STANFORD, Calif. – Nunu Agara and Lara Somfai each had double-doubles and Stanford remained unbeaten with a 70-45 victory over UC Davis on Thursday night.
The Cardinal has won its first six games of the season and limited its opponent to fewer than 60 points in all six, the program’s longest stretch holding six consecutive opponents under 60 since Feb. 24 – March 28, 2022.
Stanford came into the game 33rd nationally in field goal percentage defense and forced the Aggies to shot just 22.4 percent from the floor (13-of-58) and 24.1 percent from behind the arc (7-of-29). Before tonight, UC Davis was second nationally in 3-pointers per game (11.8) and 27th in 3-point percentage (.392).
The Cardinal was also dominant on the glass, pulling down 56 rebounds to UC Davis’ 25. Stanford’s 56 boards were its most since grabbing 58 against Hawai’I on Nov. 8, 2023.
Agara led the charge with her second consecutive double-double, going for 16 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. Somfai had 14 points and 12 rebounds for her team-leading third double-double of the year.
Stanford was up just eight midway through the second quarter before going on a 10-0 run to take control. The spurt, which put the Cardinal up 35-17 with just over 90 seconds to go in the half, was a Chloe Clardy fastbreak layup and 3-pointer sandwiched between a Somfai triple and a Courtny Ogden jumper.
Stanford wouldn’t lead by less than 16 the rest of the way and grew an advantage as large as 26 on a pair of Clardy free throws with four seconds to go in the third quarter.
Clardy had 11 to join Agara and Somfai in double figures. The junior has scored at least 10 in all but one game this season and is Stanford’s second-leading scorer, averaging 12.8 points per game.
Agara became the first Cardinal with 16 points and 16 rebounds in a game since Kiki Iriafen in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Iowa State on March 24, 2024 (41 points, 16 rebounds).
Stanford returns to the floor on Sunday, November 23 at 1 p.m. when it hosts Lehigh in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.