The Cardinal defense held the Utes to a tie of their season-low 43 points on 28% shooting. Toni's and Chiney's dogged defense of Iwalani Rodrigues reduced her three-point production to three of ten (she popped a fourth one, unguarded, in the Utes' last possession). The Cardinal out-rebounded the Utes 43-34 and had seven blocks and six steals.
The Cardinal weren't shooting particularly well either – 43% on field goals isn't bad, but 69% at the charity stripe and 9% beyond the arc!
However, Nneka and Chiney did get their usual double-doubles – 18,13 and 11,14 respectively. They each had two blocks and a steal.
Toni also scored in double-digits (13) and sank the Cardinal's only three-pointer of the evening.
Amber started tonight and ran the point for 20 minutes. She tallied eight points, two rebounds, two steals, three assists and zero turnovers. Not fully reflected in the box score was her ferocious defense, which Chiney described as, "... all up in the grill, forcing turnovers and deflecting the ball."
Here are game reports:
- No. 4 Stanford Rolls Past Utah, 62-43 from The Associated Press
- No. 4 Stanford breaks open tight game, beats Utah 62-43, a different story from The Associated Press
- Fourth-ranked Stanford cruises past Utah by Steve Luhm (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Chiney Ogwumike sings Stanford hoops praises from Palo Alto Online
- Stanford used new lineup to squash Utah women by Jake Curtis
And lots of photos by Jim Urquhart and Chris Detrick (Associated Press):
Chiney gets all tied up
Nneka reaches for a rebound
Nneka grabs a rebound
Nneka lays on a perfect block
Nneka blocks another one
Nneka jumps over a fallen Ute
Nneka tries a bit of robbery
The sisters gang up on Taryn Wicijowski
Amber, Nneka and Chiney triple-team Taryn Wicijowski
Joslyn and Amber on defense
Joslyn on defense
Amber battles for the ball
Sarah is not so easily distracted
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