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The 6th-ranked Duke Blue Devils (16-1, 5-0 ACC) took care of business in Berkeley on Wednesday night, and next they'll visit the 7,000-seat Maples Pavilion, the home court of the Stanford Cardinal (14-4, 3-2 ACC). The game tips off Saturday at 3pm local time, or 6pm Eastern, to watch or stream on the ACC Network (streaming link, listen, live stats).
Stanford also won on Wednesday night, narrowly getting past UNC in a defensive slugfest (95-90: recap, box score, highlights, presser). The Cardinal are now 2-0 against the Tar Heels in conference play.
Ebuka Okorie established a school freshman scoring record with 36 points, fueling Stanford past No. 14/15 North Carolina 95-90 on Wednesday night at Maples Pavilion.
Okorie, who entered the game ranked eighth nationally in scoring, was once again the most dominant player on the floor. Producing his fourth 30-point outing over the last seven games, Okorie finished 12-20 from the field and 9-11 from the foul line while dishing out a season-high nine assists in 36 minutes. The 36 points are tied for 15th most in a game in program history.
Ryan Agarwal (7-11 FG) and Jeremy Dent-Smith (7-8 FG) both added 20 points, combining to make 13 three-pointers on 16 attempts and powering Stanford’s 16-28 performance from beyond the arc. Agarwal's mark was career-high, while Dent-Smith's total was a Division-I high in a Stanford uniform. The 16 made 3-pointers are tied for second-most in a single game in program history.
Head coach Kyle Smith: "That was a really great environment. It's great to see Maples so loud and passionate... we're selling these recruits on playing in the ACC. We're going to play teams like this... the guys want to match up and see what they can do against the best.
Maybe this will go viral: when I got to center court, I was trying to coach up the students on what we were chanting, and I went right to Revenge of the Nerds: 'Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!' Aidan [redshirt sophomore post player Aidan Cammann] jumped in naturally. It was real easy for Aidan to jump in there with me, so we got that going, and it was fun. It's more fun to watch these guys. I've had my moments, but it's really neat to see these guys grow and have success."
Keep in mind that the Cardinal now have home wins over Louisville and UNC (but also have home losses to Seattle, UNLV, and Notre Dame). I'll have more to say about them later, but for now, discuss Saturday's game here.
The 6th-ranked Duke Blue Devils (16-1, 5-0 ACC) took care of business in Berkeley on Wednesday night, and next they'll visit the 7,000-seat Maples Pavilion, the home court of the Stanford Cardinal (14-4, 3-2 ACC). The game tips off Saturday at 3pm local time, or 6pm Eastern, to watch or stream on the ACC Network (streaming link, listen, live stats).
Stanford also won on Wednesday night, narrowly getting past UNC in a defensive slugfest (95-90: recap, box score, highlights, presser). The Cardinal are now 2-0 against the Tar Heels in conference play.
Ebuka Okorie established a school freshman scoring record with 36 points, fueling Stanford past No. 14/15 North Carolina 95-90 on Wednesday night at Maples Pavilion.
Okorie, who entered the game ranked eighth nationally in scoring, was once again the most dominant player on the floor. Producing his fourth 30-point outing over the last seven games, Okorie finished 12-20 from the field and 9-11 from the foul line while dishing out a season-high nine assists in 36 minutes. The 36 points are tied for 15th most in a game in program history.
Ryan Agarwal (7-11 FG) and Jeremy Dent-Smith (7-8 FG) both added 20 points, combining to make 13 three-pointers on 16 attempts and powering Stanford’s 16-28 performance from beyond the arc. Agarwal's mark was career-high, while Dent-Smith's total was a Division-I high in a Stanford uniform. The 16 made 3-pointers are tied for second-most in a single game in program history.
Head coach Kyle Smith: "That was a really great environment. It's great to see Maples so loud and passionate... we're selling these recruits on playing in the ACC. We're going to play teams like this... the guys want to match up and see what they can do against the best.
Maybe this will go viral: when I got to center court, I was trying to coach up the students on what we were chanting, and I went right to Revenge of the Nerds: 'Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!' Aidan [redshirt sophomore post player Aidan Cammann] jumped in naturally. It was real easy for Aidan to jump in there with me, so we got that going, and it was fun. It's more fun to watch these guys. I've had my moments, but it's really neat to see these guys grow and have success."
Keep in mind that the Cardinal now have home wins over Louisville and UNC (but also have home losses to Seattle, UNLV, and Notre Dame). I'll have more to say about them later, but for now, discuss Saturday's game here.
