Stanford Rights Ship, Routs Fordham

Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer was only partially pleased with a two-game sweep of an East Coast road trip.

Sebnem Kimyacioglu scored 14 points in a reserve role, as No. 5 Stanford routed Fordham, 81-55, in New York and extended its winning streak to six games Saturday.

T’Nae Thiel and Lindsey Yamasaki each had 11 points for Stanford (14-1), which led, 46-31, at halftime.

It was a better performance than the one the Cardinal turned in Wednesday night, when Stanford edged Rutgers, 50-46, VanDerveer said.

“I was very disappointed in the game at Rutgers. We did not play to our potential,” VanDerveer said. “I never think about the opponent, I only want to play to our potential. Today we did that.”

The Cardinal is 8-0 on the road.

Patty Williams had 14 points for the Rams (3-9), who have lost five of six.

Lara Hanson had 13 points, and Mobolaji Akiode added 12.

Nicole Powell, who had game-highs of nine rebounds and six assists to go with eight points, hit a three-pointer to put the Cardinal ahead for good, 9-6, at 17:27.

The Rams, behind Williams’ jumper, got within 16-15 at 12:59.

Stanford, which never trailed, then outscored Fordham, 23-10, for a 39-25 advantage at 3:14. Yamasaki led the run with nine points, including two three-pointers.

OTHER GAMES

LaNeishia Caufield scored 23 points, and Rosalind Ross added 21 points and 12 rebounds as No. 3 Oklahoma beat No. 9 Texas Tech, 80-68, at Lubbock, Texas. The Sooners (12-1, 2-0 in Big 12) took a 24-3 lead and dominated throughout. Natalie Ritchie and Amber Tarr led Texas Tech (9-3, 1-1) with 13 points each.... Lindsey Wilson scored 19 of her 23 points in the first half, and No. 4 Iowa State (13-1) rebounded from its first loss by beating Nebraska, 88-54, in Ames, Iowa. Angie Welle, who had been questionable because of back spasms, added 14 points for Iowa State (13-1, 1-1 Big 12), which had a 26-game home-court winning streak ended in a 69-63 loss to Kansas State on Wednesday.

Chantelle Anderson scored a game-high 22 points to lead No. 6 Vanderbilt past Penn State, 77-62, in Nashville. Playing in front of 9,712 in Memorial Gym, the 10th largest crowd in school history, Vanderbilt (13-3) took a 16-6 lead five minutes into the game and led at halftime, 39-19.... Nicole Ohlde had 26 points and 13 rebounds as Kansas State upset No. 7 Baylor, 89-75, in Manhattan, Kan., giving the unranked Wildcats (14-1) their second consecutive victory over a top 10 team.... Syreeta Bromfield had 20 points and nine rebounds as Michigan State upset No. 8 Georgia, 70-49, in East Lansing, Mich., for the Spartans’ first nonconference victory over a ranked opponent in five years. The loss was the worst for Georgia (11-1) since a 99-70 defeat at No. 1 Connecticut in last season’s opener.

Cheryl Ford had 22 points and 14 rebounds as No. 13 Louisiana Tech beat Texas El Paso, 90-53, in a Western Athletic Conference game in Ruston, La., for its sixth victory in a row. Louisiana Tech also ran its streak to 56 consecutive conference victories at home.... Nikki Teasley had 21 points and six steals, and No. 19 North Carolina used a suffocating defense and accurate shooting in the second half to defeat Lehigh, 76-47, at Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina’s defense forced 13 steals and 24 Lehigh turnovers as the Tar Heels (12-2) stretched their lead in the second half on 56% shooting.

Delacey Joseph’s jumper at the buzzer lifted No. 22 Tulane past Southern Mississippi, 69-68, in a Conference USA opener in New Orleans. Teana McKiver scored a game-high 33 points for Tulane (13-2).