 undergraduate) feature at least one win against every conference opponent this season. Nickname .......................................................... Cardinal • Stanford has clinched a top-three seed and a bye in the Pac-12 Tournament. The Cardinal has never Colors ...............................................Cardinal and White finished below third in the league standings since VanDerveer’s first season. Affiliation ............................................... NCAA Division I • Stanford’s 13 road victories are the most in the nation and the Cardinal’s most since 2012-13. Conference ........................................................... Pac-12 President.......................................Marc Tessier-Lavigne CATCHING YOU UP » Provost ..........................................................Persis Drell • The Cardinal has now won nine straight games in response to its two-game losing streak. Director of Athletics ...................................Bernard Muir • Stanford shot 57.9% against Arizona State Friday, it’s highest percentage of the season. Faculty Representative .................................. Jeff Koseff • The Cardinal’s victory over the Oregon was Stanford’s closest win all season. Its only losses have come Senior Women’s Administrator ...................Beth Goode in overtime by five and by four vs. UCLA. Athletic Department Phone ..................... 650-723-4591 • Cameron Brink became the first player at Stanford since at least 1999-00 with a stat line of 12 points, Ticket Office Phone ............................... 800-STANFORD 14 rebounds, five assists and five blocks in a game, doing so at WSU. She’s the first freshman in the Home Facility .........................................Maples Pavilion nation since 2013 to post at least 10 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five blocks in a game. Capacity ..................................................................7,233 • No team in the country has defeated more top-11 teams than Stanford. Web Site .......................................www.gostanford.com • The Cardinal has held its first 22 opponents of the season to 41.8 percent shooting or worse for the first time since 2013-14. Stanford has beaten multiple Pac-12 teams by 39+ for the first time since Stanford Women’s Basketball History 2010-11 and has featured six different players to lead the Cardinal in both scoring and rebounding First Year ..................................... 1974-75 (46th season) this season. All-Time Record .................................... 1,138-342 (.768) • The Cardinal was temporary relocated for training and competition due to the emergency directive All-Time Pac-12 (since 1986-87) ................ 546-84 (.867) issued by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department from Nov. 29-Jan. 31. Stanford spent NCAA Championships ..............................2 (1990, 1992) Dec. 2-12 in Las Vegas, playing UNLV and Washington, Dec. 12-16 in Berkeley, playing California and NCAA Tournament Appearances .................... 33 (89-31) Pacific, and Dec. 16-21 in Los Angeles, playing USC and UCLA. The Cardinal spent its holiday break in Last NCAA Tournament Appearance .......................2019 San Mateo County before traveling to Arizona on Dec. 27 and returned to the Bay Area from Jan. 3-5. NCAA Final Four Appearances .....................................13 Stanford practiced and played in Santa Cruz, Calif. from Jan. 5-10 and Jan. 19-24, with a trip to Utah Last NCAA Final Four Appearance ...........................2017 and Colorado between the two, before ending its road trip in Washington. Staff Information HIGH EXPECTATIONS » Head Coach ...................Tara VanDerveer (35th season) • Stanford entered the year at No. 2 in the country, its highest preseason ranking since 2009-10. Alma Mater ........................................ Indiana, 1975 • The Cardinal tied a program record, spending six straight weeks at the No.