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Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike makes big travel plans for after NCAAs

By: The Associated Press 03/27/13 5:01 PM
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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — A few days after Stanford's season ends, Chiney Ogwumike will pack her bags and leave for one of her longest and most important road trips yet. The Pac-12 Player of the Year is headed to her parents' native Nigeria to be an intern with the Minister of Petroleum. Yes, that's right. Read More

Stanford is surging into the Sweet 16

By: The Associated Press 03/26/13 11:04 PM
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On the eve of Joslyn Tinkle’s final home game, coach Tara VanDerveer sent the Stanford senior a text message and reminded her it would be a special night.Tinkle’s sharp shooting made it one of the best all season for the top-seeded Cardinal.“It was kind of one of those days when you wake up and you feel good,” Tinkle said. Read More

Michigan looks to pull off upset of No. 1 Stanford women's basketball

By: The Associated Press 03/25/13 10:17 PM
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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — The Michigan women's basketball players are close pals with the Wolverines volleyball team — the group that traveled West in December and reached the Final Four by ending Stanford's season in stunning fashion. Read More

Stanford women's basketball need big second half to beat Tulsa

By: The Associated Press 03/24/13 7:44 PM
STANFORD — Tara VanDerveer had a simple message for her struggling Stanford women’s basketball team at halftime: The season could be over in 20 minutes. Chiney Ogwumike took it to heart, along with all the others. Ogwumike is plenty accustomed to doing a little bit of everything for Stanford — and the Cardinal needed all she had to get past the first round of the NCAA Tournament, especially the spark she brings on both ends of the floor. Read More

Stanford women land No. 1 seed in NCAA Tournament

By: Paul Gackle 03/18/13 10:38 PM
STANFORD — The road to a sixth straight Final Four begins on the Farm for the Stanford women’s basketball team and it could wind through a familiar foe in Spokane, Wash. Read More

Stanford women win seventh-straight Pac-12 Conference championship title

By: The Associated Press 03/10/13 8:17 PM
SEATTLE (AP) — Amber Orrange capped a career-high 20-point performance scoring on a spinning drive with 8.3 seconds left, and No. 4 Stanford won its seventh-straight Pac-12 Conference tournament title rallying past No. 14 UCLA 51-49 on Sunday night. Read More

Stanford, Cal women rake in Pac-12 media awards

By: Staff and wire report 03/04/13 7:39 PM
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The Stanford and Cal women’s basketball teams both finished the regular season ranked in the top 5 in the nation, so it came as no surprise that both were rewarded with Pac-12 Conference media awards Monday. Stanford star Chiney Ogwumike was unanimously voted as the conference’s Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, the conference unveiled. A Stanford player has won the Player of the Year honor in all four years of the media-voted awards. Read More

Chiney Ogwumike sets Stanford women's basketball record with 24 rebounds

By: The Associated Press 02/24/13 8:52 PM
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STANFORD — Chiney Ogwumike scored 27 points, grabbed a school record 24 rebounds and set a Stanford career mark with her 52nd double-double Sunday, leading No. 4 Stanford to a 74-50 victory over Oregon. Read More

Stanford women's basketball extends its conference-winning streak to 81 games after win against Cal

By: Paul Gackle 01/08/13 11:40 PM
The longest conference-winning streak in the history of women’s college basketball now stands at 81 games. Chiney Ogwumike scored 26 points and Amber Orrange added 15 as No. 5 Stanford extended its historic Pac-12 winning streak with a 62-53 win over No. 7 Cal at Haas Pavilion on Tuesday. Read More

Cal women's basketball team looks to keep historic season going against rival Stanford

By: Paul Gackle 01/07/13 11:17 PM
The best start in 40 years of Cal women’s basketball will be truly historic if the Bears snap Stanford’s 80-game Pac-12 Conference winning streak tonight at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley. Read More
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