Stanford women roll to win over Utah

Stanford completed a triumphant weekend return to Maples Pavilion, and everybody on the roster contributed Sunday afternoon.

Kiana Williams found her shooting stroke early on her way to 13 points and the sixth-ranked Cardinal rolled to their sixth straight win, an 83-41 romp over Utah.

Stanford is 2-0 at Maples since Santa Clara County loosened its health protocols to allow local teams to play at home again.

Haley Jones bounced back from a 2-of-10 shooting performance two days earlier to score 12 points on 6-for-10 from the floor and freshman Cameron Brink also added 12 points as Stanford (17-2, 14-2 Pac-12) finished 52% on field-goal tries. It was the largest margin of victory in 28 meetings between the schools.

All 11 Stanford players scored.

“Yes, Kiana got it going early, Haley got it going early, Cam did some really nice things early for us, but I really think this was about our team depth, and I’m really proud of how they played,” head coach Tara VanDerveer said. “There’s a lot of times where when you sub, things drop off really quickly and you’ve got to sub people back in. I never felt like that was going to happen today.”

Lola Pendande scored 11 points for Utah (5-11, 4-11) with seven of those coming from the foul line. The Utes, coming off a 62-51 win at Cal on Friday, dropped their fourth straight to Stanford.

In a 62-54 win over Colorado on Friday night, Stanford went 0-for-6 from the field over the final 8:53 of the game. The Buffaloes outscored the Cardinal 28-13 in the fourth quarter.

“I was very happy how they responded,” VanDerveer said.

VanDerveer stressed the importance of sustaining energy and effort for 40 minutes, taking better care of the ball and improving shooting — and the Cardinal committed only seven turnovers on a day...