STANFORD, Calif. – Nunu Agara had her first career double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds, Courtney Ogden added a personal best 16 points and No. 24 Stanford came alive in the fourth quarter to beat visiting UC Davis 69-56 on Wednesday night.
The late awakening actually began late in the third after Tova Sabel hit a pair at the line to give UC Davis its first and only lead of the game, 47-46. Ogden inbounded the ball under the basket to Jzaniya Harriel in the far corner, who whipped it around to Talana Lepolo at the top as Ogden drifted into the opposite corner in front of Stanford’s bench. Lepolo found the Cardinal sophomore all alone and she drilled the 3-pointer as the third-quarter buzzer sounded to give Stanford a two-point edge heading into the final frame.
With the game tied 51-51 early in the period, Stanford went on a 12-0 run over nearly three and a half minutes to take control midway through the fourth. Ogden made two free throws, Agara powered up for two, Elena Bosgana scored three the old-fashioned way, Agara made two freebies and closed the run with an and-1 following a Harriel steal to put Stanford on top 63-51 with 5:18 to go. UC Davis wouldn’t make a field goal over the game’s final 3:11.
Stanford shot just 36.7 percent in the first half and had just three assists and nine turnovers, but cleaned that up in the second, shooting 51.7 percent in the third and fourth quarters, with six assists and seven turnovers.
Agara and Clardy combined to score 41 of Stanford’s 69 points (59.4 percent) and were backed up by Brooke Demetre’s 11-point, eight-rebound effort.
Stanford had 14 offensive rebounds and a 13-0 advantage in second-chance points. That Cardinal also nabbed 10 steals and has at least that many in three consecutive games for the first time since February 2022.