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| Hannah drives to the basket as Cameron defends for her. |
Although it was only an exhibition game over an
outranked Division II opponent, the Stanford women’s basketball team gave fans a
tantalizing taste of what’s to come with a 126-53 home victory over Dominican
University on Nov. 1.
Starters were five returning players: graduate guard
Hannah Jump, senior forward Cameron Brink, junior forward Kiki Iriafen, junior
guard Elena Bosgana and sophomore guard Talana Lepolo.
In a game with frequent substitutions, junior
forward Brooke Demetre was first in. By the end of the first quarter, which
ended with Stanford up 40-10, all 12 players had seen action.
The score grew more lopsided after the half, 78-18,
and the third quarter, 111-32. At that point, with no doubt about the ultimate
outcome, some people left.
Dominican
outscores hosts in fourth quarter
What they didn’t see was the sloppy fourth quarter,
when Dominican outscored the home team 21-15. Thus there is much that needs to
be improved.
Although Dominican fielded 16 players, most of them
were shorter than the Stanford women. However, they were speedy, leading to
fast play.
No Stanford woman played more than 23 minutes –
freshman guard Chloe Clardy.
Others playing more than 20 minutes were Elena, 22;
Brooke, 21; and freshman forward Nunu Agara and redshirt sophomore guard
Jzaniya Harriel, both 21.
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| Elena scores one of her seven baskets. |
Kiki,
Elena lead in scoring
Kiki and Elena led the team in scoring with 19 each.
Also in double figures were Nunu and freshman forward Courtney Ogden with 16
each; and Hannah and Jzaniya with 13 each.
The team lofted 13 3’s, with four by Courtney; three
by Hannah; two by Elena and Jzaniya; and one each by Talana and Brooke. Showing
her defensive prowess under the basket, Cameron had four of the team’s six
blocks. Also on the defensive side, the team had 13 steals.
Since this was the three freshmen’s first
competition, much attention was focused on them. They didn’t disappoint as they
contributed a total of 40 points.
Rebounding,
free throws look good
Rebounding was a strong point with a 69-28 advantage
over Dominican. Kiki had 14 rebounds, Brooke 12 and Courtney 10. Free throws
also were impressive – 15 of 17 – after Dominican had fouled twice in just
under a minute from tipoff.
Attendance was recorded at 2,308. The crowd included
a large contingent of Dominican fans since the university is in San Rafael and
several of its players have local ties.
Because it was an exhibition game, there were no
student support groups such as the band and cheerleaders. Nor were any
statistics displayed on the boards in the upper corners. Instead, the one in
the southwest corner touted, “Welcome to Maples Pavilion – 50th
season.”
Construction
leads to changes
The recently begun construction project that
involves enlarging ground floor facilities on the west side has led to the
closure of locker rooms there, including the one for women’s basketball. Hence
the team entered and exited Maples from the northeast corner.
This project also affects parking. The small lot
next to the practice facility will be used for construction vehicles, thus
removing the handicapped spaces.
A few handicapped spaces have been marked in the
front row of the Maples lot along Campus Drive. More are available in the
Graduate School of Business garage across the street.
The spaces in the last row nearer the football
practice field also are available. From there fans can traverse the sidewalk
between the field and practice facility to reach Maples.
It still can be accessed from all entrances, where
there are bag check areas to accommodate people who don’t know about the clear
bag policy.
Games that count start when Hawaii visits at 7 p.m.
Nov. 8.
Photos by Stanford Athletics
