Twenty-six
turnovers proved costly as the Stanford women’s basketball team fell 61-58 to Santa Clara
Guards were
responsible for most of the turnovers, with junior Lili Thompson committing six.
Junior Briana Roberson, sophomore Brittany McPhee and freshman Marta Sniezek had
four each. Junior Karlie Samuelson had one.
Forwards accounted
for the rest, with freshman Alanna Smith tallying three, and junior Erica
“Bird” McCall and sophomore Kaylee Johnson two each.
Lili
leads all scoring with 21 points
On the other hand,
Lili had a game-high 21 points. Her only teammate in double figures was Bird
with 12. She also had 11 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season.
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| Bird goes on the defensive. (Santa Clara photo) |
Ten 3-pointers
accounted for just over half of the team’s points. Lili had five, while Bri and
Karlie had two each and Brittany Santa Clara
Stanford led Santa Clara Santa
Clara
Thirteen players
were available, and 10 got into the game. Junior forward Kailee Johnson was
unavailable for the second straight game. Along with Brittany
The first quarter
was a low-scoring affair, ending in an 8-8 tie. The second quarter wasn’t much
better, ending in a 22-22 tie.
Shot-clock
problems delay the game
That second quarter
was plagued by shot-clock problems that stopped action at the 4:06 mark. After
a delay, new equipment was installed. By then it was 7:50 p.m. in a game that
had started at 7 p.m.
The shot clock
acted up again with slightly more than three minutes to go and again with less
than three minutes to go and Stanford behind 17-19. By then the Cardinal had
begun full-court pressure. The team stayed with it for the rest of the quarter,
but not for the rest of the game.
The third quarter
ended at 8:41 p.m. with Stanford behind 33-41. That’s when some people left.
The score got
tighter in the final quarter, but not enough to pull out the win. The game
ended shortly after 9 p.m., making it longer than usual.
Attendance was
2,668, including the band and a palm version of the Tree.
Uniforms,
entertainment honor Native American Heritage
In honor of Native
American Heritage Month, the team wore turquoise uniforms with red lettering.
The warmup T-shirts were white with an Indian profile in front.
According to
Stanford Athletics, “turquoise
represents harmony, friendship and fellowship in Native American culture.”
Nike provided the
uniforms as part of its N7 program, a “longtime commitment and mission to
inspire and enable 2 million Native American and Aboriginal youth in North America to participate in sport and physical
activity. The N7 philosophy embraces the Native philosophy: ‘In every
deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven
generations,’ ” Stanford Athletics says.
In keeping with the
evening’s theme, halftime entertainment was provided by two Native American
dance troupes.
The first was
Calpulli Tonalehqueh, an Aztec dance and cultural diffusion group based in San Jose
The second was
Native Boogie and Beats, a group that celebrates “the beauty and pageantry of Native American social dance and
singing styles commonly viewed at Pow Wows,” according to the website for radio
KTNN, which bills itself as “the voice of the Navajo Nation.”
This was a larger group with costumed male and
female dancers of all ages plus singing drummers in street clothes.
The team will spend most of Thanksgiving week at
the Gulf Coast Showcase tournament in Estero , Fla. Cardinal action starts at 10:30 a.m. PST Nov. 27
against Missouri State
Other schools in the tournament are Dayton , Maine , Louisville , Marist, Louisiana State
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