No. 8 Stanford 91, Washington State 67


February 3, 2004 at 12:00a.m.


No. 8 Stanford 91, Washington State 67
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Nicole Powell had 15 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds and No. 8 Stanford beat Washington State for the 38th straight time, 91-67 on Saturday.
Susan Borchardt added 14 points, making four of the Cardinal's 15 3-pointers. Krista Rappahahn came off the bench to make three from long range and T'Nae Thiel scored 13 for Stanford.
Stanford (17-3, 10-1 Pac-10) has never lost to the Cougars in the all-time series, and won its 25th straight conference game at Maples Pavilion.
The Cardinal seem to be back on track after last Sunday's loss at USC, and they'll need to be sharp heading into a showdown with second-place Arizona on Thursday in Tucson.
Bianca McCall scored a career-high 29 points and Charmaine Jones added a career-high 19 for Washington State.
Kate Benz added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Cougars (5-15, 1-10), who snapped their 12-game losing streak with a 64-59 win at Cal on Thursday -- their first Pac-10 road victory in nearly three years.
Benz slammed her face to the ground late against in the game against Stanford when someone rolled on her and she left with her hand over her mouth, appearing to have lost a tooth.
Powell, a 6-foot-2 forward and All-America candidate, leads the conference in scoring and rebounding. She also had four steals before leaving the game with 3:51 left.
The Cardinal took a 25-5 lead on Borchardt's 3-pointer with 10:24 left in the first half and it only got uglier from there. The Cougars never got within 15 points the rest of the way as Stanford's talented 3-point shooters fired away with success.
Stanford made nine 3s in the first half to take a 49-22 lead at the break, making 51.5 percent of its shots and forcing the Cougars into 10 turnovers.
Stanford played without 6-foot-5 freshman center Kristen Newlin, who hurt her right knee in Thursday night's rout of Washington. She underwent an MRI exam Friday, but the results won't be available until Monday.