Most Career Rebounds in Stanford Women's Basketball
Congratulations, Jayne! on becoming the new record holder last night. 1153 rebounds in your career and counting.
The Cardinal will play at least eight more games this season – they may play 16. If Jayne continues the season at her current pace, these records are within her reach:
Then Nneka laid it in and Jayne, not able to find anyone to pass to, turned and shot from about 20 feet out, and Kayla and Nneka made five free throws and ...
The Cardinal's tough defense and the Trojans shooting woes continued – the final score was Stanford 77, USC 39.
At the pregame chalk talk, coach Bobbie Kelsey said that Kayla was working hard to get her shot back. "We know she can make 27 points and 13 rebounds – that's what we're looking for." She fell a bit short of that. She only got the game-high double-double: 18 points and 14 rebounds. The scoring included three of six from beyond the arc.
Nneka was close behind with 16 points and 13 rebounds.
Jayne had the Cardinal's third double-double: 15 points and 14 rebounds. With the fourth rebound, she replaced Nicole Powell as the holder of the Stanford record for career rebounds.
Ros had another great all-around game. She scored 11 points, had five steals, two rebounds and four assists with two turnovers. She hounded USC's top scorer Ashley Corral unmercifully and held her to zero points. Corral did not make a field goal until the last 1:23 minutes of the game after all the Cardinal reserves had subbed in.
Jeanette's been working hard on her outside shot and sank two of three long ones.
Here are the game reports:
The box score and play-by-play,
The press conference video with Tara, Jayne, Kayla and Nneka,
And more photos:
One of Jayne's career-record rebounds
Nneka goes up for a shot
Jayne goes up for a shot
Ros dives for the ball
What did Kate say?
Jennifer Azzi was one of the 1989-90 honorees
To supplement Dana's report, here are some photos and historical documents from that glorious season.
The Cardinal Rules from Sports Illustrated tells the story of the 1989-90 Final Four, all the way from "Tara VanDerveer awoke in a Knoxville, Tenn hotel room while on her first cross-country recruiting trip" to "I couldn't wait to put it on," said VanDerveer of the championship ring."
Trisha Stevens, Jennifer Azzi, Sonja Henning, Katy Steding
Chris MacMurdo, Molly Goodenbour, Trisha Stevens, Val Whiting (behind Stevens), Jennifer Azzi, Admin Asst Carolyn Walker Shaw, Martha Richards
Front row: Jennifer Azzi, Sonja Henning, Stacy Parson, Angela Taylor, Molly Goodenbour. Back row: Asst Coach Renee Brown, Tara VanDerveer, Katy Steding, Julie Zeilstra, Trisha Stevens, Val Whiting, Martha Richards, Amy Tucker, Chris MacMurdo, Asst Coach Julie Plank, Grad Asst Leslie Crandell
A month later the 1990 NCAA Championship team traveled to the White House to meet president George Bush. President Bush delivered a gracious speech on that occasion that honored all the participants.
The pressure continued in the second half, but the Cardinal were in control. More pressure was accompanied by more fouls, and the Cardinal kept making most of their free throws and were able to set their own offensive pace. Final score: Stanford 74, UCLA 53.
At the postgame Q & A session, a fan commented on how well the team handled UCLA's pressure and asked if they had practiced that a lot. Tara said, "Yes, but Jayne didn't practice and Jeanette didn't practice and JJ didn't practice and Mel didn't practice — the ones who were best-prepared never got to play."
Jayne had a huge game, playing as if she's well aware that she has just three more regular season games at Maples. She scored a season-high 23 points. She had 13 rebounds for the only double-double – her eighth of the season. She now needs just four more rebounds to exceed the Stanford career record currently held by Nicole Powell. She also had three blocks. As to the flagrant (not intentional) foul for which she was ejected from the game, there's plenty about that in the game reports.
Ros also had a great game. She played her usual dogged defense and scored 14 points on a three-pointer and several strong drives to the basket.
Nneka looked tired, but still had 15 points and seven rebounds. Kayla had the reverse – seven points and 15 rebounds.
Jeanette played for 35 minutes and had eight assists with just three turnovers. Her assist-to-turnover ratio is now 2.07, second-best in the Pac-10 to JJ's 2.27. She also had 10 points, two rebounds and two steals.
