December 23, 2009

Cardinal gets the little "w" this time

Stanford had a great first half, offensively and defensively. They outrebounded UConn, outshot them 57% to 50% and out-three'd them 43% to 8%. The Huskies went to the locker room down by two points, for the first time in a zillion or so games.

But the Huskies returned from the locker room on fire and took over the game, to a final score of 80-68.

There are probably enough lessons to be learned from this little "w" to last until the next meeting in San Antonio.

It was a great effort in spite of the disappointing ending.

Nneka's contribution was especially notable. She scored the team-high 20 points and showed a new weapon in her arsenal – a jumper from out near the 3-pt line. She made three of them tonight.

A small ray of sunshine at the end was Joslyn, Michelle, Ashley, Lindy and Mikaela playing the last 2-1/2 minutes and reducing the Huskies' lead by four points.

Here are some game reports:

The box score and play-by-play,

A transcript of postgame quotes by Tara, Nneka and Jayne,

A photo gallery from US Presswire

And more photos:

Nneka pulls in a rebound Kalana Greene defends Jeanette Tina Charles drives past Jayne Nneka defends Tiffany Hayes Kayla defends Maya Moore

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