STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Josh Sharma recorded his first double-double with career highs of 23 points and 18 rebounds and the Cardinal beat Long Beach State 93-86 on Saturday night.
Sharma, whose previous career bests were 15 points and nine rebounds, was 10-of-15 shooting.
Daejon Davis had 17 points, on 8-of-9 shooting, and five assists for Stanford (7-5), which has won five of seven.
Bryan Alberts scored 22 points to lead the 49ers (5-10). Deishuan Booker added 20 and Temidayo Yussef 13.
KZ Okpala had 20 points for the Cardinal and Jaiden Delaire scored 10, making his first career start in Saturday's contest.
Jordan Griffin hit a 3-pointer in the final minute to bring the 49ers within two points, but Okpala had six points in the final 34 seconds as Stanford closed on a 7-2 run.
A career night from @Josharma20 and another big game from @DaejonDavis.
— Stanford Men's Basketball (@StanfordMBB) December 30, 2018
Good to be home and get the dub ?.#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/FPtmkrZVRi
Alberts hit a 3-pointer and Yussef made a jumper Long Beach State a 45-43 edge but Stanford responded with a 13-1 run to make it 56-46 with just less than 14 minutes remaining and the Cardinal led the rest of the way.
With nonconference action complete, Stanford travels to UCLA to open Pac-12 Conference play this coming Thursday at Pauley Pavilion.