LEXINGTON, Ky. -- There are rarely many easy points against Stanford. Even when there are many games in which to try and get them against the Cardinal. Maybe especially, in that case.
Washington All-American Kelsey Plum scored more points the past two seasons than almost any player in the country. Some of those came against Stanford, including 29 virtuoso points on 10-of-22 shooting when Washington beat Stanford in the Pac-12 tournament earlier this month, its second win in the past 20 games in the series.
Yet Plum's 35 percent shooting in five previous games against Stanford, and the modest number of trips to the free throw line in that span by a player who gets there more than anyone in Division I, told their own story.