No. 2/2 Stanford Tops DePaul
12/13/2009 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored 24 points, Jeanette Pohlen added 17 as No. 2/2 Stanford topped DePaul 96-60 on Sunday for its 33rd straight home win.
Jayne Appel added 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Cardinal (7-0). The senior also grabbed her 1,000th rebound 1:27 into the game. The reigning Pac-10 Player of the Year ranks third on the school's all-time list and became the third player in program history to pull down 1,000 rebounds, joining Nicole Powell (1,143) and Val Whiting (1,134).
Stanford, playing for the first time since a 105-74 victory over Gonzaga on Nov. 29, is off to its best start since beginning the 2004-05 season with eight straight victories.
Kayla Pedersen, the Pac-10's leading scorer at 20.5 points per game, had 11 points while Rosalyn Gold-Onwude had 12 points, five rebounds and four assists. Stanford held a 44-33 rebounding advantage and shot 59.3 percent.
Anna Martin was held to six points for the Blue Demons (7-3), who began a tough five-game trip that ends with their BIG EAST Conference opener at Rutgers on Jan. 2. Martin had scored in double figures in her previous four starts this season.
Keisha Hampton scored 19 and Sam Quigley had 10 points and five assists to lead the Blue Demons, who played their fifth game since losing leading scorer Deirdre Naughton for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. DePaul is 6-11 all-time against the Pac-10, but this marked the school's first appearance against the conference since an 86-82 loss to Oregon in 1999.
After Hampton opened the game with a 3-pointer, Stanford answered with an 11-0 run and the Blue Demons missed their next six shots before Hampton's layin at 15:41.
Pohlen scored eight straight points with consecutive 3s during one stretch late in the first half as the Cardinal closed with a 16-5 run-9-0 over the final 2:24-for a 45-25 halftime lead.
The Blue Demons shot 24.4 percent in the opening 20 minutes and went 3-of-13 from 3-point range. They had a tough time establishing any rhythm in the paint against Stanford's talented front line of Appel, Ogwumike and Pedersen.
DePaul returns to action at the Duel in the Desert hosted by UNLV, Dec. 19-21. The Blue Demons tangle with Arkansas on Saturday, Dec. 19 at 5:30 (CST) at Cox Arena.
Notes: DePaul shot just 24 percent in the first half... shot 49 percent in the second half to finish with a 33 percent (23-for-70)... Keisha Hampton led the Blue Demons with 19 points... it is the second time this season, Hampton has led the Blue Demons... Maureen Mulchrone had a career day, the sophomore had five points and three rebounds... Sam Quigley led the Blue Demons with five assists... it is the sixth consecutive game the junior has led DePaul in assists... Sam Quigley started her 45th consecutive game... the longest active streak on the team... Katherine Harry led DePaul with nine rebounds... the freshman also added 12 points... Allowed 90-points for the first time since since a 102-68 loss vs. Tennessee on Jan. 2, 2008... Stanford's Jayne Appel had a season-low 11 points... she came into the game leading the Pac-10 with 20.5 ppg... Handed DePaul is first 30+ point loss in 62 games... DePaul's last 30+ point loss was vs. Tennessee on Jan. 2, 2008... Stanford now leads the all-time series 1-0... DePaul is now 6-11 all-time against Pac-10