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Stanford Holds Off UW For Ninth Straight Win, 55-50

Associated Press

College women

Kristin Folkl scored 15 of her 16 points in the second half Saturday to lead No. 5 Stanford to a 55-50 win over No. 14 Washington to conclude the regular season in Pacific-10 Conference basketball.

Earning its ninth straight win, the Cardinal (17-1, 26-2) held UW scoreless for the final 2 minutes and hit its last six free throws to hold off the Huskies (13-5, 23-8) before a capacity crowd of 7,900 at Hec Ed Pavilion.

Anita Kaplan grabbed 11 rebounds and Folkl had 10 to help the Cardinal to a 52-34 rebounding advantage.Stanford held a 28-22 lead at halftime.

Stanford 55, Washington 50 STANFORD (26-2)

Starbird 3-9 2-4 9, Hemmer 1-6 2-4 4, Kaplan 3-7 1-2 7, Paye 2-8 6-7 10, Wideman 2-7 1-2 5, Folkl 5-12 6-7 16, Mulitauaopele 1-3 0-1 2, Owen 0-1 2-2 2, Nygaard 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-53 20-29 55.

WASHINGTON (23-9)

Gonsalves 1-2 0-0 2, Lewis 1-4 1-2 3, Smith 7-14 2-2 16, Foucade 5-19 0-0 10, Kelly 2-7 2-3 6, Savasta 2-7 0-0 5, Wuschnig 1-4 2-2 4, Pelz 0-5 4-4 4, Tilbrook 0-0 0-0 0, Niemela 0-0 0-0 0, Perkins 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-63 11-13 50.

Halftime-Stanford 28, Washington 22. 3-Point goals-Stanford 1-5 (Starbird 1-4, Paye 0-1), Washington 1-12 (Savasta 1-5, Kelly 0-4, Foucade 0-3). Fouled out-Gonsalves, Kelly, Savasta. Rebounds-Stanford 52 (Kaplan 11), Washington 34 (Pelz 9). Assists-Stanford 11 (Starbird 5), Washington 8 (Foucade 3). Total fouls-Stanford 14, Washington 27. A-7,900.

Montana 75, Montana St. 57

At Missoula, Sherri Brooks scored 17 points and Jodi Hinrichs added 16 in leading the Grizzlies (25-6) into the NCAA tournament with a victory over the Bobcats (15-13) in the Big Sky Conference Tournament title game.

Tournament MVP Kristy LangtonSchlimgen scored 15 points for Montana.

Eastern Washington center Lori Napier was among the all-tourney picks.

MONTANA STATE (15-13)

Nickelson 8-16 3-4 20, Beil 2-4 2-2 6, Wheeler 0-1 0-0 0, Svendsen 4-9 4-8 12, S. Smith 0-3 0-0 0, Brown 0-3 0-0 0, Zikmund 0-0 0-0 0, Bowman 0-1 0-0 0, Hommes 0-0 0-0 0, N. Smith 3-3 0-0 6, Fluss 4-14 0-0 12, Wood 0-5 1-2 1. Totals 21-59 10-16 57.

MONTANA (25-6)

Langton-Schlimgen 5-9 3-8 15, Morast 4-10 3-3 11, Hinrichs 4-8 8-11 16, Koss 0-3 2-3 2, Brooks 5-12 7-8 17, Sisco 2-6 8-10 12, McElmurry 0-0 0-0 0, Bieber 0-0 0-0 0, Kipp 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 20-48 33-45 75.

Halftime-Montana 30, Montana St. 27. 3-point goals- Montana St. 5-21 (Fluss 4-14, Nickelson 1-1, S. Smith 0-1, Svendsen 0-2, Brown 0-3), Montana 2-10 (Langton-Schlimgen 2-5, Sisco 0-2, Brooks 0-3). Fouled out-Beil. Rebounds-Montana St. 38 (Beil, Svendsen, N. Smith 6), Montana 41 (Morast 12). Assists- Montana St. 9 (Svendsen 4), Montana 9 (Koss, Brooks 3). Total fouls-Montana St. 31, Montana 18. A-6,136.