Sweet 16: Cardinal muzzles the Dogs

The Cardinal took a few minutes to get going before they went on a 26-4 run. The Georgia Bulldogs never had a chance. Final score: Stanford 73, Georgia 36.

The Cardinal got:

• Double-digit scoring from Jayne (17), Kayla (13), Jeanette (12) and Nneka (11).
• Three-pointers from Jeanette (2), JJ (2) and Joslyn (1).
• 14 more rebounds than Georgia, mostly from Kayla (15, matching her season high), Nneka (11), Jayne (5) and Joslyn 5).
• Assists from Jeanette– five of them with just one turnover.
• Outstanding defense from everyone that held Georgia to their lowest score of the season on 20.3% shooting.
• Lots of help from the bench, who were so well-prepared for this game that they yelled out Georgia's plays as the Bulldogs tried to execute them, and who all subbed in during the last six minutes and allowed Georgia just six more points,

There was a great crowd at Arco Arena – 5,784. About 3/4 of them were Cardinal fans.

In the second game of the evening, Gonzaga out-hustled Xavier for 20 minutes, but couldn't keep it up against Xavier's superior height and strength. So the bigs meet the bigs on Monday night.

Here are the Stanford/Georgia game reports:

• Balanced Effort Leads Stanford Past Georgia 73-36 In Sweet 16 by Janie McCauley, Associated Press
• Cardinal dominate to reach regional final by Tom FitzPatrick, San Francisco Chronicle
• Appel a hit despite misses in Stanford's win by Gwen Knapp, San Francisco Chronicle
• Stanford women hoops among 'Elite' again by Rick Eymer, Palo Alto Online
• Stanford women remind us how good their defense is while routing Georgia by Jake Curtis

The box score and play-by-play,

The press conference video with Tara, Kayla, Jayne and Nneka,

A photo gallery from Jason O. Watson/US PressWire

And more photos by Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo:

Jayne shoots over the defense Kayla puts one up Nneka goes to the basket Jayne battles for a rebound Jayne pulls a rebound away from Angel Robinson Kayla battles for a loose ball Kayla in another battle Kayla never gives up Free for all "This isn't going quite like we had hoped." Cheering on the bench players