November 15, 2013

Cardinal corrals the Mustangs

Somes lessons learned in Storrs and a less formidable opponent led Stanford to a comfortable 86-51 victory over Cal Poly.

The Mustangs' quickness and good defense gave the Cardinal trouble for about the first ten minutes. The Cardinal turned the ball over nine times, and the Mustangs took a 15-14 lead.

Then the Cardinal settled down and took over the game with a 27-4 run in the next nine minutes.

As expected, Chiney led the way. She scored her career-high 36 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for her 61st career double-double.

But it wasn't all Chiney tonight. Nine of her teammates tallied 50 points and 36 rebounds.

Mikaela had a complete game with another almost-double-double. She grabbed her career-high 14 rebounds and also scored nine points, seven assists and a steal.

Lili's play last weekend earned her a place in the starting five. She ran the point for 20 minutes tonight. She played excellent defense, scored six points and dished out five assists (with only two turnovers).

The Cardinal made 31% of their long shots tonight with two from Karlie and one apiece from Kailee, Lili and Bonnie.

The best part of the box score is 27 assists from nine different players — seven from Mikaela, five from Lili, four from Amber, three from Karlie and Chiney, two from Kailee and one from Alex, Sara and Bonnie. Tara sent many different combinations to the floor tonight. They made lots of entertaining and effective plays with fast, crisp passes and good shots.

Here are game reports and commentary:

The box score and play-by-play,

Stanford-Cal Poly Game Notes from Stanford Athletics,

The game highlights video,

A gallery of photos by Don Feria (Stanford Photo),

And photos by Tony Avelar (Associated Press):

Chiney puts up one of her impossible shots
Lili on the move
Amber chases a loose ball
Erica puts up a shot
Karlie on defense
Mikaela's ready for the rebound
Chiney clears a path to the basket
Benergy!

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