"This is a challenge for our team to be road warriors and get ready for whatever team we're playing," Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer said. "We have confidence in our ability to be successful anywhere we play. We're excited about going on the road."

Stanford gets one chance at both teams this season. There won't be any rematch unless it's in the conference tournament.

The victory sets up what could become the defining week of the season for the Cardinal. Stanford (14-8, 8-2) visits No. 17 Oregon State (16-5, 7-3) on Friday at 6 p.m. and No. 7 Oregon (20-3, 9-1) at noon Sunday.

Brittany McPhee, Alanna Smith, Kiana Williams and Marta Sniezek combined to make seven 3-pointers in the first quarter and Stanford made a total of 14 3-pointers that helped it run away from the visiting Wildcats, 79-42, in a Pac-12 Conference women's basketball contest.

Stanford hosted a 'three' party Sunday evening and it was a huge success. Arizona's problem was not getting close enough to the punch bowl to have any fun.

All of Stanford's seven made field goals in the first quarter against Arizona were from behind the arc and the Cardinal raced out to a 22-10 lead. Stanford was 7-of-12 from long distance in the period and 0-of-4 from two-point range.

"Everyone has been playing well and contributing," Williams said. "The overall team confidence we have, I think is going to help us on the road."

Stanford enters the week in a second-place tie with UCLA, a game behind the Ducks and a game ahead of the Beavers. They will be the 10th and 11th nationally-ranked teams the Cardinal play this season.

"We're looking forward to playing Oregon, Oregon State," VanDerveer said. "We know we're going to have to work hard and take care of the ball."

Oregon State and Oregon are easily the top two offenses in the Pac-12, ranking 1-2 in scoring offense, 3-pointers made, scoring margin, assists, field goal percentage and 3-point field goal percentage. Both teams are also 5-0 at home in conference play.

Williams had a season-high seven assists and did not turn it over. Stanford's starting five didn't turn the ball over and combined for 15 assists. The Cardinal assisted on 27 of its 30 made baskets, its highest total since it had 28 on 40 field goals in a win at Arizona on Jan. 17, 2014.

Stanford ended the half on a 15-0 run that was punctuated when Williams stole a ball and pushed it ahead to DiJonai Carrington for the breakaway layup as the buzzer sounded.

The Cardinal defense held to an overall .278 shooting percentage. Stanford limited Arizona to six second-quarter points and kept pouring it on offensively.

Longtime associate head coach Amy Tucker was honored pregame for her 32 seasons on the bench at Stanford. She transitioned into an administrative role with the program last April.

Dodson made three consecutive layups late in the third quarter, though the period belonged to Smith, who scored 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting. She scored Stanford's first 10 points in the first three minutes and 30 seconds of the second half on two 3-pointers and two layups and followed up Dodson's six-point burst with another layup.

"We did a good job of switching, getting on the glass and just working hard on every possession to make sure every shot was hard for them," Dodson said.

Carrington scored just two, but affected the game in a myriad of other ways, grabbing seven rebounds, handing out five assists and collecting three steals. Maya Dodson also came off the bench and had 10 points and five rebounds in 18 minutes.

Stanford women take the long view in Pac-12 hoops win