The drought continues.
Hampered by poor shooting and an abundance of turnovers, the ASU women's basketball team suffered a
67-53 loss to No. 4 Stanford on Saturday before 4,379 at Maples Pavilion.
It marked ASU's 21st consecutive defeat at Stanford. The Sun Devils haven't beaten the Cardinal at Maples Pavilion since the 1983-84 season.
Three Stanford players scored in double figures, led by freshman guard Candice Wiggins who totaled a game-high 20 points. Junior center Brooke Smith scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and senior guard Kelley Suminski marked 12 points.
Senior guard Kylan Loney paced ASU (15-7, 7-5 Pac-10) with 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field. Sophomore forward Emily Westerberg was the only other Sun Devil to score in double figures, posting 10 points on a 3-for-11 effort from the field.
Junior forwards Kristen Kovesdy and Amy Denson combined for 12 points on 3-of-11 shooting from the field. Kovesdy took just three shots.
The Sun Devils committed 18 turnovers and shot 33.3 percent from the field and 63.2 percent from the free throw line. Stanford (21-2, 12-1) held a 34-29 edge on the boards.
"We just got a little soft," ASU coach Charli Turner Thorne told The Associated Press. "I think probably the biggest thing we need to work on is limiting those letups and continuing to talk to each other."
Loney contends that her team played Stanford tougher than it did last month in a 68-57 loss at Wells Fargo Arena.
"In some ways, I thought we were a little more aggressive than we have been," Loney told the AP.
ASU had no answer for Wiggins, who scored 15 second-half points, including seven during a 13-2 run that allowed Stanford to pull away.
"I definitely didn't expect to come in and dominate," Wiggins told the AP. "I just have to go out and play as hard as I can. Confidence is probably the key word. You never know until you start playing."
Reach the reporter at brian.gomez@asu.edu.
