Daniel Martinez-Krams '22 is a staff writer in the sports section. He is a Biology major from Berkeley, California. Please contact him with tips or feedback at dmartinezkrams ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.
Senior point guard Kiana Williams was drafted 18th overall by the Seattle Storm on Thursday. Williams becomes the 27th WNBA draft pick in Stanford history.
For the first time in 29 years, first overall seed Stanford women's basketball (31-2, 19-2 Pac-12) celebrated in the confetti on the sport’s final weekend.
31 years ago, Stanford’s senior point guard was nervous. She was the team leader, returning to her hometown for the Final Four and had already become a media darling.
While Jones earned her sophomore status with the jumper, first overall seed Stanford (30-2, 19-2 Pac-12) needed to do a bit more work to clinch the victory. No. 1 South Carolina (26-4, 14-2 SEC) had 32 seconds and took three more shots before the buzzer sounded on a 66-65 Cardinal victory.
Stanford (29-2, 19-2 Pac-12) reached the final weekend of the tournament, the Final Four, for the 14th time in program history. The reward: a clash of heavyweights with South Carolina (26-4, 14-2 SEC) on Friday.
It will be Cardinal vs. Cardinals. Two of the four teams to be ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 this season. A game in the Alamodome with a spot in the Final Four hanging in the balance.
Head coach Tara VanDerveer’s first-seeded Stanford (28-2, 19-2 Pac-12) advanced to the Elite Eight with a convincing 89-62 victory over fifth-seed Missouri State (23-2, 16-0 MVC).
Behind senior guard Kiana Williams, No. 1 Stanford (26-2, 19-2 Pac-12) made an opening round statement against No. 16 Utah Valley (13-7, 10-4 WAC) with a wire-to-wire 87-44 win.
Tara VanDerveer’s team has never shied away from making a statement. Now faced with as many as six games under the bright lights in San Antonio, Stanford made one more: Women’s sports demand equal treatment.
Stanford women’s basketball is a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. While the Cardinal will headline the Alamo region, all games will take place in the San Antonio area.
No. 4 Stanford (25-2, 19-2 Pac-12) was perfectly happy relying on the all-around excellence of Williams to win the Pac-12 Tournament championship 75-55 over No. 9 UCLA (16-5, 12-4 Pac-12).
Legends are made in tournaments, and Cameron Brink is already writing hers. The freshman forward scored 24 points, the most of her increasingly brilliant collegiate career.
There are a lot of ways to look at No. 4 Stanford’s (23-2, 20-2 Pac-12) quarterfinal victory over eighth-seeded USC (11-12, 8-11 Pac-12), but all of them involve domination by the Cardinal.
Gabi Cipolleti and Julia Lee make up a crowd of two at every home game for men's and women's basketball. The duo strives to make normal games happen in a very non-normal season.
Wilson dribbled out the clock on a 62-48 victory for No. 4 Stanford (21-2, 18-2 Pac-12). For the second time this season, the Cardinal defense handled No. 9 Arizona (15-3, 13-3 Pac-12).
In a game that had everyone drooling in anticipation of March, No. 6 Stanford (19-2, 16-2 Pac-12) outlasted No. 13 Oregon (12-5, 9-5 Pac-12) in Matthew Knight Arena, 63-61.