Jump, Jones lead the way as Stanford women romp
Hannah Jump scored 21 points, Haley Jones added 11 and a season-high 18 rebounds and fourthranked Stanford defeated No. 24 Colorado 62-49 on Sunday afternoon at Maples Pavilion.
“I’m playing with confidence,” Jump said. “I think I have the confidence of all my teammates and my coaches so every time I shoot, I know that’s what they want me to do.”
Cameron Brink scored 14 points for her 13th straight game in double figures. She also had six of the Cardinal’s seasonhigh 14 blocks.
“I think our defense was spot-on,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. “To hold them to 49 points, and one quarter they scored seven and (another) they scored eight, that’s great defense. Now do we want to score more? Yes, we do. And do we want to move the ball better? Yes, we do.”
Jaylyn Sherrod led Colorado with 16 points and three steals. Quay Miller had 14 points and nine rebounds and Aaronette Vonleh added 13 points and 10 boards as the Buffaloes saw their seven-game win streak end.
Stanford (19-2, 7-1 Pac-12) used a 12-0 run in the first quarter to surge to a 16-4 lead. Colorado (15-4, 6-2) cut the lead to 10 in the fourth quarter after trailing by as many as 17.
The Cardinal gained a major advantage at the free-throw line, making 17 of 22 attempts compared to the Buffaloes’ 6-for-16 rate.
“We were really good defensively,” Colorado coach JR Payne said. “We just couldn’t score the ball. It’s hard to score against them. We’ve got to be able to find a way to get cleaner looks consistently.”
Stanford won its 19th straight home conference game and held its 22nd consecutive Pac-12 opponent under 70 points. The Cardinal have not allowed more than 77 points since the 2019-20 season.
#8 Utah 87, Cal 62: Alissa Pili and Gianna Kneepkens each scored 20 points to lead the Utes (16-2, 6-2 Pac-12) past the Bears (10-9, 1-7) in Berkeley.
Kneepkens hit 4 of 5 3point attempts and had 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the season. Jenna Johnson added 15 points for Utah, which bounced back from Friday’s 74-62 loss at Stanford.
The Utes led by double digits after each quarter and rode a big third to the win, outscoring the Bears 30-19 on 65% shooting from the field.
Jayda Curry had 15 points and eight assists for Cal. Leilani McIntosh added 10 points, and Kemery Martin and Evelien Lutje Schipholt had nine apiece.
The Bears have lost five straight games, four of which have come against ranked opponents.
Men
Oregon State 68, Cal 48: Jordan Pope scored 19 points and Dexter Akanno added 16 as the Beavers (8-12, 2-7 Pac-12) beat the host Bears (3-17, 2-7).
Glenn Taylor Jr. added 11 points for Oregon State, which was 13-for-24 from beyond the arc.
Kuany Kuany scored 15 points for Cal, which made only 4 of 23 shots in the first half and trailed 27-15 at the break.
“I’m extremely disappointed in our inability to establish any kind of defense that we can rely on,” Cal head coach Mark Fox said. “We gave up 50% shooting in both halves, 50% 3-point shooting in both halves, and have no chance to win playing defense like that.”
“Our defense didn’t show up for the majority of the game,” added Kuany.