Tara VanDerveer pulled each of her star post players aside and asked them to stay within themselves and play to their strengths. Cameron Brink and Kiki Iriafen made all the right decisions two days after a rare loss. Brink had 19 points, 19 rebounds and seven blocked shots, and No. 4 Stanford beat No. 7 UCLA 80-60 on Sunday.
After its six-game winning streak was snapped Sunday, No. 21 Syracuse faces No. 16 Louisville on the road. The Cardinals’ 7-1 conference record is the best in the ACC.
A head coach since her mid-20s and still doing it now at 70, VanDerveer tied Mike Krzyzewski as the winningest coach in college basketball history with her 1,202nd victory Friday night. That was not a job for women.
Freshman Myles Rice finished with a season-high 35 points, Isaac Jones scored 24 and Washington State won for a third straight time at Maples Pavilion, dispatching Stanford with a wire-to-wire 89-75 victory on Thursday night. Rice buried 15 of 24 shots, including 5 of 10 from 3-point range, setting the freshman scoring record for the Cougars (13-5, 4-3 Pac-12 Conference). He added eight assists and four steals.