No. 9 Stanford 88, Oregon St. 65

No. 9 Stanford 88, Oregon St. 65
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Sebnem Kimyacioglu scored 16 of her career-high 24 points in the first half as No. 9 Stanford defeated Oregon State 88-65 in a Pac-10 opener Saturday.
Kristen Newlin added 16 points as the Cardinal (8-2, 1-0) improved to 19-0 at home against the Beavers. Chelsea Trotter scored 13 points and Azella Perryman had 12.
Junior transfer Shannon Howell, playing in her first game with the Beavers (6-4, 0-1), scored a career-high 32 points as Oregon State had its three-game road winning streak snapped. Howell transferred from Nebraska in the winter of 2002.
Leilani Estavan had seven points and two assists to became the first player in Oregon State history with 500 assists and 900 points.
Stanford played without All-American senior forward Nicole Powell, who severely sprained her left ankle in a loss to Texas Tech a week ago. She's not scheduled to play on Monday against Oregon.
Oregon State sophomore guard Ebony Young missed the game after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left nee against Cincinnati in mid-December.
Stanford held the Beavers scoreless for nearly six minutes of the first half and scored 20 unanswered points during a 28-2 run that made it 36-9 with 7:56 left in the half.
Trotter and Newlin accounted for 19 of the 28 points, while Oregon State missed eight consecutive shots and committed three turnovers.
The Cardinal led by as many as 29 points in the first half.
Oregon State had shot better than 50 percent in each of its previous four games.
The Beavers scored the final six points of the first half, closing to 49-26 at halftime.