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Bay Area Battle

Stanford (5-6) vs. San Francisco (6-3)
Sunday, Dec. 17 • 3:00 p.m. PT
Maples Pavilion • Stanford, Calif.
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STANFORD, Calif. – While playing four of its next five games at home, Stanford begins a stretch of four consecutive games against California schools on its home slate when the Cardinal hosts San Francisco Sunday at 3 p.m. PT at Maples Pavilion. Following the matchup with the Dons, Stanford will face Kansas in a neutral-site contest in Sacramento and then begin Pac-12 play at home with California (Dec. 30), UCLA (Jan. 4) and USC (Jan. 7). 

THE GOLDEN STATE TOUR
Stanford is in the middle of a stretch of eight consecutive games played in the state of California. It began with a Nov. 29 matchup with Montana at home, followed by a visit to Long Beach State Dec. 3 and Friday's win over Denver at Maples Pavilion. It continues Sunday and Dec. 22 against Kansas in Sacramento, before California, UCLA and USC visit The Farm to open conference play. Stanford will not leave the State of California for a span of 45 days. The Cardinal will play its first conference road game Jan. 11 at against Washington State in Pullman, Wash.

APPROACHING A PAIR OF CARDINAL MILESTONES
Two milestones could be reached in Sunday's game. With 18 points, junior Reid Travis will become the 45th member of Stanford's 1,000-point club. A victory on Sunday will give Jerod Haase, the Anne and Tony Joseph Director of Men's Basketball, his 100th career coaching win.  

HOW TO FOLLOW
Sunday's game is televised on ESPNU with Roxy Bernstein and Corey Williams on the call. The Stanford Cardinal Sports Network will have live audio coverage of the game as Scott Reiss and John Platz have the call courtside at Maples Pavilion. Fans can access the broadcast on GoStanford.com, Sirius channel 108, XM channel 197 or on a mobile device via the TuneIn app.  

AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO
Stanford and San Francisco have met 66 times previously, with the Cardinal owning a 45-21 advantage over the Dons in the all-time series. The two Bay Area schools last met Nov. 9, 2012 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, with Stanford earning a 74-62 victory over the Dons. The Cardinal has won the last three games in the series.

AGAINST THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE
Stanford owns a 184-80 all-time record against current members of the West Coast Conference. Santa Clara has been the most common opponent, with Stanford owning a 50-26 all-time record against the Broncos. The only team the Cardinal has not played in the 10-team league is Pepperdine. The last WCC opponent Stanford faced was Pacific earlier this season, defeating the Tigers 89-80 Nov. 12. 

THREE-POINT PROWESS
After averaging 5.9 three-pointers per game through its first 10 games, Stanford nearly set a school single-game record with 13 three-pointers in Friday's win over Denver. The school record for three-pointers in a game is 15. The Cardinal had averaged 17.1 three-point attempts per game in its first 10 games, before attempting 32 in Friday's contest.Leading Stanford from beyond the arc is freshman Isaac White, who has 28 three-pointers on the year, including nine in his last two games. He ranks seventh in the Pac-12 in three-pointers per game.

POST PRESENCE
Stanford's starting post players, Reid Travis and Michael Humphrey, have combined to average 32.6 points and 15.9 rebounds per game. The duo ranks second in the conference among starting post players in combined scoring and third in combined rebounding through Friday's action. Travis is second in the Pac-12 in scoring at 21.5 ppg and 11th in rebounding at 7.3 rpg through Friday's games. The junior leads the Pac-12 with nine 20-point games in 11 contests this season. Humphrey is nearly averaging a double-double with 11.1 ppg and 8.6 rpg. His rebounding average is fourth-best in the Pac-12 through Friday's games. 

YOUTH MOVEMENT
Stanford's roster has played 593 combined games. The Cardinal entered the season with the fifth-most veteran roster (games played) in the nation. While fourth-year players Reid Travis and Michael Humphrey anchor the post, injuries have limited several veteran perimeter players. This has given one of the nation's top recruiting classes a chance to play important minutes as freshmen this season. Stanford has started three freshmen - Daejon Davis, Oscar da Silva and Isaac White - together in six games this season. All three average more than 26 minutes per game. Davis leads the Cardinal in assists (4.6 apg), White leads all freshmen in the Pac-12 in three-pointers per game (2.5) and da Silva ranks third on the roster in rebounding (5.6 rpg) and second in blocks (11).

Prior to this season, Stanford last started three freshmen on January 27, 1983 (at Washington) with Keith Ramee, Andy Fischer and Earl Koberlein earned the starting nod in that contest.

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R2T2
Junior preseason All-American Reid Travis is living up to his preseason accolades. The forward, who entered the year as the Pac-12's leading returning scorer and rebounder, ranks 25th nationally in points per game, fifth nationally in free throw attempts and 11th nationally in free throws made as of Saturday. He ranks in the top-10 in the Pac-12 in eight categories.

APPROACHING 1K
Reid Travis enters Sunday's game against San Francisco 18 points shy of becoming the 45th player in school history with 1,000 career points.

LIMITED ROSTER
Stanford has been without several members of its roster in its first 11 games, playing only seven players at Long Beach State two games ago. Among the group of unavailable players for the Cardinal has been senior tri-captain and second-year starter Dorian Pickens and junior second-year starter Marcus Sheffield. Pickens (12.6 ppg last year) has missed the last nine games with a left foot injury and Sheffield (6.7 ppg last year) has missed all 11 games this season with a left foot injury. Freshman Daejon Davis (missed two games) and redshirt freshman Kodye Pugh (missed five games) have also been limited this season. Both were back in Friday's contest. All four are perimeter players for the Cardinal.    

DAVIS TAKING CONTROL OF THE POINT
Freshman Daejon Davis has started all nine career games he has played in. After averaging 7.0 ppg in his first five career games, he is averaging 15.0 points in his last four contests. In his last two outings, Davis has totaled 37 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in victories over Montana and Denver.

HUMPHREY CONTROLLING THE GLASS
Michael Humphrey, who was among the Pac-12 leaders in rebounding last season, ranks fourth in the Pac-12 in rebounding this season with an average of 8.6 rpg. He posted a career-high 18 rebounds against Pacific on Nov. 12. The senior, who is averaging 11.1 ppg, has three double-doubles this year.

CARTWRIGHT WITH CAREER-BEST NUMBERS
After averaging 4.1 ppg over the first two seasons (67 games) of his career, junior Robert Cartwright is averaging 9.2 ppg in 11 games this season. He had a season-high 19 points against Portland State four games ago. He ranks fifth in the Pac-12 in assist/turnover ratio (2.6). Cartwright has started each of the last three games after coming off the bench the previous seven contests.

CARDINAL OFFENSE IMPROVED FROM LAST SEASON
Stanford, which returned 78.4 percent of its scoring from last season, is averaging 74.7 ppg this season. The average is up nearly 6.0 ppg from its 69.1 scoring average last season. The Cardinal has topped the 70-point mark in a game nine times in 11 games. Last season, it had only reached the 70-point mark four times in its first 11 games. 

POST-FINALS SUCCESS
With Friday's win, Stanford has won its last 11 games following its extended break for finals. The Cardinal has not lost a "post-finals" game since Dec. 16, 2006, a 62-46 defeat to Santa Clara.