November 8, 2024

Team defeats Washington State -- again

 

Elena, left, who led the team in scoring, and Tess, who had four 3's, celebrate. (Stanford Athletics)


It has been said that there’s a time and a place for everything.

That may be true, but for Washington State, Nov. 7 was not the time nor was Maples Pavilion the place for the Cougars to defeat the Stanford women’s basketball team.

Instead the home team prevailed 94-65. Former conference opponent WSU has never defeated Stanford in all 74 of the teams’ meetings since they started playing each other in 1983, AP reported.

All 14 Cardinal players were available, and all played before the crowd of 2,428.

Four players scored in double figures. Senior guard Elena Bosgana poured in 19 points, followed by sophomore forward Nunu Agara with 18, junior guard Tess Heal with 14 in her Stanford debut and sophomore guard Chloe Clardy with 13.

Team stays hot behind the arc

Three-pointers accounted for a chunk of the score with 14.

They came courtesy of Tess with four (of four); Nunu, Elena and senior forward Brooke Demetre with two each; and Chloe, junior guard Talana Lepolo, redshirt junior guard Jzaniya Harriel and sophomore forward Courtney Ogden with one each.

The Cardinal’s 14 triples came on just 20 attempts (70.0 percent). Through the season’s first two games, Stanford (2-0) is shooting 59.3 percent from deep (32-of-54), Stanford Athletics reported.

Starters were Nunu, Talana, Elena, Brooke and Jzaniya, all of whom scored.

When the first quarter ended 21-15 in Stanford’s favor, nine players had seen action.

Fans got a bit of a scare during the second quarter when Nunu limped off toward the locker room, but she soon was back in action.

Nunu delights crowd with buzzer-beating 3

She later provided one of the game’s biggest highlights with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to put Stanford up 69-48 at the end of the third quarter.

Even though long-distance shots were a hallmark of this game, the team did a better job of getting the ball inside than in previous games.

Stanford dominated the stat lines with more rebounds, assists and steals and fewer turnovers. However, the home team had more fouls but still made more free throws.

Starting this season, Chick-fil-A is donating 10 meals for the hungry for every Stanford assist. Thus this game’s 16 assists resulted in 160 meals.

The upcoming Nov. 10 game against Gonzaga will feature the unveiling of Tara VanDerveer Court in honor of the recently retired head coach. This game will be shown on ESPN2.

The team has one more home game, 7 p.m. Nov. 13 against UC Davis, before hitting the road to play Indiana University at 11 a.m. Pacific Time on  Nov. 17. ACCNX will stream these games.