Dec. 14, 1997

Stanford Upsets No. 5 Illinois

Olympia Scott scored a team-high 26 points in the win over Illinois.

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, IL - Olympia Scott had 26 points, six rebounds and five assists and Vanessa Nygaard added 24 points and six boards as 18th-ranked Stanford pulled away for a 91-78 victory over number five Illinois.

Milena Flores tallied 17 points and Melody Paterson added 15 and seven assists for Stanford (2-3), which shot 54 percent (14-for-26) from the field in the first half to take a 40-38 edge at the break. Scott made a pair of free throws to give the Cardinal the lead for good, 71-70, with 5:40 to play.

Tauja Catchings had 15 points and nine rebounds and Ashley Berggren added 14 and 10 off the bench for Illinois (4-4), which lost all three games this week and will fall drastically in the rankings.

Illinois closed within 84-78 when Berggren made a layup with 78 seconds to go. But the Cardinal hit 7-of-10 free throws in the final 61 seconds to seal the win.

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