Cameron Brink’s 23 points, 15 rebounds lead No. 9 Stanford past Portland 81-51
Associated PressSTANFORD, Calif. — Tara VanDerveer challenged Cameron Brink to stay on the court and out of foul trouble — and Stanford needed every bit of what the star senior delivered on both ends. “It was good to play against a defense like that, it’s unorthodox, it’s kind of weird.” Stanford second-leading scorer Kiki Iriafen also struggled with fouls. If we’re ahead and they get two they’re coming out.” VanDerveer, the Hall of Fame coach in her 45th college season and 38th at Stanford, notched her 1,195th career victory to move within eight of passing Mike Krzyzewski’s 1,202 to become the winningest coach in the men’s or women’s college games. SWAT TEAM The game featured two of the nation’s top shot blockers — Brink and Portland senior Lucy Cochrane, a 6-foot-6 grad student from Australia who came in averaging an NCAA-best 4.36 blocks per game and finished with just one to push her season total to 49. Stanford — which shot 2 for 11 from deep in the first half and was 0 of 5 in the second quarter to finish 4 of 22 on 3-pointers — hasn’t lost consecutive non-conference games since Dec. 18 and 21, 2017, to Western Illinois and No.