By: Joe Lami

Stanford earned their fourth straight victory on Monday night as they defeated Utah 55-44 in a poor outing from both squads. The Cardinal outlasted the Utes, as they finished 36% from the field in one of their worst shooting performances of the season. Luckily, they held the injury plagued Utes to 28% from the field, including 19% from beyond the arc.

For the second straight game, Amber Orrange, led the Cardinal in scoring. As the senior finished the game with 17 points to finish the opening weekend of Pac-12 play with 43 points. She finished the night shooting 35%. “I’m just looking to shoot more. I don’t think I’ve ever shot this many times in a game before,” commented the senior point guard.

Lili Thompson followed Orrange in scoring with 14 points, as she was the only other Cardinal to get into double digits in scoring. Three separate players finished with seven rebounds helping Stanford own Utah on the boards 44-34.

Only eight Utes saw playing time, with seven of them seeing over 15 minutes of playing time. Taryn Wicijowski led Utah in scoring with 14 points, 12 of which came in the second half, while she finished 46% from the field. However, the other Utes greatly struggled with shooting, as they contributed to only ten more field goals bringing Utah their second loss of the Pac-12 schedule.

Stanford takes their first road trip of the Pac-12 season, as they take their annual trip up to Washington.   The first stop will be in Seattle, where they take on Washington on Friday night.