The unranked Washington Huskies upset No. 2 Stanford 72-67 at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on Sunday. Here’s what you need to know:
- Stanford entered the Pac-12 matchup riding a five-game win streak but left Seattle with its third loss of the season.
- Washington guard Elle Ladine led the Huskies with 21 points off the bench, obliterating her previous career high of 10 points.
- The Huskies entered the matchup sitting ninth in the Pac-12 and improved to 13-9 with the victory.
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Backstory
Stanford stumbled against USC on Jan. 15 but seemed to get back in the groove with a string of wins over conference foes including Utah, Oregon State and Oregon. The Cardinal outperformed the Huskies in field goal shooting (48 percent to Washington’s 43.1 percent), 3-pointers (43.8 percent to 30 percent) and free throws (92.3 percent to 76.2 percent) but came up short after allowing Washington to score 30 points in the second quarter Sunday.
Haley Jones led Stanford with 18 points, four rebounds and seven assists while Brooke Demetre also contributed 15 points, four rebounds and two assists off the bench.
In addition to Ladine’s explosive performance, Huskies forwards Dalayah Daniels and Haley Van Dyke tallied 15 and 14 points, respectively. Van Dyke led the team with…
