Super Sub Leads Cardinal Over Cougars, 91-53

Super sub Kristin Folkl sparked the go-ahead rally and led all scorers with 22 points as No. 13 Stanford beat Washington State 91-53 Thursday night.

Olympia Scott added 16 points for the Cardinal (9-5 overall, 6-1 Pac-10). The Cougars are 8-7, 2-4.

In a sloppily played basketball game marred by a total of 57 turnovers, including 31 in the first half, Washington State’s starters could only muster eight points in the second half.

Washington State coach Harold Rhodes said mental mistakes were a key to the Cougars’ loss.

“We had open shots and didn’t shoot. We had open passes and didn’t throw them,” he said. “You can’t score if you don’t shoot.

Folkl dominated inside against Washington State (8-7, 2-4), pulling down six rebounds and making 7 of 8 shots, mostly from close range, in 25 minutes.

Scott, who also had six rebounds, scored 10 points in the first 5 minutes of the second half as Stanford pulled steadily away with a 23-10 run in a span of 9:09.

The Cougars led 10-4 4 minutes into the game, but Stanford roared back with a 10-0 run - the first five points by Folkl - to lead 14-10. The Cardinal led thereafter.

Washington State was led by center Yvonne Kunze’s 11 points.

The win was Stanford’s 59th straight Pac-10 home win and 53rd straight victory at Maples Pavilion.

Heather Owens, from Moscow, Idaho, started and scored four points in 11 minutes for Stanford.

Megan Freuen, from Mead, joined Folkl in a key role off the bench, scoring eight points in 12 minutes.

Stanford 91, Washington St 53

Washington St. (8-7) - Dietel 4-12 0-0 9, Evans 2-3 1-2 6, Kunze 5-9 1-2 11, Nyseth 0-1 0-0 0, Lamb 2-5 0-0 5, Harrod 0-0 0-0 0, McNeeley 0-2 0-0 0, Kerns 1-2 6-7 8, Volkman 2-3 0-0 5, Quinton 0-0 0-0 0, Rubio 2-4 0-2 4, Smith 1-4 0-0 3, Collins 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 20-46 8-13 53.

Stanford (9-5) - Nygaard 5-8 0-0 13, Owen 2-4 0-0 4, Scott 7-13 2-4 16, Flores 1-5 4-4 7, Peterson 1-3 0-0 2, Freuen 3-4 0-0 8, Folkl 9-10 4-6 22, Batastini 3-6 0-0 6, Benton 0-1 0-0 0, Gbalazeh 1-4 0-0 3, Dimson 1-3 0-0 2, Moos 3-3 0-2 6, Granderson 1-2 0-0 2, Moseley 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-67 10-16 91.

Halftime-Stanford 45, Washington St 27. 3-Point goals- Washington St 5-18 (Volkman 1-1, Evans 1-2, Lamb 1-3, Smith 1-4, Dietel 1-6, Kerns 0-1, Rubio 0-1), Stanford 7-18 (Nygaard 3-6, Freuen 2-3, Gbalazeh 1-2, Flores 1-3, Peterson 0-1, Granderson 0-1, Batastini 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Washington St 28 (Dietel, Rubio 4), Stanford 34 (Scott, Folkl 6). Assists- Washington St 12 (Evans, Nyseth, Kerns 3), Stanford 24 (Gbalazeh 5). Total fouls-Washington St 17, Stanford 15. A-4,251.