Stanford women’s basketball wrapped up its regular season with a six-game
win streak that left it with a 25-4 overall record.
Going 15-3 in Pac-12 play, the Cardinal ranked second in the conference
behind Oregon and earned the No. 2 seed in the upcoming conference tournament.
The tournament starts March 7 in Las Vegas. Stanford’s first game is at 6
p.m. March 8 against the winner of the previous day’s Cal-Washington State
game.
Stanford beat WSU twice and split with Cal, losing the first there by one
point and winning the second at home by 25 points.
Washington teams fall
Two easy wins marked the end of the season in the Evergreen State. WSU
fell 67-42 on March 1, and Washington lost 72-53 on March 3.
Scoring in double figures in both games were senior forward Alanna Smith
with 18 against WSU and 12 against Washington, sophomore guard Kiana Williams
with 11 and 13, and junior guard DiJonai Carrington with 19 in each. Both games
used all available players.
Freshman forward Lexie Hull was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after
scoring a total of 18 points, nine rebounds, three assists and five steals in
the two games.
When she and twin sister Lacie, also a forward, were on the floor at the
same time against Washington, the TV announcers didn’t try to distinguish them.
Each was one of “the Hull kids.”
Five earn conference honors
More individual honors followed in short order. On March 4, Alanna was
named Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In addition to her
feats on the court, she’s a psychology major with a 3.47 cumulative GPA.
The next day, the Pac-12 announced even more honors: DiJonai, Alanna and Kiana
were named to the 15-woman All-Pac-12 squad, and Alanna was named to the
All-Defensive team.
Lacie was named to the All-Freshman team and received honorable mention
for the Pac-12 All-Defensive team. Lexie received honorable mention for the
All-Freshman team.
