Box Score STANFORD, Calif. – Santa Clara women's basketball fell at Stanford on Thursday night by a final of 79-58. The Broncos (1-1) took the lead in the third quarter but the Cardinal (2-0) got hot from behind the arc after that and pulled away in the end.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Four free throws for Stanford started the scoring but Santa Clara came right back with an 8-0 run. The Cardinal responded with an 11-2 run to retake the lead and held a 17-12 advantage after the first quarter, with nine of the points coming from the charity stripe. The Broncos were just 4-of-16 from the field in the period.
• Stanford scored the first seven of the second half to get out front by 12 and after Santa Clara cut into the lead, back-to-back buckets by the Cardinal made it 28-17. Maia Jones took over and scored the next seven points and Ava Schmidt capped a 10-0 run with a 3-pointer to make it a one-point game. Stanford scored the final five of the half and went into the locker room up 33-27.
• Santa Clara took the lead at the 7:23 mark with a 7-0 run but an 11-2 Cardinal run followed that saw the Broncos down 46-38. Stanford then connected on three 3-pointers in a row to grow the lead out to 15 points before a pair of free throws by Ashley Hawkins to end the period made it a 55-42 game headed to the fourth.
• The Broncos cut the deficit to single digits with back-to-back buckets midway through the fourth but that was as close as they got, scoring just four points and making one field goal the rest of the way. Stanford used a 12-2 run to close out the game and put some distance in the final score.

 
NOTABLE:

• Santa Clara finished the game at 33.3-percent (20-of-60) from the field and went 7-of-22 from downtown. The Broncos were also 11-for-16 from the free throw line.
• Maia Jones led Santa Clara with 16 points and Schmidt scored 11 in her Santa Clara debut. Hawkins scored nine and had five assists to go with five rebounds. Sophie Glancey, who played just eight minutes in the first half due to foul trouble and an injury, finished with nine points and a team-best six boards.
• Santa Clara limited the turnovers with just nine on the night while forcing 14.
• Stanford shot 41.9-percent (26-of-62) from the floor and were 11-of-22 from deep, including 9-of-12 in the second half. The Cardinal went 16-of-22 from the charity stripe.
• Six players scored in double figures with Talana Lepolo's 16 pacing the team. Lara Somfai (14 points/13 rebounds) and Alexandra Eschmeyer (11 points/12 rebounds) both had double-doubles and Nunu Agara (13 points/9 rebounds) just missed.

 
POSTGAME COMMENTS:
 

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— Santa Clara Women's Basketball (@Santaclarawbb) November 7, 2025

NEXT UP

• The Broncos play at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Tuesday at 5 p.m. Pacific.