March 17, 2007
Box Score
2007 NCAA Tournament Photo Gallery
Palo Alto, CA--Despite a game-high 32 points from Natalie Doma, Idaho State couldn't stop Stanford's hot shooting as the Bengals dropped a 96-58 decision to the fifth-ranked Cardinal Saturday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Maples Pavilion.
Idaho State finishes the season with a 17-14 overall record, while Stanford improves to 29-4 and advances to face Florida State in the second round.
The Bengals held their own through most of the first half, trailing by just four points with 12:01 to go until the break. Stanford then outscored ISU 26-9 over the next 10 minutes to take a 45-24. The Cardinal then outscored Idaho State 51-34 in the second half to secure the victory.
Doma became Idaho State's all-time leading scorer after hitting a field goal with 14:34 remaining in the second half. The shot gave her 1,540 career points, breaking Mandi Carver's (1998-02) all-time career mark of 1,538 career points. The junior center connected on 12-of-25 shots from the field, including a career-high 4-of-6 mark from long range. Doma also pulled down seven rebounds in the game.
ISU's lone senior Jeni Boesel helped with nine points on the day, including a make from long range. Michelle Grohs scored six points, while Andrea Lightfoot and Kaylynn Fager each collected four. Sandra Dziurdzia rounded out the Bengal scoring effort with three points.
As a team, Idaho State connected on 33.9 percent of its shots from the field and 38.1 percent from beyond the arc. The Bengals connected on eight threes in the game.
Stanford hit 54.7 percent of its shots from the field, including a 47 percent mark (9-of-19) from downtown.
The Cardinal crashed the boards, collecting 53 to Idaho State's 20. The bigger Stanford had 20 offensive rebounds in the game.
Idaho State became just the eighth team in NCAA Tournament history to go perfect from the free throw line, connecting on 10-of-10 shots.
Idaho State will return 11 of its 12 players from this year's NCAA Tournament team to next season's squad.
