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Cal, Stanford set for rivalry clash after confidence-building upsets
Cal and host Stanford renew their rivalry Saturday following a recent development that gives them more than the Bay Area in common., ,Each program earned a reaffirming home victory over then-No. 14 North Carolina last week, dropping the Tar Heels further in the rankings while also providing both muc...
Stanford F Chisom Okpara (lower extremity) out for the season
Chisom Okpara, Stanford's second-leading scorer with 13.9 points per game, will miss the rest of the season with a lower-extremity injury, the team announced Wednesday.,Okpara, a senior forward and second-year Harvard transfer, sustained the injury in Stanford's Jan. 10 70-55 loss at No. 14 Virginia...
Cameron Boozer, No. 6 Duke dominate Stanford on road
Cameron Boozer scored 30 points, Duke's suffocating defense held Stanford star Ebuka Okorie to nine and the No. 6 Blue Devils completed a San Francisco Bay Area sweep with an 80-50 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball romp over the host Cardinal on Saturday afternoon., ,Boozer completed a doub...
No. 6 Duke-Stanford to showcase pair of freshman stars
No. 6 Duke and Stanford look to complete impressive two-game sweeps when the Atlantic Coast Conference rivals meet in Northern California on Saturday afternoon.,Duke (16-1, 5-0 ACC) tipped off its first-ever ACC trip to the San Francisco Bay Area with a workmanlike 71-56 victory at Cal on Wednesday ...
Ebuka Okorie outduels Caleb Wilson as Stanford knocks off No. 14 UNC
Freshman Ebuka Okorie scored a career-high 36 points on 12-of-20 shooting and added nine assists as host Stanford closed on an 11-3 run to beat No. 14 North Carolina 95-90 on Wednesday.,Stanford (14-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed 87-84 with less than two minutes to play before Jeremy Dent...
No. 14 North Carolina aims for complete effort vs. Stanford
Acceleration has not been a problem for No. 14 North Carolina, but maintaining its maximum speed for an entire contest has become a growing concern.,The Tar Heels (14-2, 2-1 ACC) will look to keep the pedal down throughout the game when they begin a West Coast swing with a meeting against Stanford o...
No. 23 Virginia takes down Stanford, now 10-0 at home
Thijs De Ridder scored 22 points and No. 23 Virginia rolled to a 70-55 victory over cold-shooting Stanford on Saturday in Atlantic Coast Conference action in Charlottesville, Va., ,The Cavaliers (14-2, 3-1) improved to 10-0 at home as De Ridder made 8 of 11 shots from the field and 5 of 5 free throw...
No. 23 Virginia rides depth into clash vs. Ebuka Okorie, Stanford
No. 23 Virginia finds strength in numbers, while Stanford is experiencing success with a "party of one" approach. ,The balanced Cavaliers (13-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) will host freshman sensation Ebuka Okorie and the Cardinal (13-3, 2-1) on Saturday afternoon in Charlottesville, Va.,Malik T...
Ebuka Okorie's 3 caps huge comeback as Stanford downs Virginia Tech
Freshman guard Ebuka Okorie had a finish to remember, draining a long right-wing 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds left to give Stanford a 69-68 win over Virginia Tech in Blacksburg on Wednesday. Okorie had 26 of his 31 points after halftime, leading the Cardinal back from a 13-point deficit with 3:36 to p...
Stanford, Virginia Tech out to build off strong starts
When Virginia Tech hosts Stanford on Wednesday at Blacksburg, Va., there will be plenty in common between the teams.,Both sides enter with 12-3 overall records, while also going 1-1 to open Atlantic Coast Conference play.,Virginia Tech, recipients of two votes in the most recent AP poll, opened ACC ...
Ebuka Okorie nets 28 as Stanford upsets No. 16 Louisville
Ebuka Okorie scored 28 points for host Stanford, which scored its first win over a ranked opponent in more than two years Friday with an 80-76 upset of No. 16 Louisville in an Atlantic Coast Conference showdown., ,Held to just seven points in a disappointing 47-40 loss to Notre Dame on Tuesday, the...
No. 16 Louisville's defense could cause trouble for stagnant Stanford
Louisville will wrap up its California road trip on Friday, looking to start 2-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play as the No. 16 Cardinals square off against the Stanford Cardinal.,The Cardinals (11-2, 1-0 ACC) are coming off one of their better victories of the season, a 90-70 win over Cal that sna...
Notre Dame outlasts Stanford in low-scoring ACC opener
Jalen Haralson had a team-high 13 points as Notre Dame held off host Stanford for a 47-40 win to kick off ACC play on Tuesday night.,Carson Towt posted eight points and a team-leading 10 rebounds for the Fighting Irish (10-4, 1-0), who led by as much as 16 points midway through the second half.,Chis...
Leaning on Ebuka Okorie, Stanford opens ACC play vs. Notre Dame
Ebuka Okorie and Stanford hope to kick off ACC play on a high note as they host Notre Dame on Tuesday.,The Cardinal (11-2) are 7-2 at home this season and currently riding a four-game winning streak. Okorie posted 32 points in a 77-68 win against Colorado on Dec. 20 and had 30 points in an 88-80 vic...
Ebuka Okorie nets 30 as Stanford edges pesky Cal State Northridge
Ebuka Okorie contributed eight of his game-high 30 points to a 13-0 flurry to begin the second half and Stanford completed an 11-win nonconference schedule with an 88-80 victory over visiting Cal State Northridge in men's basketball Saturday night.,Chisom Okpara aided the Stanford cause with 20 poin...
Ebuka Okorie, Stanford aim to stay hot vs. Cal State Northridge
Stanford looks to take a winning streak into the start of Atlantic Coast Conference play when it wraps up the nonconference portion of its schedule against another team on a nice run, Cal State Northridge, on the Cardinal's home court Saturday night.,With home matchups with Notre Dame and No. 16 Lou...
For Stanford and Colorado, fine-tuning details takes center stage
Colorado and Stanford will look to focus on the little details in the first game of the Hall of Fame Series doubleheader in Phoenix on Saturday.,The Cardinal (9-2) have won two straight games -- 86-82 over San Jose State last Saturday and 76-60 over Texas-Arlington on Wednesday -- without leading sc...
Stanford jumps out to big lead, dominates UT Arlington
Benny Gealer and Chisom Okpara led a balanced attack with 17 points apiece and Stanford held visiting Texas-Arlington at arm's length throughout the second half in a 76-60 nonconference victory Wednesday night in Stanford, Calif.,AJ Rohosy added 13 points, Jeremy Dent-Smith 10 and Ryan Agarwal nine ...
Texas-Arlington testing road success in visit to Stanford
Road-tested Texas-Arlington hopes to extend Stanford's recent home-court miseries Wednesday night when the Mavericks and Cardinal duel in a nonconference game in Stanford, Calif.,Texas-Arlington (7-3) has won three of its last four road contests, including beating Texas-Rio Grande Valley 58-50 in it...
AJ Rohosy, Chisom Okpara help Stanford hold on to edge San Jose State
AJ Rohosy and Chisom Okpara each posted 20 points as Stanford held on in the final seconds to beat host San Jose State 86-82 at Provident Credit Union Event Center on Saturday.,Stanford led by as many as 14 points in the second half and led 75-61 with 4:52 left to play, but San Jose State cut the Ca...