Nneka carries the Cardinal past the Beavers

Nneka put her name in a special place in Stanford's record book this afternoon. She joined Val Whiting, Nicole Powell and Jayne Appel as the only women to score at least 2000 points and make 1000 rebounds in their careers. Nneka has 2000 points and 1013 rebounds — so far.

In a remarkable coincidence, Jayne got her 1000th rebound and 2000th point two seasons ago in the game against Oregon State at Maples. (Correction: Jayne got her 2000th point in that game, but got her 1000th rebound about two months previously.)

Oregon State made it a surprisingly tough game. They were ahead by four points at halftime. Stanford took the lead for good with ten minutes left to play; the margin was just five at the five-minute mark; the final score was Stanford 67, OSU 60.

The Beavers had a brilliant game plan – they slowed down our inside game and shut down our outside game simultaneously. Nneka scored 33 points, but she made just 38% of her attempts – well below her 62% average. The Cardinal attempted only eight shots beyond the arc and made just two of them – one each by Lindy and Bonnie.

At the other end of the court, the Cardinal defense allowed the Beavers to make 65% of their field goal attempts in the first half. At the behind-the-bench session after the game, Tara explained that some of the younger players didn't understand how hard they had to play. She straightened them out at halftime, and the Cardinal defense improved considerably in the second half.

In addition to her game-high 33 points, Nneka had 16 rebounds, an assist, two blocks and 11 of 13 free throws.

Chiney stepped up big in the second half and ended with 20 points, 10 rebounds, an assist and a steal. And she made all four of her free throws!!

Joslyn contributed an excellent 18 minutes of play to the victory, during which she had five points, six rebounds, an assist and three steals.

Here are game reports:

• Nnemkadi Ogwumike Hits Two Milestones in 67-60 Victory over Oregon State by Janie McCauley (Associated Press)
• Stanford women trail by 4 at half but beat Beavers by Ron Kroichick (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Nneka Ogwumike doubles her lifetime achievements from Palo Alto Online
• Nneka Ogwumike becomes Stanford's fourth player to score career 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds by Elliott Almond (Mercury News)
• Stanford women struggle more than expected by Jake Curtis
• WBB: Stanford 67 Oregon 60 from The CARDboard
• Women's Basketball Falls Short at No. 4 Stanford from OSU Athletics
• Beavers nearly pull off upset of No. 4 Stanford from the Corvallis Gazette-Times

The box score and play-by-play,

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

Photos by Paul Sakuma (Associated Press):

Nneka shoots over 6'7" Thais Pinto Taylor and the sisters on defense A battle for the rebound Toni attempts a steal Going for a loose ball Nneka never gives up "There, there, it's OK, Chiney."