STANFORD, Calif. – The threes started falling early and they didn't stop. Six different Stanford players combined to make 14 3-pointers and the Cardinal routed Arizona 79-42 in Maples Pavilion on Sunday night.
Brittany McPhee and Alanna Smith each made three and led the way in scoring with 15 points apiece. Kiana Williams also drained three as part of her 11-point night, Marta Sniezek and Anna Wilson both hit a pair and Alyssa Jerome drilled hers late in the first half.
All of Stanford's seven made field goals in the first quarter were from behind the arc and the Cardinal (14-8, 8-2) raced out to a 22-10 lead. Stanford was 7-of-12 from distance in the period and 0-of-4 from two-point range.
The Cardinal defense, which limited the Wildcats (5-16, 1-9) to shoot 27.8 percent for the game, held Arizona to just six second-quarter points and kept pouring it on at the other end. Stanford ended the half on a 15-0 run that was punctuated when Kiana Williams swiped Marlee Kyles and pushed it ahead to DiJonai Carrington for the breakaway layup as the buzzer sounded.
Williams had a career and game-high seven assists and zero turnovers. Stanford's entire starting lineup didn't turn the ball over once and combined for 15 assists. The Cardinal assisted on 27 of its 30 made baskets, its highest total since it had 28 on 40 field goals in a win at Arizona on Jan. 17, 2014.
Carrington scored just two, but affected the game in a myriad of other ways, grabbing seven rebounds, handing out five assists and collecting three steals. Maya Dodson also came off the bench and had 10 points and five rebounds in 18 minutes.
Dodson had three consecutive layups late in the third quarter to push Stanford's lead to 62-23, but the period was owned by Alanna Smith. Smith almost single-handedly outscored Arizona, putting up 12 on 4-of-5 shooting to the Wildcats' 13 on 4-of-14 from the floor. She scored Stanford's first 10 points in the first three minutes and 30 seconds of the second half on two 3-pointers and two layups and followed up Dodson's six-point burst with another layup to push her total in the quarter to 12.
Longtime associate head coach Amy Tucker was honored pregame for her 32 seasons on the bench at Stanford. She transitioned into an administrative role with the program last April.
Stanford, which didn't trail all weekend in its two wins over the Arizona schools, heads to the Pacific Northwest next weekend for games at No. 17 Oregon State and No. 7 Oregon.