Stanford (7-8, 0-3 Pac-12) vs. Arizona State (11-4, 2-1 Pac-12) | Saturday • Jan. 12 • 3:00 p.m.
Maples Pavilion • Stanford, Calif.
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SATURDAY SHOWDOWN WITH THE SUN DEVILS
Stanford hosts Arizona State Saturday at 3 p.m. at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal has won six of its last seven home games against the Sun Devils.
OKPALA AMONG PAC-12's BEST
Sophomore KZ Okpala ranks second in the Pac-12 in scoring (17.5 ppg, third in three-point field goal percentage (.442), and 10th in rebounding (6.5 rpg). He posted his second double-double of the year with 22 points and a career-high-tying 10 rebounds at UCLA. Okpala matched his career-high with 29 points vs. Arizona. He averaged 11.0 ppg and 7.9 rpg in two games vs. ASU last year.
BREAKING DOWN OKPALA'S PERFORMANCES
• Averaging 21.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg in conference play.
• Averaging 19.7 ppg in six home games, as opposed to 16.0 ppg in nine games on the road.
• Averaging 19.8 ppg in the last six games, after averaging 15.8 ppg in the first nine contests.
• Of the 11 performances of 29 points or more this season in the Pac-12, only Okpala (29 vs.
Arizona and Seattle) and WSU's Robert Franks (31, 30) have achieved the feat more than once
• Eight 20-point games this season is tied for most in the Pac-12 and is four more than last year
AGAINST ARIZONA STATE
Stanford owns a 50-37 lead in the all-time series with Arizona State. The Cardinal swept the season series from the Sun Devils last season. Stanford has won six of its last seven at home against ASU. The Cardinal has recorded 27 three-pointers (27-of-67), while the Sun Devils have registered 28 threes (28-of-70) in the last three games between the two teams.
CARDINAL PLAYERS AGAINST ARIZONA STATE
Seven active Stanford players have faced Arizona State previously. Sophomore Daejon Davis is averaging 10.5 points and 6.5 assists in two contests against the Sun Devils. Fellow sophomore KZ Okpala is averaging 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds against ASU. Junior Marcus Sheffield posted a career-high 35 points against Arizona State during his sophomore season.
LAST GAME AGAINST THE SUN DEVILS
Phoenix native Dorian Pickens scored all 20 of his points in the second half and Stanford held on through a wild final minute to beat Arizona State 84-83 on March 3, 2018 in Tempe. Reid Travis had 22 points and 14 rebounds and KZ Okpala 18 points and 10 boards.
Daejon Davis' spin move for a layup proved to be the winning basket with 42 seconds left. ASU, down 19 in the second half, tied it at 82 on Kodi Justice's 3-pointer with 1:13 left. Justice missed three of four free throws in the final 20 seconds. Pickens also missed two from the line with 18 seconds, and a Stanford turnover with 4.1 seconds left gave ASU a final chance. Martin's shot in traffic from the baseline bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
YOUNG SQUAD
Eleven of Stanford's 15 players are in their first or second year playing. Only senior Josh Sharma and juniors Marcus Sheffield, Trevor Stanback and Rodney Herenton entered the year with at least two seasons played. Through 15 games, first and second-year players have accounted for 83% of Stanford's scoring (897 of 1,085) and 80% of Stanford's rebounding (427 of 534).
Stanford's starting lineup in seven games has been made up of freshmen and sophomores. In five games, sophomores Daejon Davis, KZ Okpala and Oscar da Silva have started alongside freshmen Cormac Ryan and Bryce Wills. Against Long Beach State, the sophomore trio of Davis, Okpala and da Silva started alongside Wills and fellow freshman Jaiden Delaire. Stanford started three freshmen - Wills, Ryan, Delaire - and two sophomores - Okpala and da Silva - at UCLA. The Cardinal is one of only four teams in Division I that have started all freshmen and sophomores this season, joining East Carolina, Incarnate Word and Mount St. Mary's.
RYAN AMONG PAC-12'S BEST 3-POINT THREATS
Freshman Cormac Ryan is fourth in the Pac-12, averaging 2.4 three-point field goals per game. The guard has recorded at least four three-point field goals in a game in five contests (6 vs. USC, 5 vs. Seattle, 4 vs. North Carolina, 4 vs. Florida, 4 vs. Eastern Washington). He has multiple three-point field goals in seven games and is shooting 35.4 percent from three-point range (29-of-82). Ryan's career-best six threes at USC (all in the second half) were the most threes in a game by a Stanford freshman since Chasson Randle (6) vs. Arizona State on March 7, 2012.
DAVIS DOES IT ALL
Sophomore Daejon Davis has averaged 16.7 points, 5.4 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals in his last seven games. The point guard has matched his season-high scoring total of 19 in three of his last seven games against No. 2 Kansas, Eastern Washington and San Francisco.
The point guard is eighth in the Pac-12 in assists (4.1 apg) and sixth in steals (1.6 spg) overall. His 12.1 ppg is second on the team and 20th in the Pac-12.
Davis has posted at least four points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals in two games this season against UNC Wilmington and Middle Tennessee. He has posted at least four points, four rebounds and four assists in four contests.
The sophomore, who broke Brevin Knight's school freshman assist record with 160 last season, has started 46 of 47 career games he has played in.
OKPALA'S IMPACT AS A SOPHOMORE
Sophomore KZ Okpala leads Stanford in scoring (17.5 ppg) and rebounding (6.5 rpg) in 32.7 mpg through 15 games this season. He averaged 8.9 ppg in 27.4 mpg in his first 15 games last season. The forward, who has recorded a career-best 29 points twice this season (vs. Arizona and Seattle), is second in the Pac-12 in scoring, third in three-point field goal percentage (.442) and 10th in rebounding.
SHEFFIELD'S 2016 PERFORMANCE AGAINST ASU
Redshirt junior Marcus Sheffield, who missed last season with a leg injury, posted a career-best 35 points against Arizona State on Dec. 30, 2016. He finished the contest 11-of-15 from the field, 4-of-6 from three-point range and 9-of-9 from the free throw line in 32 minutes of action against the Sun Devils. Sheffield is averaging 4.7 ppg in 14.2 mpg this season.
JOSH JAMS
Of senior Josh Sharma's 49 field goals on the season, 24 have been dunks. He has 17 dunks in the last 10 games. The center ranks third in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage, shooting better than 63 percent (63.6) from the field.
SHARMA'S LAST 10 GAMES
Josh Sharma is averaging 8.8 ppg over his last 10 games, after averaging 5.8 ppg in his first five contests of the season. He ranks third in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage (.636), seventh in offensive rebounding (2.2 orpg), and eighth in blocks (1.1 bpg).