Hailee Swain scored 22 points and Stanford pulled away for a 66-55 win over Santa Clara at Leavey Center on Friday night.
Swain, a sophomore guard, has topped 20 points in each of the Cardinal’s four games this season. Friday, she did so by sinking 9 of 19 shots while playing 39 minutes. She got offensive help from Nora Ezike (19 points) and Shay Ijiwoye (11) as the Cardinal improved to 32-5 against Santa Clara all-time.
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Stanford (3-1) took the lead for good with an 8-0 run to end the third quarter, then led by as many as 14 in the fourth quarter.
For Santa Clara (3-1), Sophie Glancey scored 17 points, Aniya Hooker had 12 and Ava Schmidt 11.
Hawaii 93, St. Mary’s 89: NaTallia Urlacher 26 points and the Gaels (1-3) built a double-digit lead in the first half, but St. Mary’s fell to the Rainbow Wahine (1-2) in triple overtime in Honolulu.
Niveya Henley scored 19 points, Lucy Aherne added 18 and Abigail Shoff 10 for St. Mary’s.
Hawaii forced the first overtime with a late 3-pointer in regulation, sent the game to a second overtime with a layup at the first overtime buzzer and tied it again with the last basket of the second overtime.
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Ritorya Tamilo scored 24 points to lead the Rainbow Wahine.
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UNLV 76, Stanford 68: Austin Maurer scored 20 points and the Cardinal (3-1) erased an 18-point first-half deficit to tie the score in the second half before falling to the Runnin’ Rebels (3-0) in Las Vegas.
After Stanford tied it, UNLV prevented the Cardinal from taking a lead and led by six with about two minutes left. Aziz Olajuwon then gave Stanford hope with a 3-pointer to cut the Cardinal deficit 69-66, but Isaac Williamson answered with a 3 that kept the Rebels in control.
Julius Price had 16 points and Nick Townsend scored 11 for the Cardinal. Cam Miles scored 17 points, Tyrin Jones had 16 points and Sebastian Mack added 15 for UNLV.
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St. Mary’s 84, Illinois-Chicago 61: Darius Bivins scored 20 points and the host Gaels (3-1) built an 18-point halftime lead en route to a convincing victory over the Flames (3-1).
St. Mary’s, coming off a one-point overtime loss to Nevada, pushed away from a 17-17 tie with a 14-2 run in the first half. The Gaels led 42-24 at halftime and maintained a lead of at least 18 points throughout the second half.
Mantas Juzenas had a double-double for St. Mary’s with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Vangelis Zougris added 12 points.
Former Stanford guard Benny Gealer led Illinois-Chicago with 18 points.
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This article originally published at College basketball roundup: Stanford women top Santa Clara; St. Mary’s men top Illinois-Chicago.
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