Feb. 6, 1997

Stanford Avoids Another Close Call With USC

PALO ALTO, CA - Jamila Wideman scored a team-high 24 points to lead third-ranked Stanford to a convincing 103-69 victory tonight before a crowd of 5,101 at Maples Pavilion.

Olympia Scott added 17 points, while Vanessa Nygaard chipped in with 16 for the Cardinal, which improved to 22-1 overall and 10-0 in the Pac-10.

Tina Thompson scored a game-high 29 points to go along with seven rebounds to lead the Trojans, who had a five-game winning streak snapped. Kristin Clark added 19 points and seven boards for USC (14-5, 8-2).

Stanford led 46-33 at the halftime and blew the game wide open in the second half. The Cardinal, which shot 55 percent from the floor in the game, outscored USC 57-36 in the final half.

Stanford went to the line 21 more times than USC in the contest. The Cardinal shot 85 percent (33-for-39) from the line in the game, compared USC's 61 percent (11-for-18).

Stanford had edged USC, 77-76, earlier this season in Los Angeles.

USC (69)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Parriott        20   2-6   3-4   1-3  3  1    7
Thompson        37 11-20   4-6   2-7  1  3   29
Campbell        25   2-5   0-0   2-6  2  4    4
Jackson         20   2-6   0-0   1-2  2  1    5
Kr Clark        34  7-15   3-4   3-7  2  4   19
Ki Clark        18   0-2   0-0   0-0  1  3    0
Williams        22   1-6   1-2   2-2  1  3    3
Washington      14   1-1   0-2   0-1  2  1    2
Miller           6   0-2   0-0   1-1  2  2    0
Polk             2   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Lewis            2   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
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TOTALS         200 26-63 11-18 12-29 16 22   69
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Percentages: FG-.413, FT-.611. 3-Point Goals:
6-18, .333 (Parriott 0-2, Thompson 3-5, Jackson
1-1, Kr Clark 2-8, Williams 0-1, Miller 0-1).
Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 5 (Campbell 2,
Parriott, Thompson, Williams). Turnovers: 14
(Campbell 3, Jackson 3, Ki Clark 2, Thompson 2,
Kr Clark, Parriott, Washington, Williams).
Steals: 3 (Jackson, Ki Clark, Thompson).
STANFORD (103)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Nygaard         34  6-10   2-2   2-5  4  2   16
Smith           26   3-6   2-2   3-5  3  2   10
Scott           24  6-12   5-7   3-8  3  3   17
Wideman         28   6-7 12-14   0-4  3  1   24
Starbird        33  5-11   4-4   1-4  4  1   14
Owen            29  4-10   3-4   4-7  1  2   11
Flores          14   1-1   0-0   0-3  4  2    2
Benton           3   0-0   0-0   0-1  1  0    0
Harrington       3   0-1   2-2   0-0  1  1    2
Mcnamee          2   1-1   0-0   0-0  0  1    2
Peterson         2   0-0   1-2   0-0  0  1    1
Batastini        2   1-1   2-2   0-0  0  0    4
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TOTALS         200 33-60 33-39 13-37 24 16  103
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Percentages: FG-.550, FT-.846. 3-Point Goals:
4-9, .444 (Nygaard 2-5, Smith 2-3, Harrington
0-1). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 4 (Owen 3,
Scott). Turnovers: 13 (Starbird 4, Flores 2,
Scott 2, Wideman 2, Nygaard, Owen, Smith).
Steals: 8 (Starbird 2, Wideman 2, Benton,
Nygaard, Owen, Scott).
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USC                33   36  -   69
Stanford           46   57  -  103
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Technical fouls: None.  A: 5,101. Officials:
Violet Palmer, Anita Myles, Michelle Duncan.