Here are the game reports:
The box score and play-by-play,
The press conference video with Tara, Jayne, Ros and Kayla
A photo gallery from US Presswire
And more photos:
Nina Earl drives past Jeanette
Jayne passes around Moniquee Alexander
Jayne drives past Moniquee Alexander
Jayne fights for possession
JJ and Doreena Campbell get tangled up
Tom Taylor (The Stanford Daily) writes about the game against the Bruins tonight, "Even with home advantage on the side of the nation’s second best team, it should be a challenging game."
The Cardinal knows what it needs to do to win, but this game comes at a difficult time. Key players have either been kept out of action or had their minutes restricted in important games recently. Whether or not other players can step up to fill in for their injured teammates will be a crucial test for the team. Read more...
Read more from Jake Curtis about the Cardinal's injury problems.
The Lowe's Senior CLASS Award is presented annually to an NCAA Division I female senior basketball player who has notable achievements in four areas of excellence – classroom, character, community and competition.
Sounds like Jayne!
The committee agrees – she is one of the ten candidates on the final ballot.
You can help Jayne win.
Fan balloting counts for 1/3 of the total.
You can vote once a day from your phone and from each computer to which you have access.
Vote by phone: Text W1 to 74567
Vote online: Click here
Here is more information:
UCLA Bruins
In our first meeting this season, the Bruins' defense almost did in the Cardinal, but we held on and won in the last two minutes thanks to Nneka's and Ros's free throws.
Since then, the Bruins have lost to USC at the Galen Center, won on the road by very small margins against Washington and Washington State, then came home and walloped Oregon 104-80 and Oregon State 70-44.
They still lead the Pac-10 in scoring defense, allowing their opponents just 56.5 points per game.
Freshman Markel Walker and Rutgers-transfer Jasmine Dixon still lead the Bruins in scoring and rebounding. Dixon has overtaken Walker as the top scorer with 14.3 points per game. Walker had double-doubles in the Oregon games last week and was named the Pac-10 Player of the Week, but she has been inconsistent in her contributions to the Bruins' success.
UCLA's win-loss record (14-6 overall, 7-2 conference) ties them with USC for 2nd place in the Pac-10. Their RPI (34) and their strength of schedule (27) place them 3rd.
Here are their 2009-10 statistics and their roster.
USC Trojans
The Cardinal dominated the Trojans in the paint in their first game this season. Kayla and Nneka each scored a double-double, and Jayne was one rebound short of another. It was our best 40 minutes of the conference season.
The Trojans went on a 5-0 run after that with victories over Cal, UCLA, Washington, Washington State and Oregon State. Then last week, they lost to Oregon at home.
The Trojans' biggest strength is their perimeter shooting. They average 6.9 three-pointers per game (second only to Oregon) and lead the Pac-10 in three-point percentage (38.4).
Ashley Corral continues to lead the Trojans in scoring – points per game (16.7), three-pointers (2.9) and free throws (84.2%). She also leads the Pac-10 in assists (five per game).
Briana Gilbreath scores the second-most points (13.9), has the most rebounds (6.2) and leads the Pac-10 in blocks (1.9 per game).
An unknown factor is Jacki Gemelos, the number one recruit in the nation in 2006, who is expected to play her first college game on Thursday night at Haas Pavilion. You can read more about Gemelos here.
USC is unranked in the national polls but is receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today poll.
Their win-loss record (13-7 overall, 7-2 conference) ties them with UCLA for 2nd place in the Pac-10. Their RPI (22) and their strength of schedule (8) place them 2nd.
Here are their 2009-10 statistics and their roster.
Last week, Charlie Creme discussed the shakeup at the top of the bracket after Tennessee's loss to Georgia.
Now, at midseason, he has these three Pac-10 teams in his current field of 64:
Stanford, of course, is still a #1 seed with this evaluation: "The Cardinal are still dominating the Pac-10, but slow starts and an unsatisfied Tara VanDerveer have become the norm."
USC, #7, "The Trojans had a chance to make Sunday's game at Stanford the most meaningful in the program in some time, but they tripped up at home against Oregon. Now, just making sure they split the two in the Bay Area becomes the priority."
UCLA, #11, "The Bruins have very quietly won four straight leading into a visit to Stanford this week. UCLA played the Cardinal tougher than anyone this side of UConn three weeks ago."
