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...needed Palo Alto. Big, bad Stanford, teamof the '90s, participant in each of the threeprevious Final Fours, winners of 59 straight atMaples Pavilion, but as unable to overcome kneeinjuries to All-American Kristin Folkl and VanessaNygaard as the dream of Allison Feaster...
Feaster's 35 points and 13 rebounds were onlythe beginning. She shot with confidence, evenbanking in a three on a fast break at one point;forced Stanford Honorable Mention All-AmericanOlympia Scott into foul trouble; and notchedseveral key steals, including the two biggest inHarvard basketball history...
...With Stanford up one in the closing minutes,Feaster missed a shot and Scott took offdowncourt, eager to catch the baseball pass andput in the lay-up that would drive the final stakethrough the Crimson's heart...
Then, after Harvard took a four-point lead onjunior Suzie Miller's now-infamous trifecta,Feaster ripped the ball from Scott's hands on apost play to keep the game out of the Cardinal'sreach. Harvard 71, Stanford...
Harvard had gotten the nation's attention, andso had Feaster. Soon after the Stanford win, shewas one of just 10 players in the country named aKodak All-American. She also earned ECAC Player ofthe Year honors, ahead of players from 60 otherschools, including UConn standout and NationalPlayer of the Year candidate Nykesha Sales...