Cardinal Beats Cal – Stanford University Athletics

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Haley Jones and Hannah Jump, Stanford’s two stars who share the same initials. Together they dismantled rival California.

“In the first half we did a good job on Hannah, but Haley was killing us,” Golden Bears coach Charmin Smith said.

Then, Jump more than did her part after intermission.

Jones hit her initial six shots and scored 21 points on 10-of-14 shooting to go with 10 rebounds and four assists, leading No. 2 Stanford past Cal 90-69 on Friday in the Pac-12 Conference opener for both schools.

Jump knocked down five 3-pointers on the way to 17 points to emphatically bounce back after missing all five of her tries from long range in Tuesday’s 72-59 home win against No. 21 Creighton. It was her first game without making a 3 since an NCAA Tournament Elite Eight game vs. Texas last March.

“It’s really great for our team to be able to have different people who can step up on any given day who are ready when their number’s called,” Stanford senior Francesca Belibi said. “That makes it hard for other teams to guard us because you never really know who’s going to be the one to step up on any given day. We’re always excited for each other.”

Cameron Brink had 11 points, five rebounds and two blocks while Kiki Iriafen added nine points and seven boards for Stanford (13-1, 1-0 Pac-12). Freshman 6-foot-7 center Lauren Betts also scored nine points as…