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Stanford women roll to 90-53 Pac-12 hoop victory  

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Keeping three streaks intact, the Stanford women's basketball team got 19 points and 12 rebounds from junior Chiney Ogwumike as the No. 4-ranked Cardinal rolled past Oregon State, 90-53 on Friday night in Pac-12 Conference action.

It was Stanford's 11th straight victory, the Cardinal's 27th straight win over the Beavers and the 27th straight over OSU in Maples Pavilion.

Amber Orrange added 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting, six assists and two steals for Stanford (14-1, 25-2). Senior Joslyn Tinkle went over the 1,000-point mark early in the second half and hit two late 3-pointers to finish with 11 points..

The Cardinal hasn't lost since a 67-55 loss to rival California at home on Jan. 13. The sixth-ranked Golden Bears beat Oregon, 77-55, in Berkeley, so Stanford kept pace atop the conference standings.

Ogwumike, coming off a 26-point performance in a 68-57 win at UCLA last Sunday, also had four blocked shots and two steals. Her highlight came on an acrobatic swish while falling out of bounds into a cameraman after being fouled. The three-point play put the Cardinal ahead 65-35 with 11:26 remaining.

On that play, Ogwumike also set a career-high 11 made free throws as Stanford shot 16 for 18 from the line. Sophomore Taylor Greenfield matched her career high with 18 points for Stanford, which shot 48.5 percent from the field.

Cold-shooting Oregon State (3-12, 9-18) went 22 of 68 from the floor for 32.4 percent in losing its ninth straight game. After the Beavers pulled within 12-11 in the first half, Stanford used a 16-4 run to pull away.

Stanford, which already has secured a first-round bye for the conference tournament in Seattle, leads the all-time series with OSU 51-6. The Cardinal wraps up its regular-season home schedule Sunday afternoon against Oregon before hosting the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament in Maples next month.

Stanford junior guard Toni Kokenis didn't dress and missed her fifth straight game with an undisclosed medical condition that has limited her all season. She last played on Feb. 3 at Oregon State.

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