NORFOLK, Virginia - With just less than seven minutes to play in the first half, Choicetta McMillian hit a step-back 3-pointer to pull 16th seed Hampton within a point of Stanford in Saturday's first-round NCAA tournament game.
During the next four minutes, the Cardinal made it clear why – whatever the questions surrounding Hampton's tournament seeding may have been – it is the No. 1 seed in the Fresno regional and the No. 2 team in the nation.
After McMillian's three, Stanford reeled off a 13-0 run and didn't look back on its way to a 73-51 victory.
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The final score marked the first time this season that HU, which came into the game ranked second in the nation by giving up just 46.8 points per game, surrendered 70 points. The Lady Pirates (26-5), outrebounding opponents by seven boards per game, were also outrebounded 44-25 and had just eight assists – eight-tenths of a point more than senior point guard Jericka Jenkins' season average – while shooting 31.7 percent.
"There's no denying that they're good, but that's like a pitcher pitching and not having his best stuff," HU coach David Six said. "We didn't have our best stuff today. Obviously Stanford has something to do with that, but we didn't rebound the ball. We didn't put enough pressure on the ball."
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