Chloe Moore-McNeil scored 21 points and Yarden Garzon put up 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Indiana knocked off No. 24 Stanford 79-66 in Bloomington, Ind. on Sunday afternoon.
The game was the second of a home-and-home series between the schools that began in the final season of Indiana Hall of Famer and 1975 Indiana graduate Tara VanDerveer’s 38-year career at Stanford.
The Hoosiers (2-2) took the lead at the end of the first quarter when Moore-McNeil drilled a 3 to tie the game and Garzon scored at the basket to make it 24-22 and they never trailed the rest of the way.
Jzaniya Harriel hit two free throws to pull Stanford within two, 26-24 with eight minutes left in the half but Indiana responded with a 14-0 run to lead 40-26. Mary Ashley Stevenson’s jumper with :04 left in the half pulled Stanford within 11 at the break, 42-31.
Elena Bosgana’s three-point play with 8:34 left in the third quarter got the Cardinal within single digits at 43-34 and Nunu Agara’s layup two minutes later cut the deficit to eight. But Garzon hit back-to-back 3-pointers midway through the quarter and Moore-McNeil added a layup to push the Indiana lead back to 17.
Agara led Stanford (4-1) with 15 points and four assists.
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Lewis, Saint Mary’s top Nebraska >> Mikey Lewis hit two free throws with five seconds left to give Saint Mary’s a three-point lead, Brice Williams missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer to tie and the Gaels earned a 77-74 win over Nebraska in a neutral-site game in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Lewis hit a jumper and knocked down a 3 with 4:13 left to give Saint Mary’s a double-digit lead, 73-63, but the Cornhuskers clawed back behind four free throws from Williams, a tip-in and 1 of 2 free throws by Berke Buyuktuncel, and a Rollie Worster layup to make it 75-72 with under a minute left. Williams hit two free throws with 6 seconds left to get within one.
Lewis led Saint Mary’s (4-0) with 23 points, four rebounds, three assists and four steals off the bench. Paulius Murauskas had 16 points, six boards and three assists. Mitchell Saxen turned in a double-double with a dozen points and a dozen rebounds, leaving him just one point shy of becoming the 40th player to reach 1,000 in his Saint Mary’s career.
Nebraska (3-1) got a season-high 28 points from Williams.
Raynaud keys stanford win >> Maxime Raynaud posted his fourth-straight double-double with a career-high 33 points and 14 rebounds as Stanford won its fourth straight home game, knocking off UC Davis 79-65.
The seven-footer from Paris hit three first-half 3-pointers and his tip-in with a second left put the Cardinal in front 41-23 at intermission. He topped 1,000 career points with a second-half 3-pointer.
Jaylen Blakes added 17 points with four assists and two steals for Stanford. Ty Johnson finished with 29 points to lead UC Davis (2-2).
Stanford is now 4-0 under first-year coach Kyle Smith, who took over after a five-year stint at Washington State.
Santa Barbara downs San Jose State >> Cole Anderson scored 18 points to lead UC Santa Barbara to a 64-59 victory at San Jose State.
Josh Uduje finished with 22 points and seven rebounds for the Spartans (1-4).