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Palo Alto, Calif.
1:00 PM
University of Utah
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Stanford
Utah Stymied by Stanford, 60-41
11/27/2009 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 27, 2009
Stanford, Calif. (AP) - Kayla Pedersen scored 18 points and had 12 rebounds in leading No. 2 Stanford to a 60-41 victory over Utah on Friday.
Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 17 points and Jeanette Pohlen added 11 for the Cardinal (5-0), who were held to their lowest point total since scoring 58 in a win over Cal in February.
Taryn Wicijowski scored 12 of her 15 points in the second half to lead the Utes (1-3).
"I feel even more motivated when I'm playing against someone with that kind of a reputation," said the 6-foot-3 freshman center about playing against Appel. "I want to show that I can play with anyone."
Kalee Whipple added 13 points while Janita Badon was also in double figure scoring with 10 points.
Whipple is the only starter left from the Utah team that took Stanford to double overtime before losing two years ago in Salt Lake City.
"We're a work in progress," Utah coach Elaine Elliott said of a roster that includes nine freshmen and sophomores. "We'll going to get better as the season goes on. We might not be talking about a great record but all these games will be good for us later."
The Utes have been to the postseason in 13 of the past 15 years, including a trip to the round of eight in the NCAA tournament in 2006, and are the two-time defending Mountain West champion.
Senior All-American center Jayne Appel was held to two points and six rebounds in 21 minutes.
Both schools rebounded from cold shooting starts with solid second-half shooting. The Cardinal shot 42 percent and Utah was at 49 percent in the final 20 minutes.
"It's hard when you have a lot of growing to do," Elliott said. "Twenty minutes of growing was what it was for us. We did a better job of getting the ball to the rim."
After making one of 10 3-pointers in the second half of Sunday's win at UC Davis, the Cardinal were 2 of 17 in the first half against Utah.
The Utes were held scoreless over a 10-minute span of the first half, and were still within nine points of the Cardinal.
Stanford eventually opened a 21-8 lead with 4:14 left in the first 20 minutes and took a 24-11 advantage into the half.
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