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| Shea Ijiwoye warms up before the third quarter against Davis. (Stanford Athletics) |
Defeating UC Davis 67-60 at home on Nov. 8, the
Stanford women’s basketball team upped its season record to 2-1.
The team began the game by scoring 7 unanswered points,
including an opening 3-pointer by sophomore forward Charlotte Tuhy. The Aggies
finally scored just over five minutes into the quarter, which ended with
Stanford up 13-8.
UCD tied the score shortly into the second quarter and
then went ahead by 2 points. By then Stanford had committed eight turnovers and
was being outrebounded.
Still, the quarter ended with Stanford up by 4 points.
The third quarter was more productive as the home team
led by 12 points.
However, Cardinal fans did some nail-biting in the
fourth quarter as the Aggies inched to within 4 points with just under a minute
to go, but Stanford free throws clinched the win.
Even though Stanford had nine fouls, none of them led
UCD to the free-throw line.
Turnovers were an Achilles heel with 22 by Stanford
with only 11 assists.
Once again sophomore guard Hailee Swain led the team
with her career-high 26 points. Sophomore forward Nora Ezike was the only other
Cardinal with double points, 11.
UC Davis’s 12 treys kept it in the game, while
Stanford had seven: three by Nora and two each by Hailee and Charlotte.
The team’s nine blocks were notable, thanks to four by
junior center Kennedy Umeh, three by sophomore forward Alex Eschmeyer and one
each by junior forward Inés Sotelo Míguez and Charlotte.
The starters were Alex, Inés, Charlotte, Hailee and
junior guard Shay Ijiwoye.
Attendance was 2,098.
The student contingent included the band, Dollies and,
for the first time this season, the Tree.
Once again announced Betty Ann Hagenau was absent. She
was replaced by a man who annoyingly elongated the syllables of the players’
names.
The team takes to the road for a short trip south to
play Santa Clara at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 before returning to the Farm to play Gonzaga
at 2 p.m. Nov. 16.
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