Brink helps No. 4 Stanford top Belmont to reach Ball Dawgs Classic final against Florida State

HENDERSON, Nev. — Cameron Brink scored 27 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to help lead No. 4 Stanford to a 74-55 victory over Belmont on Wednesday in the opening round of the Ball Dawgs Classic.

The Bruins turned in a formidable performance before national powerhouse Stanford (5-0) pulled away for the win.

After falling behind 33-32 early in the third quarter, a 3-pointer by Hannah Jump ignited a 9-0 run - the other six points coming from Brink - as the Cardinal took a 41-33 lead to seize control.

And when the Bruins (2-3) cut their deficit to six, 59-53 with 4:34 left in the game, the Cardinal closed things out on a 15-2 run for the win.

Kiki Iriafen scored 14 points and nine rebounds for Stanford.

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HENDERSON, Nev. — Sara Bejedi scored 17 points and Florida State used a fast start to cruise to a win over Northwestern in the Ball Dawgs Classic.

Alexis Tucker added 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Seminoles (5-0), who hadn’t played in the Las Vegas area since 2010. O’Mariah Gordon had four 3s and 14 points and Carla Viegas had 11 points.

Hailey Weaver scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Wildcats (3-2), whose other loss was 110-52 to No. 17 Notre Dame.

FSU faces Stanford and Northwestern gets the Belmont on Friday.

Florida State never trailed after Tucker made an opening 3-pointer and she had five points in a 9-0 run that made it 12-2 less than four minutes in.