Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Chiney Ogwumike notched a double-double
with 26 points and 15 rebounds to lead the fourth-ranked Stanford Cardinal
over Southern California, 79-55, on Friday at Galen Center.
Joslyn Tinkle followed with 17 points and 11 boards and Mikaela Ruef added 12
points for the Cardinal (23-2, 12-1 Pac 12), who captured their ninth
consecutive win.
The Trojans (8-16, 5-8) shot just 33.3 percent in their fifth straight defeat
and eighth in nine games. Alexyz Vaioletama scored 14 points and Cassie
Harberts had 13 in the setback.
Harberts scored on a layup with 3:48 to play in the first half to cut the
Trojans' deficit to 24-19, but Stanford closed out the half on 7-0 run to take
a 31-19 edge into halftime.
USC stayed within 12 points over the initial 5 1/2 minutes of the second half,
but fell behind 52-34 soon after and never came closer than 17 the rest of the
way.
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