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Team Stats
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F-674
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/ Women's BasketballNo. 6 Stanford Fends Off USC Women In 72-64 Decision In Palo Alto
January 04, 2019 | Women's Basketball, Features
Trojans had a slim lead at halftime, but the Cardinal had a strong showing in the second half to take the Pac-12 win.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — The USC women's basketball team fought through 13 lead changes before host No. 6 Stanford made a second-half move to claim a 72-64 Pac-12 victory over the visiting Trojans tonight at Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, Calif. The Cardinal's comeback push after USC gripped a halftime lead was fueled by six 3-pointers landed by Stanford in the second half. The loss puts USC at 10-3 overall and 0-2 in Pac-12 play. No. 6 Stanford improves to 11-1, 1-0.
Minyon Moore was in double digits by halftime, and the Trojans had the shooting edge in going 37.8 percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes to hold a 33-31 lead at the break. Stanford was hitting at 36.4 percent from the floor to that point. The USC defense would interrupt the Cardinal with five Trojan steals and four blocks to help keep Stanford at bay in that first half. In the second, however, Stanford heated up across the board, shooting 44 percent from the field while nailing six second-half 3-pointers to pass up the Trojans. USC shot 37.5 percent in the second half to wrap the game at 37.7 percent, just behind Stanford's final 40.3 effort. The Cardinal edged out USC on the boards 46-40, while USC forced 15 turnovers out of Stanford while committing 13 of its own. USC received a team-high 13 points from Minyon Moore along with a season-high 10 from Kayla Overbeck. Mariya Moore led USC on the boards with six rebounds. Stanford had three players hit double figures, led by Kiana Williams' 22 points with four 3-pointes landed. Alanna Smith had a double-double Wirth 19 points and 11 rebounds, and DiJonai Carrington added 14 points for Stanford in the win.
USC shrugged off an 8-0 Stanford surge in the first quarter and responded with a rally of its own to wrap the first 10 minutes. Down 15-9 with 2:07 on the clock, USC allowed nothing but a pair of Cardinal free throws the rest of the frame while pumping in 10 points in that span. The Trojans worked into the lead as Minyon Moore and Cheyanne Wallace landed back-to-back 3-pointers, and then Moore got to the hoop for the last word of the quarter and a 19-17 USC advantage. In the second, the game would lock up even four times, while USC freshmen Desiree Caldwell and Jillian Archer made their presence known in bumping the Trojans in the lead on three occasions. Caldwell nailed a jumper that made it 29-27, and then Moore struck for a 31-27 USC edge with 3:10 left in the half. With a bucket from Ja'Tavia Tapley in the next stretch, USC would grip a 33-31 lead at the break.
In the third, USC got up by four once more after a Minyon Moore steal fed into an assist from Mariya Moore to a streaking Ja'Tavia Tapley to make it 35-31 USC early. The game would tangle back up for a stretch, and USC gripped a 45-44 lead with 3:20 on the clock after a 3-pointer from Mariya Moore dropped through. After another Tapley bucket, Stanford would retaliate with an 8-0 rally, however, putting USC behind 54-47 at the end of the third. In the fourth, another 8-0 Stanford push turned a four-point game into a double-digit Cardinal lead as the teams entered the final five minutes. Overbeck worked her way into double digits, and Jones and Caldwell also clicked off buckets for the Trojan cause, but USC would get no closer than the final score of 72-64 as the Trojans ran out of time to carve further into the top-10 opponent's lead.
USC now turns to square off against another ranked foe with a trip to Berkeley. The Trojans visit No. 18 California at 3 p.m. on Sunday (Jan. 6) as USC looks to snag its first Pac-12 win in this early stretch of conference play.
Minyon Moore was in double digits by halftime, and the Trojans had the shooting edge in going 37.8 percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes to hold a 33-31 lead at the break. Stanford was hitting at 36.4 percent from the floor to that point. The USC defense would interrupt the Cardinal with five Trojan steals and four blocks to help keep Stanford at bay in that first half. In the second, however, Stanford heated up across the board, shooting 44 percent from the field while nailing six second-half 3-pointers to pass up the Trojans. USC shot 37.5 percent in the second half to wrap the game at 37.7 percent, just behind Stanford's final 40.3 effort. The Cardinal edged out USC on the boards 46-40, while USC forced 15 turnovers out of Stanford while committing 13 of its own. USC received a team-high 13 points from Minyon Moore along with a season-high 10 from Kayla Overbeck. Mariya Moore led USC on the boards with six rebounds. Stanford had three players hit double figures, led by Kiana Williams' 22 points with four 3-pointes landed. Alanna Smith had a double-double Wirth 19 points and 11 rebounds, and DiJonai Carrington added 14 points for Stanford in the win.
USC shrugged off an 8-0 Stanford surge in the first quarter and responded with a rally of its own to wrap the first 10 minutes. Down 15-9 with 2:07 on the clock, USC allowed nothing but a pair of Cardinal free throws the rest of the frame while pumping in 10 points in that span. The Trojans worked into the lead as Minyon Moore and Cheyanne Wallace landed back-to-back 3-pointers, and then Moore got to the hoop for the last word of the quarter and a 19-17 USC advantage. In the second, the game would lock up even four times, while USC freshmen Desiree Caldwell and Jillian Archer made their presence known in bumping the Trojans in the lead on three occasions. Caldwell nailed a jumper that made it 29-27, and then Moore struck for a 31-27 USC edge with 3:10 left in the half. With a bucket from Ja'Tavia Tapley in the next stretch, USC would grip a 33-31 lead at the break.
In the third, USC got up by four once more after a Minyon Moore steal fed into an assist from Mariya Moore to a streaking Ja'Tavia Tapley to make it 35-31 USC early. The game would tangle back up for a stretch, and USC gripped a 45-44 lead with 3:20 on the clock after a 3-pointer from Mariya Moore dropped through. After another Tapley bucket, Stanford would retaliate with an 8-0 rally, however, putting USC behind 54-47 at the end of the third. In the fourth, another 8-0 Stanford push turned a four-point game into a double-digit Cardinal lead as the teams entered the final five minutes. Overbeck worked her way into double digits, and Jones and Caldwell also clicked off buckets for the Trojan cause, but USC would get no closer than the final score of 72-64 as the Trojans ran out of time to carve further into the top-10 opponent's lead.
USC now turns to square off against another ranked foe with a trip to Berkeley. The Trojans visit No. 18 California at 3 p.m. on Sunday (Jan. 6) as USC looks to snag its first Pac-12 win in this early stretch of conference play.
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