THE GAME: Stanford hosts UC Davis on Sunday, November 8 at 2 p.m. Tim Swartz and Mary Murphy have the call on ACCNX and Kevin Danna will handle radio on GoStanford.com, the Stanford Athletics app and Learfield’s Varsity Network.
THE RUNDOWN: During the nonconference, Stanford will play five Power 4 opponents and five true road games, the only Power 4 school to hit both of those marks ... The Cardinal's five Power 4 opponents in the nonconference trails only South Carolina (8), Oklahoma (6), USC (6) and UCLA (6) ... Stanford's 12-person roster includes four freshmen, four sophomores and four juniors ... The Cardinal is one of three Power 4 programs without a senior or fifth-year on its roster along with Boston College and BYU ... Stanford returns 25.8 percent of its scoring, 22.4 percent of its rebounding and 29.9 percent of its minutes from a season ago ... Hailee Swain scored 21 against Arizona and a career-high 22 against Saint Mary's, and is the first Stanford guard with back-to-back 20-point games since Kiana Williams in March 2021 ... Seven newcomers are on the roster in 2026-27, including transfers Ilse de Vries, Inés Sotelo Míguez and Charlotte Tuhy ... de Vries (Netherlands) and Sotelo Míguez (Spain) are the first Dutch and Spanish players in program history ... On Halloween night, Ashten Prechtel won a WNBA championship with the Golden State Valkyries, becoming Stanford’s eighth WNBA champion all-time and first since Nneka Ogwumike with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2016 ... Prechtel, a 2021 NCAA champion with the Cardinal, joins Sonja Henning, a 1990 national champion, as Stanford alumnae to win both NCAA and WNBA titles ... Henning won her pro championship with the Houston Comets in 1999.
VS. UC DAVIS: Stanford is 19-7 all-time against UC Davis and 16-1 on The Farm. All seven of the Cardinal’s losses in the series came in its early years, as the Aggies won seven of the first eight from 1974-78. Since Davis’ last win on Feb. 7, 1978, Stanford has won 18 straight by an average of more than 27 points per game. UC Davis is in its first season in the Mountain West. Stanford has won 16 in a row against Mountain West opponents, its last loss coming to BYU on November 13, 2006, 55-52. The Aggies are coming off a 76-72 loss at Eastern Washington on Friday afternoon in which they tied a school record by hitting 17 3-pointers.
HOME OPENING RECAP »
- Hailee Swain scored 22, Nora Ezike added 18 and Stanford picked up its first win of the season in its home opener, beating Saint Mary’s 87-54 on Wednesday night.
- Swain’s 22 points were a personal best, eclipsing the 21 she had Monday against Arizona. She’s the first Stanford guard with back-to-back 20-point games since Kiana Williams scored that many in three straight against Oregon State (20), UCLA (26) and Utah Valley (20) in March 2021 and the first Stanford guard to start a season with 20+ in each of the first two games of a season since Lili Thompson scored 26, 24 and 28 in the first three in 2014-15.
- Ezike had career highs in points (18), rebounds (7) and steals (4) and was 8-of-10 from the floor. She's the first Stanford player with 18 points, seven rebounds and four steals since Cameron Brink at Washington State on February 11, 2024 (21 points, 11 rebounds, five steals) and is the 19th Cardinal player with that line in records dating back to 2002-03. Others on the list are Brink, Lexie Hull, Alanna Smith (2x), Brittany McPhee, Erica McCall (2x), Chiney Ogwumike (4x), Nneka Ogwumike, Jayne Appel, Candice Wiggins and Nicole Powell (4x).
- Shay Ijiwoye had six of Stanford's 16 steals, the program's most in a game since Lexie Hull also had six in the NCAA Tournament against Kansas on March 20, 2022.
- Stanford forced Saint Mary's into 25 turnovers and scored 38 points off those giveaways. The Gaels turned it over on 33 percent of their possessions and 35 of the Cardinal's 87 points came within 20 seconds of a Saint Mary's turnover.
- Stanford's 22 assists were more than it had in any game last season.
EARLY OPPORTUNITIES »
- During the nonconference, Stanford will play five Power 4 opponents and five true road games, the only Power 4 school to hit both of those marks.
- The Cardinal is tied with Louisville and Tennessee for the most nonconference true road games among Power 4 schools (5) and its five Power 4 opponents in the nonconference trails only South Carolina (8), Oklahoma (6), USC (6) and UCLA (6).
- The average Power 4 program plays just 1.87 true road games and 3.01 Power 4 opponents during the nonconference portion of its schedule.
YOUNG & HUNGRY »
- Hailee Swain’s one word to describe the upcoming season when asked at ACC Tipoff: ‘hungry.’
- Stanford's 12-person roster includes four freshmen, four sophomores and four juniors.
- The Cardinal is one of three Power 4 programs without a senior or fifth year on its roster along with Boston College and BYU.
STRONG WNBA LEGACY »
- It was yet another incredible year for Cardinal women’s basketball alumnae in the WNBA. Madame President, Nneka Ogwumike, was enthusiastically celebrated over the final month of the season after announcing her retirement on August 19, and Ashten Prechtel ’23 and Nadia Fingall ’20 both made their WNBA debuts for the Golden State Valkyries, upping Stanford’s total of WNBA pros to 36.
- Prechtel, who occupied one of the Valkyries' player development roster spots, is Stanford’s eighth WNBA champion, joining Nneka Ogwumike (Los Angeles Sparks, 2016), Jeanette Pohlen (Indiana Fever, 2012), Candice Wiggins (Minnesota Lynx, 2011), Brooke Smith (Phoenix Mercury, 2009), Nicole Powell (Sacramento Monarchs, 2005), Olympia Scott (Phoenix Mercury, 2007; Sacramento Monarchs, 2005) and Sonja Henning (Houston Comets, 1999). She joins Sonja Henning, a 1990 national champion, as Stanford alumnae to win both NCAA and WNBA titles.
- Fingall was waived by the Valkyries in late September before the start of the playoffs so that she could join her team in Spain, Zaragoza, before the start of their season on October 4.
- In total, nine Cardinal played in the WNBA this season - Cameron Brink (Los Angeles Sparks), Nadia Fingall (Golden State Valkyries), Lexie Hull (Indiana Fever), Haley Jones (Portland Fire, Dallas Wings), Nneka Ogwumike (Los Angeles Sparks), Ashten Prechtel (Golden State Valkyries), Karlie Samuelson (Portland Fire), Alanna Smith (Dallas Wings) and Kiana Williams (Phoenix Mercury, Los Angeles Sparks, Toronto Tempo).