Women's Hoops Blog

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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Stanford climbed out of a double-digit hole to beat Arizona State in Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal prevailed despite a ridiculous rebounding edge for the Sun Devils-- 41 boards to Stanford's 20. Candice Wiggins scored (ho-hum, just another day at the office) 33 points.

Coach TV: "Arizona State gave us everything we could handle. We got outhustled on plays and the rebounding situation is something we have to deal with. But we have Candice and Brooke [Smith], and they led the way."

Arizona State showed their usual defensive intensity; Stanford responded by creating 25 turnovers. Cardinal frosh Rosalyn Gold-Onwude: "You have to play them the way they are playing you. You go back at them."

ASU have now lost four road games in a row, including Thursday night's surprise in Berkeley.