STANFORD — All is well with Stanford’s women’s basketball, at least for one game.
In new head coach Kate Paye’s long-awaited first game in charge of the Cardinal, Stanford looked nervous for a quarter. But not after that.
Despite leading lowly Le Moyne just 16-10 after the first 10 minutes, Stanford caught fire in the second quarter, scoring 34 points and finishing the half at 57.1% from 3-point range. The Cardinal were never threatened the rest of the way, and the Paye era began with a breezy 107-43 win.
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Paye took over in April for Tara VanDerveer, who led Stanford’s bench for nearly four decades. But Paye looked comfortable filling the shoes of her mentor, whom she served under as an assistant coach for 17 seasons and eight Final Four runs.
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