Cameron Brink had 17 points, 15 rebounds and blocked six more shots to add to her nation-leading total, and No. 2 seed Stanford beat 15th-seeded Norfolk State 79-50 in the first round of NCAA Tournament on Friday night.
Kierra Wheeler Cameron Brink - Getty ImagesSTANFORD, Calif. -- —
Diamond Johnson scored 19 points, but missed all eight of her 3s for Norfolk State , which was held to seven points in the second quarter as both teams endured scoring droughts and trailed 32-19 at halftime. Johnson dealt with apparent leg cramping at the 5:29 mark of the fourth and was helped onto the bench.
Brink, the nation's No. 1 shot blocker who announced she would declare for the WNBA Draft and not use her last year of eligibility for a fifth season at Stanford, blocked consecutive shots by Kierra Wheeler on the same offensive possession midway through the second quarter. Wheeler had 17 points, but shot just 8 of 23 for a Norfolk State team that drew top-seeded South Carolina in the first round a year ago and appreciated Dawn Staley's thoughtful words that the Spartans didn't play like a 16.The 5-foot-5 Johnson, averaging 20.
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