Cardinal harvest a win

The Cardinal started out slow and careless tonight against the Aggies, who are a very quick team with excellent passing and aggressive defense. It was neck and neck for about the first eight minutes. Then Sara sank a couple of threes, and the Cardinal settled down and overwhelmed the Aggies with their superior size and skill to a 93-44 victory.

Joslyn had a splendid game. She scored a career-high 19 points on 88% shooting! She also grabbed nine rebounds (two O-boards), had three assists with zero turnovers and stole the ball once. She played like the Third Sister with her strong offensive and defensive play in the paint.

The other two sisters were just as effective. Nneka scored 20 points on 70% shooting and six of seven free throws and had nine rebounds with five O-boards. Chiney scored 18 points (including four of six free throws), had nine rebounds with six O-boards, a block and a steal.

The Cardinal were hot beyond the arc tonight. They made 44% of their three-point attempts. Bonnie led the way with five (of eight). Sara had two and Taylor, Toni, Amber and Joslyn each had one.

The Aggies are noted for their thievery, but the Cardinal out-stole them seven to three — Bonnie had two and Taylor, Chiney, Toni, Sara and Joslyn each had one.

Here are game reports:

• No. 5 Stanford Routs UC Davis, 93-44 by Janie McCauley (Associated Press)
• Stanford women dominate UC Davis by Tom FitzGerald (San Francisco Chronicla)
• WBB looked very good tonight 93-44 from (The CARDboard
• Freshmen perform well in Stanford women's rout of UC Davis by Jake Curtis

The box score and play-by-play,

The game highlights video,

A postgame interview of Sara James,

A gallery of photos by Rick Bale (Stanford Photo),

And more photos by Marcio Jose Sanchez (Associated Press):

Bonnie launches one of her eight threes Nneka goes up for a shot Chiney rises above the opposition Toni steals the ball Jasmine drives Nneka grabs a rebound