By: Joe Lami
The Stanford Cardinal came into Sunday’s contest against the UC Davis Aggies riding a win from Friday night, where they defeated the Cal Poly Mustangs 86-51. The Aggies came into Maples Pavilion with a record of 0-2, with losses to USC and Pacific.
Davis was the first team to get on the board after four missed baskets by the Cardinal to start the game. The 2-0 lead for the Aggies would be the only one they would see all day, as Stanford would get two baskets in a row from Lili Thompson and Mikaela Ruef. The Cardinal would not look back as they extended their lead to 14 going into halftime.
Coming out of the first half Stanford would knock down four baskets before the Aggies would find the hoop again, this time a three-pointer coming from Sydnee Fipps. Stanford would struggle a bit to extend their lead further in the second half, only outscoring the Aggies by four, but it was a strong enough performance to net their third victory of the year.
Chiney Ogwumike lead the way for the Cardinal scoring 28 points, she also recorded 15 rebounds on her way to achieving her fourth double-double on the young season. Freshman Karlie Samuelson led the bench in scoring for Stanford with eight points in 33 minutes played. Stanford out rebounded the Aggies 49-37, but was still in double digits in turnovers with 11.
Fipps was the only Aggie to get into double figures for UC Davis as she recorded 14, Kelsey Harris had nine and Briana Salvatore had eight.
With the win, head coach Tara VanDerveer, records her 897th win in her prestigious career and Stanford also moves onto a record of 3-1. The Aggies fall to 0-3, and are still looking for their first win of the season. UC Davis hosts San Jose State on November 26.
Stanford has almost a week off until they tip-off once again. They travel to Austin, Texas to take on the Longhorns next Saturday.
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