Kamis, 30 Desember 2010

Stanford women end UConn winning streak at 90 - Los Angeles Times

PALO ALTO - top-ranked Connecticut's record string of 90 more wins.

The Huskies never led and No. 9 Stanford 71-59 Thursday night hit, ending a remarkable run that national attention and saluted the women's basketball went.

Stanford was the last school coach Geno Auriemma to beat team in 2008 NCAA semifinals.


Jeanette Pohlen hit five 3-pointers on his way to a career of 31 points, the highest and the Cardinal (9-2) was the Huskies number at the end - a lot, it won its 52th straight dass Stanford at Maples Pavilion in a new edition of the game last year the NCAA title won 53-47 by UConn in the national champions twice.

Last week, the Huskies (12-1), the 88-series wins men's team 1971-74 UCLA John Wooden cons all crowned by No. 22 Florida State 93-62, then won its 90th of row this week at Pacific.

Huskies star Maya Moore was held to 14 points on 5-of-15 shooting. UConn was not a 82-73 loss to Stanford has lost April 6, 2008, in the Final Four in Tampa, Florida

Pohlen sealed with six free throws in the final seconds 42.5. She shot 8-for-15 overall and had nine rebounds and six assists. Nnemkadi Ogwumike added 12 points and six rebounds and Kayla Pedersen 11 rebounds for a team from Stanford has inspired a 43-36 advantage on the boards instead.

Moore 3-pointer to cut Stanford 10:50 left to lead 48-44, then Pedersen answered a few moments later at the other end. Moore has tried to support their team is late, scored eight straight during one stretch. But she missed the front end of one-one to the left of the rim to 1.42, it could have a four-point game.

Kelly Faris 19 points and Bria Hartley 14 for the Huskies, who never found the usual dominant form during the game before a boisterous crowd sell-out 7329-plus expected for this showdown with impatience, on national television between the best programs on both coasts.

UConn has been the home of the race Bay Area, which would certainly be an extra-long red-eye flight from San Francisco to be. The team does not play that big snowstorms in the east coast come to us, so that the clock at 6:30 on Sunday. UConn played Maples for the first time in 28 December 1993, and Stanford won all three games of the rivalry in the database market.

For the Cardinal, it was long in coming. Coach Tara Vanderveer, the club of the elite 800-win thinking joined last week about the fact that the loss of the championship for months and felt his team missed an opportunity to say, she fired up a best coach and has done the same for players. Stanford does not make any since 1992, despite the decisions of the last three Final Four and won.

Stanford led at halftime for the third time in UConn, after a blown 20-12 edge at the break in the title game last April.

Moore missed the first four shots and not score their first points of supplement to a 3 with 3:14 left in the first half. The player twice the national year averaged 24.8 points and received an enthusiastic ovation from the crowd at Stanford starting positions have been introduced, but Auriemma was booed.

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