MERRY CHRISTMAS!

So all we Cardinal fans got the best present of all:

STANFORD 73, TENNESSEE 69

Enjoy these reports of the game:

Cardinal end 11 years of frustration against UT

Damion Esper, Knoxville News Sentinel

Tennessee's Alexis Hornbuckle's 3-point attempt was way off. It settled into the hands of Stanford's Rosalyn Gold-Onwude, who then put her fist in the air as the buzzer sounded. Gold-Onwude then raced to her teammates, shrieking with excitement, as a sell-out crowd at Roscoe Maples Pavilion erupted.

With that, 11 years of frustration for one of the top women's basketball programs in the country came to an end.

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Cardinal greet, beat a celebrated icon

Gwenn Knapp, San Francisco Chronicle

Then some passion surfaced, a poised intensity, and the words going through everyone's mind - "This is Tennessee" - resonated with new meaning. No more intimidation. No more reverence. Just the thrill of knowing that years on the edge of greatness, never quite penetrating the inner circle inhabited by Tennessee and Connecticut, were about to end.

At the final buzzer, Candice Wiggins was hopping ecstatically and hurling [victory balls] into the audience at a furious speed.

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Stanford women shock No. 1 Tennessee

Rick Eymer, Palo Alto Online

A full house, a pair of top five teams, waving towels and noise and excitement filling Maples Pavilion to near bursting point. It was a night to remember.

Ros Gold-Onwude made sure it was memorable by scoring nine of her 13 points in overtime, lifting the fifth-ranked Cardinal past top-ranked and previously undefeated Tennessee, 73-69, in a nonconference women's basketball contest that was worth its weight in gold.

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Here are the AP game recap, photo gallery and the box score from Stanford Athletics.