Cardinal drubs Udub

The Cardinal defeated the Washington Huskies thoroughly this afternoon 65-47.

The game got off to a sloppy start with several missed shots by both teams. The first basket came at 17:45 as Amber put back a miss by Chiney. Chiney made her next attempt, then Lindy sank two treys in the next two minutes, and the Cardinal was off to a 10-0 lead. The Huskies never got closer than six points.

The Cardinal defense pretty well shut down the Huskie's front court. Leading scorer Regina Rogers got five points, Mollie Williams got six and Mackenzie Argens got one.

Amber had a great game. She stuck to freshman point guard Jazmine Davis, UW's second-best scorer, like a piece of Velcro. Although Davis was the Huskies' top scorer today with 16 points, she sank only three field goals while Amber was on the court. Amber stole the ball four times and forced a held ball at least once. She had nine assists with just one turnover. Her assist-to-turnover ratio is now 2.57 — the best in the Pac-12 and within the top ten in the nation.

Tara told the team that anyone who had an open shot should take it. Taylor was paying attention. She sank four of five 3-point attempts. Lindy sank the two that got the Cardinal off to a good start, but no more after that although she took five more. Bonnie got one of five.

Chiney took her shots, whether open or not. She made six of eleven attempts, and got the only double-double —15 points and 11 rebounds (seven offensive). And an assist, a block and two steals.

Nneka scored 17 points and moved up to fifth place in the list of Stanford's top scorers. She now has 2072 points — more than any other Stanford player except Candice Wiggins (2629), Kate Starbird (2215), Jayne Appel (2125) and Val Whiting (2077).

Here are game reports:

• No. 4 Stanford Tops Washington, 65-47 from the Associated Press
• Stanford women defeat Washington Huskies 65-47 by Elliott Almond (Mercury News)
• Slow start hurts UW women by Richard J. Marcus (Seattle Times)
• Orrange sets the pace for Cardinal women by Rick Eymer (Palo Alto Times)
• Freshman point guard puts up the numbers Stanford women need by Jake Curtis
• WBB: Stanford 65 Washington 47 from The CARDboard

The box score and play-by-play,

A gallery of photos by Bob Drebin (Stanford Photo),

And more photos by Paul Sakuma (Associated Press):

Amber guards Jazmine Davis Amber and Joslyn on defense Chiney celebrates her basket Nneka drives through the Huskies defense Chiney is ready for the rebound Nneka is doubled up Chiney is called for a foul Nneka puts one up You rock! Nneka and Joslyn like the result