STANFORD, Calif. – Chloe Clardy went for 14 points, 12 assists, zero turnovers and five steals to lead Stanford to a 79-58 victory over visiting Syracuse on Thursday night.
The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Cardinal and moved Stanford to 11-0 at home this season against unranked opponents.
Clardy led five Cardinal (12-12, 4-9) in double figures. Elena Bosgana had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, Tess Heal scored 17 off the bench, Brooke Demetre had 14 points and nine rebounds, and Mary Ashley Stevenson made her second consecutive start in Nunu Agara’s absence and scored 12.
Clardy played all by 34 seconds in the game and was nearly flawless. Her 12 assists are the most by a Cardinal since Marta Sniezek had 13 in the Pac-12 Tournament against Washington on March 4, 2016 and tied for sixth in Stanford single-game history. The only players with more are Sniezek, Jennifer Azzi (twice) and Sonja Henning (twice).
The sophomore didn’t turn the ball over once and, in records dating back to 2002-03, is the fourth in program history to have double-digit assists without a turnover, joining Sniezek in the game against UW, Talana Lepolo against San Diego State on Nov. 7, 2022 (11 assists, 0 turnovers) and Jeanette Pohlen on Jan. 22, 2011 against USC (12 assists, 0 turnovers).
Clardy’s performance is the fourth in the country this season with at least 12 assists without a turnover.
Stanford, which had been 20-of-94 (.213) on 3-pointers in its previous five games, went 10-of-22 (.455) on Thursday and had 21 assists on its 28 made baskets.
The Cardinal led from start to finish and jumped on Syracuse early, taking a 27-13 lead after one quarter. Demetre scored 11 in the opening period and Stanford held the Orange to 13 points on 5-of-19 shooting. Syracuse wouldn’t get within single digits the rest of the way.
Clardy is the only major conference player with a 14-point, 12-assist, five-steal game this season and the first DI player to do it against a Power 4/5 opponent since Colorado's Kennedy Leonard had 14 points, 13 assists and six steals at Washington on Feb. 16, 2018.
In readily available records dating back to 2002-03, she’s the only Stanford player to have that line and just the second ACC player to do it in a league contest along with North Carolina’s Cetera DeGraffenreid against Virginia on Feb. 15, 2010 (21 points, 12 assists, six steals).
The Cardinal returns to action on Sunday, Feb. 16 when it hosts Boston College at 2 p.m. on ACCNX.