No. 1 Stanford women topple No. 11 Oregon
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – Haley Jones had 18 points and six rebounds, and No. 1Stanford used an explosive third quarter to beat No. 11 Oregon 70-63 on Friday. The Cardinal were playing in Northern California for the first time in nearly a month.
Francesca Belibi’s three-point play with 17 seconds remaining in the third capped a second decisive 9-0 run that period by the short-handed Cardinal (10-0, 7-0 Pac-12). Stanford’s run spanning the final two quarters reached 13-0 before Sydney Parrish’s three-point play at 7:48 of the fourth.
Oregon (8-2, 6-2) lost again after it fell out of the top-10 with a home defeat to UCLA that ended the Ducks’ nation’s best 27-game winning streak. The Ducks had won the past three with Stanford but have never beaten a topranked team.
Parrish led Oregon with 14 points as the teams played at Kaiser Permanente Arena, home of the Golden State Warriors’ G League affiliate. Stanford played in Northern California for the first time since a win at rival California in Berkeley on Dec. 13, and the Cardinal haven’t been able to play or practice on campus since Santa Clara County’s restrictions on sports came down Nov. 28 and the team left town Dec. 2.
Oregon’s Maddie Scherr swished a long 3 at the first-quarter buzzer for a 20-16 Oregon lead, and the Cardinal trailed at halftime for the first time all season down 33-32.
The Ducks lost for just the second time in the last seven meetings in the series after beating the Cardinal three times in 2019-20 – including a 89-56 rout in the Pac-12 tournament title game – but Oregon has never won four in a row against Stanford.
Oregon junior transfer Taylor Mikesell was held to six points on 3-for-12 shooting and missed all three of her 3point attempts.
Jones, the Pac-12 rebounding leader, also had two of her team’s six steals. Senior point guard Kiana Williams struggled with her shot to finish 3 of 13 for 13 points, missing all six from deep, but converted 8 of 9 free throws.
Anna Wilson added 11 points and nine rebounds for the Cardinal.