McPhee's career night leads No. 11 Stanford past No. 8 Texas
Brittany McPhee scored a career-high 28 points, Erica McCall added 17 points and six blocked shots, and No. 11 Stanford avenged a home loss against Texas from two years ago by beating the eighth-ranked Longhorns 71-59 on Monday night.
McPhee shot 11 for 15 and had seven rebounds, while McCall had five boards and blocked five of her shots in the first half as Stanford (2-0) shot 54.9 percent to overcome 20 turnovers and spoil Texas' season opener.
VanDerveer, the Hall of Fame coach beginning her 31st season at the school and 38th as a college coach, moved 18 victories away from joining the late Pat Summitt as the only women's coaches to reach 1,000 career wins.
A junior guard with 11 career starts over her first two college seasons, McPhee is taking on a bigger role for VanDerveer's young team.
The Longhorns ended the Cardinal's 28-game home winning streak with an 87-81 overtime win at Maples Pavilion on Nov. 20, 2014, when Stanford was ranked sixth and Texas No. 10 — the program's first win over a top-10 team in almost six years.
The Longhorns host Houston Baptist on Wednesday morning in their home opener, an 11 a.m. local time tipoff for the program's annual 40 Acres Field Trip game for middle-school students from around Texas and a day that includes educational activities.
The Cardinal have another tough opponent Friday at home against West Coast Conference power Gonzaga, winner of 11 of the last 12 WCC regular-season titles and picked to do so again.