Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Stanford edges No. 19 Utah

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[January 13, 2024] Kiki Iriafen scored 25 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead No. 8 Stanford to a 66-64 win over No. 19 Utah on Friday in Salt Lake City.
 
 The Cardinal (15-1, 4-0 Pac-12) led 65-60 after Iriafen sank 1 of 2 free throws with 2:51 to go.  

 

Utah's Alissa Pili followed with the next four points, getting the hosts within a point with 54 seconds left.

Stanford subsequently committed two turnovers and Utah lost the ball once before the Cardinal's Talana Lepolo split a pair at the foul line with two seconds remaining. Pili was unsuccessful on a 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

Hannah Jump finished with 12 points for Stanford, which won its seventh game in a row.

Pili scored a team-high 16 points for Utah (11-5, 1-3), which fell for the third time in four games. Jenna Johnson added 15 points, and Ines Vieira and Matyson Wilke each had 11 points.

No. 5 Colorado 76, Cal 61

Aaronette Vonleh put up 19 points and Quay Miller logged a double-double as the Buffaloes handled the Golden Bears in Boulder, Colo.

Miller produced 12 points and 12 rebounds as Colorado (14-1, 4-0 Pac-12) notched its eighth win in a row.

Marta Suarez amassed 14 points and nine rebounds for Cal (12-4, 2-2), which had won five of its previous six games. Ioanna Krimili and Kemery Martin each scored 11 points, and Leilani McIntosh and McKayla Williams wound up with 10 points apiece.

Cal led by four points before the Buffaloes scored the final 10 points of the first quarter. The margin reached 11 points in the second quarter, and the Golden Bears never drew closer than four points in the second half.

--Field Level Media

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