Cardinal downs the Ducks

The final score was about what I expected – Stanford 93, Oregon 70 – but the game wasn't.

The Ducks didn't press, except for a few half-hearted attempts that the Cardinal broke easily.

The Ducks did run their usual up-tempo game when they could, but the Cardinal's dogged defense held them to 33% shooting and just 17 attempts from beyond the arc, of which they made six – well below their average eight of 25 three-pointers.

They stayed in a zone the entire game, presumably in an attempt to deny our inside game. That didn't slow down Nneka much – she made 71% of her shots and scored the game-high 32 points. She also had 15 rebounds, three blocks and two steals.

Chiney missed a double-double by one point, but she grabbed 12 rebounds and had two blocks and two steals.

Toni, Amber and Lindy ran the point with admirable control against the team that leads the Pac-12 in steals. Toni had eight assists and one turnover. Amber had five assists and one turnover. Lindy had three assists and one turnover. The team total was 24 assists and seven turnovers.

The most exciting part of the evening was what the fast pace and zone defense did to the Cardinal's outside game — turned it ON!!

Bonnie tied her career high by sinking six three-pointers (of 13 attempts).

Taylor was almost as hot — she hit a career-high five of eight long ones.

Lindy, Toni and Joslyn each hit one for a grand total of 14 three-pointers.

Here are game reports:

• No. 4 Stanford women cruise past Oregon, 93-70 from the Associated Press
• Stanford women run, gun past Paul Westhead's Ducks by Henry Schulman (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Nneka Ogwumike leads No. 4 Stanford women past Oregon 93-70 by Elliott Almond (Mercury News)
• Scoring comes in threes for Stanford women in big hoop win by Rick eymer (Palo Alto Online)
• WBB: Stanford 93 Oregon 70 from The CARDboard
• Stanford's Nneka Ogwumike has "bad" game in win over Oregon by Jake Curtis

The box score and play-by-play,

The game highlights video,

A gallery of photos by Don Feria for Stanford Photo,

And more photos:

Taylor launches a three Chiney ducks out of a sandwich Nneka puts up a shot Toni launches her three Nneka is ready for the rebound Toni and Nneka enjoy the moment