Stanford forward Brooke Demetre (21) takes a 3-point shot over Gonzaga guard Esther Little (0) during the second half at Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto on Sun Dec 4, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum
Sunday, December 4, 2022

No. 2 Stanford, led by Cameron Brink and Brooke Demetre, upended injury-depleted No. 23 Gonzaga 84-63 Sunday, in non-conference women’s basketball at Maples Pavilion.

Brink scored 14 points to go with a season-high 16 rebounds, while Demetre bagged 17 points, including a career-best five 3-pointers. The Cardinal (10-1 overall) have won five consecutive games after suffering their only loss of the season, an overtime defeat by No. 1 South Carolina on Nov. 20.

Hannah Jump scored 14 points – including four 3s – and Haley Jones scored 12 points for the Cardinal. Stanford connected on 15 of 28 from behind the arc (54 percent), with a season-high eight players hitting a 3.

Stanford outrebounded the Bulldogs 37-23.

The visiting Bulldogs (7-2) suited up only seven players because of injuries and illness, and had their three-game winning streak snapped.

Gonzaga battled early in the contest, led by Kaylynne Truong, who wound up with a career-high 22 points, 20 of them in the first half. Brynna Maxwell was next for the Zags with 19 points, while Yvonne Ejim, Gonzaga’s leading scorer, was held to eight points, six of them in the fourth quarter.

Stanford is off for a couple of weeks to allow for final exams. The Cardinal resume their schedule at home on Dec. 18 against Tennessee, which received votes in the last Associated Press poll. After that, the Cardinal face No. 13 Creighton and open their Pac-12 Conference schedule against California on Dec. 23.