Chanelle Molina
64
Washington St. WSU 7-11
85
Winner Stanford STN 16-1
Washington St. WSU
7-11
64
Final
85
Stanford STN
16-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Washington St. WSU 13 13 18 20 64
Stanford STN 29 15 31 10 85

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Athletic Communications

Cougars Fall at No. 6/7 Stanford

Washington State fell behind early in a 85-64 loss to the Cardinal.

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STANFORD, Calif. – A slow start proved to be too much for Washington State (7-11, 2-5) to overcome on the road against No. 6/7 Stanford (16-1, 6-0) as the Cardinal remained perfect in Pac-12 play with an 85-64 win over the Cougars Sunday afternoon at Maples Pavilion. After scoring the first basket of the game, the Cougs could not get anything to drop as the Cardinal used a pair of double-digit runs in the opening 10 minutes of play to sprint out to a big lead they would never relinquish. Despite picking up their defensive pressure in the second quarter and holding the Stanford offense in check the Cougars could not take advantage and chip into the Cardinal lead as WSU's offensive woes continued into the halftime break with just Chanelle Molina finding openings to attack the defense. The junior point would end the half with 10 points and three assists as WSU trailed by 18. In the second half the two teams traded big quarters as the Cardinal scored 31 in the third to extend their lead to as much as 31 while the Cougars responded with a 20-to-10 fourth quarter to finish the game. For the Cougs, Molina's efforts on the perimeter were not enough as the Cardinal took advantage of their size inside to create open looks at the rim and behind the arc with reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week Alanna Smith ending the day with 34 points and 15 rebounds. Despite the Cougars outrebounding the Cardinal, 38-37, in the end, Stanford held a 38-22 edge in points in the paint while also turning 14 Cougar turnovers into 23 points.

Coach Ethridge Quote of the Game
"You can't come out of blocks not playing or not playing hard, messing up schemes or not guarding in transition and then being a bad execution offensive team. Again, they're a great team and can really hurt you at a lot of positions. It was disappointing how we started both halves, frankly. Then we bookended both of those quarters with some decent execution and effort plays and good people  coming off the bench. I liked our fight in us its just disappointing that we came out in both halves as slow as we did."

Moments of the Game Things You Need To Know
  • WSU dropped its second-consecutive contest in Pac-12 play. 
  • Chanelle Molina led the way for the Cougars with 18 points to go with seven rebounds and six assists. The 18 points marked the ninth-straight double-digit scoring game for the junior point guard.
  • Senior Alexys Swedlund finished the game with 12 points, nine of which came in the second half. 
  • Borislava Hristova hit a late putback to post 11 points in the game to keep her double-digit scoring streak alive. Despite scoring a season low 11 the redshirt-junior improved her double digit scoring streak to 18-consecutive games, the sixth longest streak in WSU history. In addition, Hristova moved into a tie for sixth all-time in scoring at WSU with 1,485 points.
  • Stanford was led by Alanna Smith who posted a career-high 34 points to go with 15 rebounds. Kiana Williams added 19 points while Dijonai Carrington chipped in 11.
  • The win was the 900th career win at Stanford for Tara VanDerveer.
  • The Cougs return home and will continue their three-game stretch against the nation's top-10 when No. 5 Oregon comest 
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