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Stanford Runs Away From Huskies
Stanford point guard Candace Wiggins moved closer to the all-time record for career Pac-10 points with 22 in the No. 7 Cardinals' 73-53 win over Washington on Friday night in Seattle.
(Elaine Thompson - AP)
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Despite dominating the last four meetings against Washington, winning by an average of 28 points, the Cardinal struggled to shake the Huskies, leading just 38-36 at halftime.
But Hones and Wiggins quickly sparked the Cardinal. Hones opened the second half with five quick points. Appel scored on the interior, Hones hit another 3-pointer and Wiggins capped the spurt with a driving layup for a 50-36 Stanford lead.
Washington went scoreless for nearly 6 minutes, missing its first nine shots of the second half. The Huskies finally got on the board with Katelan Redmon's basket, but Stanford scored 12 of the next 15 points to push the lead to 62-42 with 10 minutes left.
Hones made six of nine shots, including 4-for-5 on 3-pointers, as the Cardinal shot 54.5 percent.
"The first five minutes of the second half really set the tone," VanDerveer said. "JJ knocking down her shots, Candice hitting her shots, just the confidence I saw from Candice and JJ."
The Huskies used a scrappy trap defense and aggressive offensive rebounding to stay even with Stanford for much of the first half.
Even when Wiggins hit consecutive 3s late in the half to put the Cardinal up 35-30, Washington kept Stanford from pulling away. Sami Whitcomb scored all six of her first-half points in the final 4:13, including a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left to pull Washington to 38-36 at the break.
But the Huskies made just seven of 37 shots in the second half.
"We have to make sure we put two halves together," Washington coach Tia Jackson said. "I probably sound like a broken record, because that's happened quite a bit this year. That's indicative of a young team."
