SETTING THE SCENE
Stanford heads to the desert for the final weekend of the regular season, hitting Tucson first for a 6 p.m. PT tip at No. 2/3 Arizona on Thursday. The action will be broadcast on ESPN2.
THE OPENING TIP
• Stanford is 15-13 (8-10 Pac-12) overall, with conference wins over Oregon, USC (twice), Washington State, Arizona State, Cal, Washington and Oregon State. The Cardinal can finish anywhere 6-9 in the final table.
• Harrison Ingram leads the team with 10.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per night, while Jaiden Delaire and Spencer Jones are close behind at 10.7 and 10.5 points per game, respectively. Michael O’Connell paces the squad with 3.5 assists per night.
• The Cardinal earned its fourth quadrant one win on Jan. 27 vs. USC, and is one of six Pac-12 teams with at least four wins in the top tier. Stanford is one of just 18 teams with at least four quadrant one wins in each of the last three years, and the only one in the Pac-12.
• Stanford won in Tucson last season, 73-64, for the first time since 2008. Jaiden Delaire led four players in double figures at the McKale Center last year with 21 points, while Michael O’Connell had 14.
• The Cardinal has outrebounded its opponent in 23 of 28 games, and has only been outrebounded three times, posting a plus-7.1 margin on the glass, which is 16th-best nationally. Stanford is in the top-25 nationally in offensive rebound (24th, 34.2%) and defensive rebound percentage (15th, 77.2%) per KenPom.
FRESHMEN SENSATIONS
Stanford has three of the top eight freshmen in the Pac-12 in terms of scoring, with Harrison Ingram the only true freshman in the conference to average in doubles figures (10.8 pts). Maxime Raynaud is sixth with 4.5 points per game, while Isa Silva slots in eighth with 3.7 per night. As a freshman class, Stanford leads the Pac-12 in points, rebounds, assists, steals, made threes and minutes played in both conference play and overall totals. Stanford’s freshmen make up 25.6 percent of total scoring by first year players across the league.