STANFORD, Calif. — No. 8 Stanford saw five players score in double figures, led by 21 from Kiki Irafen, to help the Cardinal defeat Oregon Friday night 88-63 at Maples Pavilion.
After the Cardinal raced out to a 20-0 lead in the first six minutes of the game, Oregon responded 13 unanswered points of its own and finished the quarter on a 15-5 run. The Ducks trimmed Stanford’s lead to just five points on a Sofia Bell 3-pointer midway through the second quarter before seeing the Cardinal close the half by scoring 12 straight.
“You spot a good team like Stanford 20 points at home, you’re in trouble,” said UO head coach Kelly Graves. “We were playing uphill the whole time, but I thought we handled that and made a couple runs of our own and got back into it. I thought the last three minutes of the first half and the first few minutes of the second half really were the difference.
“There were some positives tonight. We battled as best we could, I thought we were okay on the boards and took care of the ball relatively well. They got hot and Kiki (Iriafen) was a load inside.”
Chance Gray led the Ducks with 19 points and five assists. Gray knocked down 3-of-5 3-point attempts,…
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