By: Joe Lami

The Stanford Cardinal returned to the floor on Monday, where they battled against the 14^th-ranked Arizona Sun Devils.  The Cardinal had been riding a 15 game winning streak entering the contest against the 15-2 Sun Devils. Stanford rolled over Arizona State 80-56.

Stanford was able to pull out the win due to a strong second half performance, as Arizona State did keep it fairly tight knit in the first half.  This was most part to Chiney Ogwumike getting into foul trouble early, something that the Cardinal have not seen so far this year.  Ogwumike was sat the last seven minutes of the first half, after she has picked up her second foul.  This was a good opportunity for the Sun Devils, as they trimmed the 11-point deficit down to seven going into halftime.

Ogwumike would re-enter to start the second half, and it would show, as the Cardinal started the half with a 9-0 run, to put the team up 44-28. The Cardinal would continue to roll to an easy victory 80-56.

Four different players hit double digits for the Cardinal, Ogwumike led the way with 30 points, 18 of which came in the second half.  Ogwumike didn’t just stop there, the Senior star also brought down 16 rebounds and added three blocks. Taylor Greenfield was the second leading scorer, as she came off of the bench to contribute 14.  Freshman, Lili Thompson and Karlie Samuelson each added 11 points.  Samuelson was extremely impressive from the foul line as she went six of seven.

Arizona State was led by a bench scorer, as Quinn Dornstauder scored 13.  Sophie Brunner was the only Sun Devil to get into double digits she had 12.

With the win, the Cardinal extend their conference road winning streak to 60 games, and hand the Sun Devils their third loss of the season, and their second of Pac-12 play.  The other loss came by the hands of Washington State, in the Pac-12 opener.

Stanford remains perfect in conference play as they are now 6-0, with a record of 17-1.  The UCLA Bruins are up next for the Cardinal, as they will host them on Friday.