- Stanford is off to its best start since 2008, when the Cardinal ripped off 10 nonconference victories prior to Pac-12 play. That same 10-0 start also represents Stanford’s previous longest overall winning streak.
- The Cardinal has surrendered 65 points or fewer over six consecutive games for the first time since a seven-game stretch in 2007 (Nov. 20-Dec. 29). Stanford has allowed 57.2 points - a total which ranks 25th in the country and second in the Pac-12 - while limiting opponents to 38.5 percent shooting overall and 30.6 percent from three-point territory. Stanford has also forced 17.3 turnovers per game.
- Tyrell Terry is the first Stanford player to score in double figures in each of his first six career games since at least 1996. Terry is the first Stanford freshman to record a double-double since Anthony Brown (21 points, 11 rebounds) against Seattle on March 1, 2011. Terry is the second Division I player in the past 20 years to have at least 10 points, two assists and two steals in each of his first six career games, joining Oklahoma’s Trae Young in 2017-18 (seven straight games).
- Picking up where he left off in 2018-19, Oscar da Silva has emerged as Stanford’s top scorer (15.8 ppg) and rebounder (5.0 rpg). Reaching double-figure scoring in all six games, da Silva is shooting 59.3 percent overall and has been the Cardinal’s most frequent visitor to the foul line, making 30-36 for 83.3 percent.
- Making Stanford’s Hall of Fame Classic appearance even more memorable, Todd Lichti (1985-89) will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Lichti, who helped pioneer Stanford’s national rise to basketball prominence, ranks second in school history in career scoring (2,336 points for an 18.8 average) and held the record until 2015. A two-time All-American, Lichti is one of four players to earn All-Pac-10 honors in each of his four seasons. A 1989 NBA first-round pick (15th overall by the Denver Nuggets), Lichti led Stanford to the 1989 NCAA Tournament, its first appearance since 1942.
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