Cardinal dismisses the Ducks

The Cardinal came onto the Matt Arena Court blazing — layup by Nneka, 3-pointer from Toni, 3-pointer from Josyln, two free throws from Nneka, 3-pointer from Taylor — 13-1 with 37 minutes left to play. The game continued at a more temperate pace to a final score of Stanford 81, Oregon 46.

With this win, the Cardinal clinched the inaugural Pac-12 regular season title.

Joslyn led all scorers tonight with 19 points. She also tallied six rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal.

Nneka had the only double-double — a small one, because she got in a bit of foul trouble and played only 23 minutes. 12 points, ten rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal.

Chiney had 14 points, nine rebounds and two blocks.

Amber and Toni both took very good care of the ball. They each had five assists and one turnover. Amber also scored eight points, grabbed six rebounds and had two steals. Toni had six points, two rebounds, two steals and a block.

Six Cardinal out-gunned the Ducks from beyond the arc — Bonnie and Taylor each had two three-pointers; Joslyn, Toni, Lindy and Sara each had one. The Ducks had four.

Also of interest: The Cardinal now has the longest home-court winning streak in the nation (76 games) — St. John's defeated UConn by one point tonight with a buzzer-beating three-pointer.

Here are game reports:

• No. 3 Stanford Clinches Pac-12 Title With 81-46 Win Over Oregon from the Associated Press
• Stanford's defense help clinch 8th straight undisputed conference title by Jake Curtis
• No. 3 Stanford dominates Ducks from Oregon Media Services
• Oregon women’s basketball hits the skids on offense in home loss to Stanford by David Lieberman (Daily Emerald)
• Another good win on the Oregon Trail by Wally Mersereau

The box score and play-by-play,

And photos by Chris Pietsch (Associated Press):

Jos works her way in for two of her 19 points Nneka slides in for a layup Chiney drives to the basket Jos and Chiney on defense Jos, Chiney and Nneka gang up on Amanda Johnson Watching Jos sink free throws after Liz Brenner (15) was called for a deadball foul.