Pedersen has 17 points, 11 rebounds to pace Stanford past UC Davis, 76-51.

By AP
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Pedersen leads No. 2 Stanford to victory.

STANFORD, Calif. — Kayla Pedersen scored a career-high 30 points, surpassing the 1,000-point mark, and No. 2 Stanford beat Gonzaga 105-74 on Sunday.

Nnemkadi Ogwumike added a career-high 29 points and matched her career best with 13 rebounds as the Cardinal (6-0) won their 32nd consecutive home game.

Jayne Appel also recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. She’s one shy of 1,000 career rebounds. Jeanette Pohlen had 13.

Janelle Bekkering scored 16 points for the Zags (4-2), who had their four-game winning streak end. Heather Bowman and Katelan Redmon each had 15 and Courtney Vandersloot 10.

Stanford, which never lost the lead, held a 59-38 advantage at halftime. It was the first meeting between the schools.

Gonzaga, favored to repeat as the West Coast Conference champion, beat USC and Washington among its early-season win streak.

Stanford opened a 30-point lead with 11:31 left in the game on a Pedersen basket.

Katelan Redmon, who scored 11 points for the Zags, played against Stanford two years ago as a freshman starter with the Huskies.

The Cardinal used an 18-5 run in the first seven minutes of the contest to pull ahead 24-9.

Stanford made its first eight shots, and was 17-of-18 from the foul line, to grab the early advantage. Ogwumike and Pedersen combined for 37 of the Cardinal’s 59 first-half points.

Ogwumike nearly had her double-double in the first half with nine rebounds and 19 points.

Stanford, which scored 60 points in a win over Utah two days earlier, took a 59-38 edge into halftime.

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