Stanford women rout Santa Clara 92-57 NO. 4 STANFORD 92, SANTA CLARA 57

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Santa Clara -- Sophomore point guard Amber Orrange tied a career high with 18 points and dished out six assists to propel the No. 4 Stanford women to a 92-57 victory over Santa Clara on Sunday at the Leavey Center.

Junior forward Chiney Ogwumike's 22 points paced the Cardinal, who moved to 2-0. Stanford faces No. 1 Baylor in Honolulu on Friday.

Turnovers proved the difference in the first half, as the Cardinal carried a 15-point lead to the locker room after scoring 16 points off Santa Clara giveaways. Ogwumike had three of six Stanford steals in that half.

Those turnovers combined with the Cardinal's 64 percent first-half shooting to key a 21-2 run that lasted nearly eight minutes. Stanford opened up a 24-point lead with just more than four minutes to go in the first before the Broncos charged back with a 14-7 run.

Stanford's defense held Santa Clara to eight points in the first 10 minutes of the second half. All told, the Cardinal forced 14 turnovers and held Santa Clara to 37 percent shooting, a defensive effort Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer considered an improvement over what she saw in her team's 11-point win over Fresno State in Friday night's opener.

"I saw more intensity, more aggressiveness. We still have a long way to go," VanDerveer said.

Senior forward Joslyn Tinkle provided Stanford's offensive spark in the second half, scoring 11 of her 19 points after the break. Freshman Kiran Lakhian, who scored her first collegiate points with a bucket in the final minute of the win, was one of 11 Stanford scorers. Lakhian and classmates Diane Ebersole and Tess Picknell made their collegiate debuts for the Cardinal. VanDerveer used 13 players, 10 for double-digit minutes.

Senior forward Lindsay Leo led the way for Santa Clara with 16 points on 7-for-11 shooting. Classmate Megan Fulps, a preseason All-WCC choice, added 14, including three three-pointers. Fulps finished the game one point shy of 1,000 for her career.