Brink has triple-double in Stanford win
Cameron Brink had 16 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 10 blocked shots Sunday for her first triple-double to lead No. 3 Stanford to a 62-54 win over Oregon, the Cardinal’s 21st straight Pac-12 home win.
Brink swatted seven of those shots in the first half and got her last one when she altered a jumper by Chance Gray with 3:16 to go. It’s the first triple-double in NCAA Division I major women’s basketball featuring double-digit blocks since Tamari Key did it for Tennessee in an overtime win against Texas on Nov. 21, 2021.
“Cam is just scratching the surface of how good she can be,” Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer said. “On a scale of 1 to 10, obviously a triple-double is awesome but she’s a 5 of where she can be. She’s making great strides. And I mean that as a compliment because she’s got so much upside.”
Stanford (21-2, 9-1 Pac-12) led 46-37 heading into the final 10 minutes then pulled away with a quick 7-2 spurt.
For Oregon (14-7, 5-5), Phillipina Kyei had 12 points and 17 rebounds, Gray added 12 points and Grace VanSlooten scored 11. Cal 64, Oregon State 62: Evelien Lutje Schipholt’s basket with 45 seconds left gave the host Bears (11-10, 2-8) the lead and the Beavers (11-10, 3-7) missed their three shots afterward as Cal ended its six-game losing streak.
Jayda Curry scored 21 points, Lutje Schipholt added 12 and Leilani McIntosh had 11 for the Bears, who overcame an eightpoint fourth-quarter deficit.
Bendu Yeaney scored 16 points and Talio von Oelhoffen had 12 for Oregon State.
“Every single game we’ve played, we felt like we were right there,” Lutje Schipholt said. “We felt like we’re just about to turn that corner and then start rolling. We said, ‘today was the day.’ ... And today was the day.”
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Women
USF 74, Santa Clara 66: Kennedy Dickie had 17 points and 12 rebounds and Jasmine Gayles added 17 points to lead the host Dons (15-7, 5-5 WCC) past the Broncos (13-10, 4-6) despite the absence of second-leading scorer Debora dos Santos.
Lara Edmanson scored 17 points and Tess Heal had 16 for Santa Clara.
San Diego 67, St. Mary’s 54: Taycee Wedin scored 25 points but the host Gaels (10-12, 4-7 WCC) fell to the Toreros (12-10, 6-5).
San Diego State 59, San Jose State 39: Marisa Davis-Jones had 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Spartans (3-18, 1-9 Mountain West) in a loss to the host Aztecs (18-5, 8-2).
Men
#22 St. Mary’s 57, BYU 56:
Aidan Mahaney’s jumper with 0.3 of a second left lifted the visiting Gaels (19-4, 8-0 WCC) past the Cougars (14-10, 4-5) to extend their winning streak to 10.
Logan Johnson had 14 points, Alex Ducas added 12 and Mahaney and Augustas Marciulionis had 10 for St. Mary’s.
“I just wanted to give us a good look, look for the best shot,” Mahaney said of his winner. “It went up and it went in and then the rest is history.”
Pacific 95, Santa Clara 89: Brandin Podziemski had 38 points and nine rebounds but the Broncos (16-7, 4-4 WCC) were unable to overcome the Tigers’ 17-for-31 performance on 3pointers as Pacific (11-12, 4-4) prevailed at the Leavey Center.
“That was one heck of a shooting display,” Santa Clara head coach Herb Sendek said of the Tigers’ efforts. “And you’ve got to give them credit.”
USF 94, San Diego 81: Khalil Shabazz scored 26 points and Tyrell Roberts and Zane Meeks both scored 15 as the visiting Dons (15-9, 4-5 WCC) topped the Toreros (10-13, 3-6).
San Diego State 72, San Jose State 51: Robert Vaihola scored 12 points for the Spartans (13-9, 4-5 Mountain West) in their loss to the host Aztecs (17-4, 8-1).