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Women: Stanford closes regular season perfect at home
By wire services
Published February 27, 2005
STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford's special season is ready for the next stage.
Candice Wiggins had 20 points, three rebounds and two assists, and the third-ranked Cardinal completed an undefeated home season with an 84-41 victory against overmatched Oregon State on Saturday.
Stanford won its 17th straight game to go unbeaten at home for the first time since 1996-97, the last season the Cardinal reached the Final Four.
"It's a wow season," Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer said. "We just want to keep putting those exclamation points on that. We want nine exclamation points on that wow."
She was referring to three wins in the conference tournament, then the six wins it would take to be NCAA champions.
Brooke Smith added 14 points as the Cardinal won its 37th straight Pac-10 home game.
NO. 6 BAYLOR 84, COLORADO 65: Emily Niemann scored a season-high 20 to help the Bears clinch at least a share of the Big 12 title for the first time. Baylor maintained a one-game lead over Texas Tech and Texas with one game left for all three.
NO. 10 NOTRE DAME 82, W. VIRGINIA 57: Teresa Borton scored 18 on 8-of-9 shooting and Jacqueline Batteast had 15, helping the Irish dominate inside. Notre Dame took control with a 13-0 run late in the second half and outshot the Mountaineers 70 to 33 percent after the break.
NO. 24 BOSTON COLLEGE 51, NO. 11 UCONN 48: Sarah Marshall hit the winning jumper with 32 seconds left for the host Eagles. Aja Parham led Boston College with 13 points, and Brooke Queenan added 11. Kathrin Ress and Clare Droesch had 10 each. The Huskies fell into a second-place tie with Notre Dame, one game behind Big East-leading Rutgers with one game left in the regular season.
NO. 13 TEXAS 72, OKLAHOMA 36: Tiffany Jackson scored 25 and had 12 rebounds for the host Longhorns.
NO. 14 TEXAS TECH 65, OKLAHOMA ST. 52: Cisti Greenwalt and LaToya Davis each scored 14 to lead the Raiders.
NO. 17 KANSAS STATE 73, KANSAS 46: Kendra Wecker had 21 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Wildcats. It was Wecker's 49th career double double, and she closed to within 38 points of former teammate Nicole Ohlde's Big 12 career-scoring mark. She has 2,203 career points.
NO. 21 IOWA ST. 68, TEXAS A&M 54: Katie Robinette scored 18 and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds as the host Cyclones overcame stretches of ragged play.
State
BARRY 78, SAINT LEO 70: The visiting Bucs wrapped up the regular-season finale for each team with a Sunshine State Conference win. Rosetta Little (20 points, 11 rebounds) and Amanda Holloway (10 points, 14 rebounds) led the Lions.
ROLLINS 65, ECKERD 61: The host Tritons tried to rally but fell short. Qunisha Rush led Eckerd with 17 points. Eckerd pulled within one with 1:35 to play, then missed a 3-pointer and a lay-up.
LYNN 57, TAMPA 48: The Spartans closed their regular season with a loss and enter the SSC Tournament as the fourth seed. They face fifth-seed Rollins College on March 3 at Barry University in Miami Shores.
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