Stanford women’s basketball (1-1, 0-0 ACC) won 84-57 against St. Mary’s College of California (0-1, 0-0 Western Athletic) at Maples Pavilion on Wednesday. The Cardinal took an early 25-11 first-quarter lead and stayed ahead throughout, marking the women’s basketball team’s 28th consecutive home-opener win. 

The victory comes just two days after an 84-69 loss to the University of Arizona (1-0, 0-0 Big East) in Stanford’s 2026-27 regular-season opener at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. 

“I was extremely proud of our team and our resilience,” head coach Kate Paye said during the postgame press conference. “We do not like how we played on Monday, [but] our team stuck together [and] they worked really hard in the 48 hours plus between the two games to make changes.” 

Several Cardinal women achieved career-bests in the game against St. Mary’s. Sophomore guard Hailee Swain scored 22 total points — 16 of which were in the first quarter — outdoing her 21 points against Arizona on Monday. Sophomore forward Nora Ezike achieved career highs in points, rebounds and steals, with 18, seven and four, respectively, in Wednesday’s game against St. Mary’s.

Junior forward Inés Sotelo Míguez was Stanford’s top performer for rebounds (eight) and assists (six), the latter of which is two more than her previous best of four assists in a single game. Junior guard Shay Ijiwoye took eight fouls, but also performed a career-high six steals, the most since Lexie Hull ’22 in an NCAA Tournament game four years ago. Sophomore forward/guard Alexandra Eschmeyer and junior center Kennedy Umeh also achieved personal bests, with Eschmeyer accomplishing a single-game high for makes and Umeh executing three assists.

Stanford women’s basketball plays again at Maples Pavilion at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8, against the University of California, Davis.