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| Nadia towers over a defender. |
Senior forward Nadia Fingall helped to get Stanford
women’s basketball’s Pac-12 season off to a good start by scoring 20 points, her
season-high, in the team’s 77-58 home victory over Washington State on Jan. 3.
Nadia’s accomplishments came almost exactly one year
after she had suffered a torn ACL at home against USC on Jan. 4, 2019.
Nine of her points resulted from three 3’s. She got
the crowd of 2,643 roaring late in the first quarter when she made two 3’s in a
row to help put Stanford up 22-12.
She then made another 3 to start the second quarter.
Topping off this behind-the-arc binge, junior guard Estella Moschkau, getting
into action earlier than usual, followed up with a 3 of her own.
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| DiJonai high-fives teammates on the bench after a Stanford 3. |
Team
notches 9 treys
In all, the team made nine 3’s. Besides Nadia’s
three and Estella’s one, junior forward Alyssa Jerome had two, while sophomore
guard Lexie Hull, senior guard Anna Wilson and freshman guard Hannah Jump had
one each.
As the game began, senior guards DiJonai Carrington
and Mikaela Brewer were again in street clothes. Junior forward Maya Dodson,
who hasn’t played all season, was absent, as she was for the UC Davis game on
Dec. 28. Sophomore guard Lacie Hull was in uniform but, unlike past games,
didn’t play.
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| Backed by Nadia, Kiana drives to the basket. |
Besides Nadia, those in double figures were junior
guard Kiana Williams with 12, and Alyssa and freshman guard Haley Jones with 10
each.
Starters were Nadia, Lexie, Haley, Kiana and
freshman forward Fran Belibi.
Although the Cougars never gave up, they never led
in this one either. They lagged Stanford in nearly every statistical category
except steals, snaring 11 to Stanford’s seven.
Two
Cougars produce lion’s share of points
Moreover, only two WSU players produced 48 of the
team’s 58 points. Two others were responsible for the other 10. The first WSU
basket didn’t come until the 5:33 mark of the first quarter.
Meanwhile, 10 Stanford players scored, and all 11
who played contributed in some way.
WSU has not defeated Stanford in any of the teams’
66 meetings.
Washington visits Maples at 2 p.m. Jan. 5. Pac-12BA
will televise the game.
Photos by John Lozano/ISIPhotos.com
