Monday March 16, 1998
NCAA Tournament
10B
No.16 Harvard stymies Stanford women
The Associated Press
Then along came Harvard.
PALO ALTO, Calif. — The resume was imposing: a top seed, two national women's championship titles, a 59-game winning streak at home.
Bucking history and making it at the same time, Harvard became the first 16th-seeded team to win an NCAA tournament game by jolting Stanford 71-67 Saturday night.
"This is one of the best wins I've ever experienced," said Allison Fearter, whose 35 points and 13 rebounds led Harvard and shattered the Cardinal's aura of invincibility on their home
floor. "I can't tell you the amount of adversity we faced, just coming in here." Feaster said.
Before Harvard's victory, top seeds were 75-0 against 16th seeds in the women's and men's tournaments. The Ivy League champions won their first NCAA Tournament game in three tries, and in the process snapped Stanford's 59-game winning streak at Maples Pavilion.
"We've broken records and created history, but this tops the list,"Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said.
"I'm just very,very happy," Delaney-Smith added. "No one thought we could do it but us."
Harvard (23-4), already with the most
wins in the program's 16 years, advanced to the second round Monday night against No. 9 seed Arkansas, a 76-70 winner against No. 8 seed Hawaii.
Stanford (21-6), weakened by injuries in the last week that sidelined stars Vanessa Nygaard and Kristin Folk, lost at Maples for the first time since an 82-65 setback to Purdue in the 1994 West Regional final.
Still, it was a shocking end to a run of success for Stanford, which made six trips to the Final Four since 1990, including two national titles.
"It's just been a horrible week," Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. "(The loss) wasn't the worst of it."
Women roll over Tulane, claim victory with Pride
By Kevin C. Wilson Kansan sportswriter
IOWA CITY, Iowa—Second-half success—that's what the Kansas women's basketball team enjoyed Friday night in a come-from-behind, 72-68 victory against Tulane in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Carver-Hawkeve Arena.
Sophomore sensation Lynn Pride scored a career-high 27 points to lead the Jayhawks (22-8) into the second round for the third consecutive season.
The Jayhawks looked overwhelmed in the first half. Tulane bolted to a 7-0 lead, and guard Grace Daley scored 13 of her team's first 18 points to help build an 18-6 lead in the first five minutes.
The Green Wave's second leading scorer, center Barbara Farris, limped off of the court after taking a Kansas charge from freshman forward Jaclyn Johnson with 9:08 remaining. Then, at 8:37 left in the half, Daley picked up her second foul and headed to the bench.
The Jayhawks seized the opportunity and went on a 10-1 run in the next 3 minutes to close the gap to 31-27.
Kansas went into the intermission down 38-35, but Kansas coach Marian Washington said that she was confident that her team would get it done in the second half.
"This team has been able to come back all year," Washington said. "We've been down by 20 before, so trailing by four at the half was not bad."
Pride said that she knew it would have taken a total team effort to mount a comeback.
"We have to come together as a team when we're down by that much," she said. "It takes the whole team."
The Jayhawks indeed responded, as four players scored in double figures.
Reserve guard Shandy Robbins hit 11 of her 14 points in the second half and connected 3-of-4 from three-point range. Junior center Nakia Sanford added 11 points, and freshman guard Jennifer Jackson chipped in 10 points in her first NCAA Tournament game.
It was Pride who provided the Jayhawks with a needed scoring punch. Pride connected on 9-of-16 shots from the floor and hit
KANSAS 72, TULANE 68
TULANF (21.7)
KANSAS (22-8)
Vickairn 1-4 0-0 2, Hadley 1-5 0-0 3, Farris
7-9 7-11 21, Daley 10-19 3-6 26, Scanlon 1-3
2-2 4, Roberson 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 2-4 1-3 5,
Cizmar 2-5 0-0 5, Koch 0-3 2-2 2. Totals 24-
53 15-24 68.
Pride 9-16 8-10 27, Ja Johnson 0-0 1-3 1,
Sanford 4-6 3-4 11, Raymant 3-14 0-1 9,
Je Jackson 5-1 9-0 10, Scott 0-0 0-0 9, Robbins
3-8-5 6 14, White 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 24-53 17-
24 72.
Halftime—Tulane 38, Kansas 34, 3-Point goals—Tulane 5-14 (Daley 37, Hadley 12, Cizmar 1-2, Vicknair 0-1, Scanlon 0-2), Kansas 7-14 (Robbins 3-4, Raymant 3-6, Pride 1-2, Je.Jackson 0-2). Fouled out—Vicknair. Rebounds—Tulane 4 (Vicknair 7), Kansas 36 (Ja.Johnson 9). Assists—Tulane 7 (Hadley 6), Kansas 13 (Raymant 5). Total fouls—Tulane 20, Kansas 20, A—3,700.
8-of-10 from the free-throw line. She also collected five rebounds, four steals and three assists in 35 minutes.
"She was all over the floor," Washington said. "She does a lot of things for us. She can bring the ball up the floor, post up, hit the three-point shot and defend anyone."
The two teams exchanged baskets for the first part of the second half before the Jayhawks took their first lead of the game with 11:03 remaining. Pride put Kansas up 54-53 on a 12-foot jumper, and the Jayhawks refused to relinquish their lead the rest of the way.
Tulane had a chance to take the lead with 10.7 seconds left and trailing 69-68, but forward Lacey Vicknair was called for traveling. Pride then hit two free-throws to put Kansas up 71-68. Another travelling call and a subsequent Pride free throw sealed the Jayhawks' victory.
Tulane ended its season with a 21-7 record and bowed out of the NCAA Tournament in the first round for the third time in four years.
Tulane coach Lisa Stockton said that she was proud of her team.
"We knew Kansas was a tremendous team and that we would have to play our best game of the season to be in it," Stockton said as tears welled up in her eyes. "We can walk off the court and know that we didn't leave anything behind."
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