NCAA Round 2: Cardinal weathers the Storm

Heavy showers followed by prolonged sunshine
Cardinal 75, Red Storm 49

Some of the highlight performances:

• Nneka lifting the ball high up into the basket ten times for a game-high 22 points.


• The only double-double (13 points, 12 rebounds) from Chiney on her 19th birthday.


• A typical "I do it all" performance from Kayla — 14 points, eight rebounds (29 more to go) and five assists.


• Jeanette wasn't at her best in this "slug it out in the paint" game, but added two more three-pointers to her impressive season total (four more to go).


• From the Sisterhood: Chiney's putbacks of Nneka's infrequent misses ... Nneka's putbacks of Chiney's


• From Mikaela: A long-contemplated three-pointer that put the Cardinal ahead for good with five minutes to go in the first half ... a layup that fell through the hoop as she was more or less flying out of the court upside-down.


• Mel capped the game with a career-high two blocks in the last seven seconds of her last game at Maples.

Other games of interest to Cardinal fans:

• #5 North Carolina defeated #4 Kentucky 86-74 and will face Stanford in the Sweet Sixteen in Spokane.


• #11 Gonzaga upset #3 UCLA 89-75 and will face either #7 Louisville or #2 Xavier in the other half of the Sweet Sixteen.

Here are game reports:

• Top Seeded Stanford Rallies to Sweet 16, 75-49 by Janie McCauley, Associated Press


• Stanford women beat St. John's to advance to Sweet 16 by Tom Fitzgerald, San Francisco Chronicle (includes photo gallery by Michael Macor)


• Sisters lead Stanford to Sweet 16 after routing St. John's by Elliott Almond, Mercury News (includes photo gallery by Nhat V. Meyer)


• Cardinal women make travel plans for Spokane by Rick Eymer, Palo Alto Online


• Stanford Women Oust St. John’s by Karen Crouse, New York Times


• Stanford women advance to play North Carolina in Sweet 16 by Jake Curtis

Two more photo galleries:

• John Todd /Stanford Athletics
• Paul Sakuma/AP Photo

The box score and play-by-play

The press conference video with Tara, Jeanette and Kayla

A few photos from the above galleries:

Don't mess with Jeanette Here comes Kayla Nneka lifts it up into the basket Mikaela celebrates her flying layup Chiney on a breakaway steal