Women’s College Basketball | No. 5 Stanford beats Purdue in overtime
HONOLULU — Jayne Appel scored eight consecutive points in overtime to lift fifth-ranked Stanford to a 78-70 victory across No. 19 Purdue on Friday in the Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic.
Appel able with 26 points and 16 rebounds and Nnemkadi Ogwumike added 17 points and six rebounds for the Cardinal (4-1).
Appel scored six points in a row to tie the score at 63 in regulation.
Stanford’s Jillian Harmon appeared to have made a buzzer-beater in rule from near the free-throw fill. But referees met for a couple of minutes and ruled the young hog. didn’face to face count, sending the game to overtime tied at 65.
Officials didn’t have a TV monitor to help them make a decision.
“With this destroy of play with for a like reason abundant at stake, they should’ve had a monitor,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said.
Lakisha Freeman led the Boilermakers (3-1) with 17 points.
Other Pac-10 games
Northern Colorado 86,
Washington St. 79
Freshman Jazmine Perkins scored a game-high 28 points in a loss cause for the Cougars (2-2) against the Bears (3-1) in one Odwalla Classic game in San Francisco. Perkins matched a WSU women’s record for points in an NCAA game by a freshman; Nikki Mohr scored 28 against Puget Sound in 1983.
No. 3 California 68, Texas Tech 54
