SACRAMENTO -- Stanford closed the nonconference portion of its season with a 75-54 defeat to No. 14 Kansas Thursday in front of a packed house at the Golden 1 Center.
Senior Michael Humphrey led the Cardinal with 20 points and collected seven rebounds. The Pac-12's leading scorer at 22.2 ppg, Reid Travis, finished with 12 points.
Stanford (6-7) ran into a hot-shooting Kansas (10-2) squad that raced out to a double-digit advantage midway through the first half. The Jayhawks shot 62.5 percent (20-of-32) from the field during the opening 20 minutes for a 47-29 halftime lead. Kansas shot 52.5 percent for the game.
The Cardinal struggled from the field with its second-lowest shooting percentage (34.4 percent) of the season. Stanford's 54 points were its lowest total of the year.
Kansas' Udoka Azubuike led all scorers with 24 points, scoring the Jayhawks' first 10 points of the contest. He led four Kansas players in double figures, including Devonte Graham (14), Svi Mykhailiuk (14) and Legerald Vick (13).
Freshman Kezie Okpala made his collegiate debut for Stanford, scoring six points and recording a pair of steals in 28 minutes of action.
The Cardinal and Jayhawks played the second game in the four-game series at the second-year home of the Sacramento Kings. The two teams will continue the series Dec. 1, 2018 in Lawrence, Kansas, with the Jayhawks visiting Maples Pavilion Dec. 29, 2019.
Kansas was Stanford's third nationally-ranked opponent of the season. The Cardinal also faced No. 9 North Carolina at home on Nov. 20 and No. 7 Florida at the PK80 in Portland, Oregon, on Nov. 23.
Stanford will take a nine-day break before opening Pac-12 play against California Dec. 30 at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal will play its first three conference games at home, hosting UCLA (Jan. 4) and USC (Jan. 7).