Cardinal leashes the 'Dogs

The Cardinal shut down the perimeter for the first half, and held the Bulldogs to two (of fifteen) 3-pointers. By then the score was 56-27, and although the 'Dogs fared better in the second half, they never reduced the gap by much. Final: Stanford 93, Fresno State 59.

The Bulldogs took better care of the ball than the Cardinal. They had seven steals to our five and ten turnovers to our sixteen.

But the Cardinal excelled in the paint. They out-rebounded the Bulldogs 67-28! Coincidentally, the Cardinal had 28 O-boards and Nneka & Chiney combined for 28 rebounds.

The Bulldogs ended with eight 3-pointers. Bullseye Bonnie had almost as many herself. She sank six of eight — that's 75%! (Bonnie's release is so quick that no-one got a photo of her launching a shot. In the photo on the left, she watches one of her 3-pointers fall.) Bonnie also stepped up her defense in this game and blocked three shots.

Nneka sat out most of the first half after two fouls (one of them bogus!), but came back strong in the second half and ended as the leading scorer with a double-double of 28 points (at a rate of 69%) and 12 rebounds.

Chiney reigned under our basket and theirs with a career-high 16 rebounds. She also scored 13 points.

Lindy was back in action today and was the Cardinal's fourth double-digit scorer. She made 57% of her shots, including two of five 3-pointers and ended with 10 points.

Erica distinguished herself today by grabbing six rebounds, four of them O-boards, in nine minutes of play.

Here are game reports:

• No. 5 Stanford Stomps Fresno St. 93-59 by Janie McCauley (Associated Press)
• Stanford women power past Fresno State by Jeff Davis (The Fresno Bee)
• Bulldogs Fall to No. 5 Stanford from Fresno State Athletics

The box score and play-by-play,

A gallery of photos from Fresno State Athletics,

And photos by Gary Kazanjian (AP Photo):

Nneka looks for a shot Joslyn puts up a shot Jasmine drives past Ki-Ki Moore Nneka drives through Bulldog defense Chiney attempts a steal Joslyn in a Bulldog sandwich Lindy takes off on a fast break Chiney drives to the basket