Brink scores 18, No. 4 Stanford downs Oregon
Cameron Brink sees her role for Stanford as “leader, scorer, a little bit of everything.”
Brink had 18 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks as fourth-ranked Stanford pulled away from Oregon for a 76-56 win in the Pac12 regular-season finale for both teams and possibly her final collegiate game in her home state.
Brink, from Beaverton, Oregon, had 25 points and a career-high 23 rebounds against Oregon State on Thursday as the Cardinal wrapped up their 27th Pac12 title and the top seed in next week's conference tournament in Las Vegas.
“Cam to me is the player of the year in the Pac12,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. “We won the Pac-12. She's our number one player and she leads the way for us and she did today, too.”
Kiki Iriafen added 16 points and eight rebounds and Hannah Jump 12 points for the Cardinal (26-4, 15-3).
Chance Gray had 18 points to lead the Ducks (11-20, 2-16), who have lost a program-record 13 in a row and finished last in the league.
Stanford could get at least one more game in the
state of Oregon. An NCAA Tournament regional will be played in Portland.
But first the Cardinal has the Pac-12 tournament and then the opening two rounds of the tournament.
“We've just got some
fine-tuning to do,” Brink said. “We'll fix all that. But I think we're going in real strong to Pac-12s. And that's the last Pac-12 tournament ever too, so we're just taking it all in and enjoying it.”
NO. 11 OREGON STATE 79, CAL 58 » Timea Gardiner scored 16 of her 19 points in a dominating second half, leading scorer Raegan Beers returned to action and No. 11 Oregon State closed the regular season with a win.
Marta Suarez scored 14 points to lead the Golden Bears (17-13, 7-11), who lost the first meeting 71-64 and haven't won at OSU since 2013. Leilani McIntosh had 13 points and reserves Lulu Laditan-Twidale and McKayla Williams both had 12.
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NO. 15 BAYLOR 82, NO. 7 KANSAS 74 »
RayJ Dennis had 19 points and 10 assists, Jayden Nunn scored 18 points with consecutive fastbreak layups in a key run for No. 15 Baylor and the Bears beat seventh-ranked Kansas, handing the Jayhawks consecutive losses for the first time this season.
NO. 12 CREIGHTON 89, NO. 5 MARQUETTE 75 » Baylor Scheierman scored 26 points and made three straight 3-pointers late in the game to lead Creighton to a victory over Marquette.
NO. 6 ARIZONA 103, OREGON 83 » Caleb Love scored 22 points, Oumar Ballo had his ninth straight doubledouble and Arizona closed out the Pac-12 era at McKale Center with a beatdown of Oregon.
NO. 8 IOWA STATE 60, UCF 52 » Tre King had 16 points and Iowa State had a late 11-0 run to beat UCF for its third straight victory and seventh in eight games.
NO. 9 NORTH CAROLINA 79, NC STATE 70 » Harrison Ingram scored a season-high 22 points as North Carolina rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half and beat North Carolina State.
NO. 10 DUKE 73, VIRGINIA 48 » Kyle Filipowski scored 21 points and Duke shot 59% before halftime to build a huge lead and beat Virginia.
NO. 11 AUBURN 78, MISSISSIPPI ST. 63 » Johni Broome had 17 points, Denver Jones scored 15, and Auburn bounced back from a road loss at fourth-ranked Tennessee with a 78-63 win over Mississippi State.