Stanford women's basketball rolls past Saint Mary's 87-54 in home opener
Hailee Swain scored a career-high 22 points, and Nora Ezike added 18 as the Cardinal dominated inside at Maples Pavilion.
STANFORD — Stanford beat Saint Mary's 87-54 in women's basketball on Wednesday night, Nov. 4, at Maples Pavilion, according to the official box score. It was the Cardinal's home opener, and 1,900 fans attended.
Hailee Swain scored a career-high 22 points, 16 of them in the first quarter, the school said. Nora Ezike had career highs of 18 points, seven rebounds and four steals on 8-of-10 shooting. Alexandra Eschmeyer scored 16, and Shay Ijiwoye had 11 points, five assists and a career-high six steals.
Inés Sotelo Míguez added six points, a game-high eight rebounds and six assists. Stanford outscored Saint Mary's 50-16 in the paint, 19-1 on fast breaks and 38-9 on points off turnovers, and shot 56.5% from the field. Period scoring was Stanford 25-19-21-22 and Saint Mary's 12-17-16-9.
Stanford is 1-1 and Saint Mary's is 0-1. The game was the Cardinal's first home contest after an 84-69 loss to Arizona in Las Vegas on Monday.
Source: Official box score, Saint Mary's at Stanford (PDF); Stanford game recap; Stanford women's basketball schedule