Women's Basketball
    USC Falls To No. 2 Stanford, 78-60
    Hoffman paces Women of Troy with 14 points in 35 minutes of play.
    Aisha Hollans drives to the basket as Stanford's Lindsey Yamasaki guards.
    Aisha Hollans drives to the basket as Stanford's Lindsey Yamasaki guards.

    Feb 22, 2002

    Box Score

    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nicole Powell scored 24 of her career-high 36 points in the second half as No. 2 Stanford beat Southern California 78-60 on Friday night for their 17th straight win.

    Powell shot 13-of-17 from the field, including 4-of-6 3-pointers, and had eight rebounds, and Lindsey Yamasaki added 27 points for the Cardinal (27-1, 17-0 Pacific-10), won their 17th consecutive game.

    Ebony Hoffman led the Trojans (14-12, 10-7) with 14 points and eight rebounds, and Aisha Hollans added 13 points.

    Powell, a finalist for the women's Naismith Award, led a second-half rally that gave Stanford the lead for good.

    Southern California led 36-28 at halftime, but Powell scored 15 points during a 21-3 run that put the Cardinal up 49-39 with 6:40 gone in the second.

    The Trojans missed their first eight shots in that half and shot a season-low 29.3 percent overall.

    Stanford shot 68 percent in the second half and finished with a field-goal percentage of 61.7 percent, their second-best this season.