"I came into the gym with the mind-set that I wasn't thriving to say goodbye without the net," said Appel, the Pac-10 performer of the year who erased her above bolt aged by 13 points. "We weren't present to mislay here without penetrating down those nets. It just wasn't an option.
" Only Drake's Lorri Bauman (50 points in 1982) and Texas Tech's Sheryl Swoopes (47 in 1993) have scored more points in an NCAA contest recreation than the 6-foot-4 Appel, who made 19 of her 28 shots before being full by her teammates at the terminating buzzer. Amanda Nisleit scored 17 points for the fourth-seeded Cyclones, who couldn't modify enough three-pointers to bested Appel's effort. Iowa State (27-9) has made a regional decisive twice, falling blunt in 1999 and again this season. Alison Lacey, who scored 29 points in Iowa State's realize over Michigan State on Saturday semifinals, managed only two points on one-for-10 shooting against Stanford. No. 3 Louisville 77, No. 1 Maryland 60 -- Angel McCoughtry had 21 points and Louisville claimed its start with Final Four berth by upsetting Maryland at Raleigh, N.C. Deseree Byrd had 17 points and Candyce Bingham had 15 for the Cardinals (33-4).
They never trailed and led by paired figures for in effect the unalloyed assist half in continuing the most thriving meeting dissolve in primary history. Marissa Coleman finished with 18 points two nights after scoring a career-high 42 against Vanderbilt, and Marah Strickland scored 15 for the Terrapins (31-5).
