Johnson's double-double lifts No. 5 Stanford to 70-65 win over New Mexico
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Kaylee Johnson had 10 points, a career-high 22 rebounds and hit the go-ahead free throws with 30 seconds left to lift No. 5 Stanford to a 70-65 victory over New Mexico on Monday night.
Karlie Samuelson scored a career-high 23 points and her sister Bonnie added two free throws in the final seconds to seal the victory for the Cardinal (3-1).
Trailing 65-64 with 30 seconds left, Johnson hit two free throws for Stanford. Antiesha Brown had a chance to put New Mexico back in front, but she missed. Bonnie Samuelson then followed with her two to seal the win.
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Bryce Ownes scored 16 points and Cherise Beynon added 14 for the Lobos (0-4).
Orrange had 18 for Stanford, including a banked-in 3-pointer from more than 30 feet at the first-half buzzer that sent the Cardinal into the break tied 35-35.
The Cardinal controlled the start of both halves, starting the game on a 16-4 run over the first five minutes. And Stanford opened the second half with a 14-2 run over the first five minutes to take a 49-37 lead. But in both halves, New Mexico rallied to take the lead, going ahead 27-26 with 5:12 left in the first half behind a 21-4 run and taking its final lead 65-64 with 45.9 seconds left following a 12-1 run.
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Stanford leading scorer Lili Thompson did not play Monday because of an illness. In its first home game of the season, New Mexico drew 6,594 in a "Pack the Pit" promotion that included $2 tickets for all seats.
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UP NEXT:
Stanford: faces North Carolina on Friday in the opener of the Rainbow Wahine Shootout in Honolulu, Hawaii.
New Mexico: The Lobos play Boston University at home Saturday in the first game of the New Mexico Thanksgiving Tournament.