It didn’t take much for the Cardinal to tame the Wildcats.

Freshman forward Kayla Pedersen and sophomore center Jayne Appel led No. 7 Stanford (15-3, 5-2 Pac-10) to an easy 89-64 win over unranked Arizona in Tucson last night.

Pedersen scored a career high 22 points on 8-for-10 shooting and added nine rebounds for the Cardinal. Appel added a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, and five Cardinal players reached double figures.

Senior guard Candice Wiggins went 8-for-18 for 19 points, and sophomore guard J.J. Hones and junior forward Morgan Clyburn came off the bench to score 11 and 10 points, respectively. Hones was 3-for-5 from behind the arc, and also had a team-high six assists and two steals.

The Cardinal offense was nothing short of extraordinary: Stanford shot a remarkable 60.7 percent for the game, including 44.4 percent shooting from three-point range. On defense, the Cardinal held the Wildcats to a poor 37.3 shooting clip.

Ashley Whisonant led the Wildcats (6-11, 0-6) with 17 points and four assists. Tara Dickey shot 3-for-4 from three-point range, adding 14 points for Arizona. Ify Ibekwe had nine rebounds off the bench for the Wildcats, but, like so many of her teammates, had little success from the field; she went 2-for-8.

Both teams struggled with ball control: Stanford had an uncharacteristic 12 turnovers, although Arizona had 15 of their own. But that was the only blemish on the Cardinal’s night: the team led in nearly every statistical category, and had little problem dispensing of the Wildcats.

Wiggins’ jumper just over four minutes into the game put the Cardinal up 8-6, and Stanford never looked back. By halftime, they were leading 43-30. A Wildcat comeback attempt midway through the second half cut Stanford’s lead to 14, but two quick inside baskets stopped Arizona’s surge and cemented the Cardinal victory.

With the win, Stanford extended its winning streak to three games and seems to have recovered from unexpected back-to-back losses to UCLA and USC in the first weekend of the new year. Arizona remained winless in Pac-10 play.

Stanford continues its trip through the desert on Sunday against No. 25 Arizona State, a more formidable opponent than their in-state counterparts. The Sun Devils (11-6, 5-1), were riding a five-game winning streak before tonight’s loss to No. 8 California.

ASU has a balanced offensive attack which shoots 44.1 percent from the field and averages nearly 67 points per contest. Forward Lauren Lacey and guard Briann January lead the Sun Devils at 12.6 and 11.8 points per game, respectively. Lacey also leads ASU in rebounding, while January is the team leader in assists and steals.

The Cardinal, who has towered over some of its previous opponents, will have no significant size advantage over ASU. Pedersen and Appel both stand at 6-foot-4 inches, but the two ASU post starters, Lacey and center Sybil Dotsy, measure in at 6-foot-3 inches. Occasional starter Kirsten Thompson, who stands at 6-foot-6 inches, will be the tallest player on the court.

But none of the Sun Devils have the defensive presence of Appel, and both the sophomore center and Pedersen are more efficient rebounders and scorers than the ASU post players.

The Cardinal may have to rely on its forwards and centers again: while Wiggins is one of the premier players in women’s basketball, she will be matched up against January, one of the most tenacious on-ball defenders in the Pac-10.

Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on Fox Sports Net.