SETTING THE SCENE
Bringing a close to its road trip in the Beaver state, Stanford heads to Oregon State for a 7:30 p.m. bout on Pac-12 Network. The contest is the eighth for Stanford in 17 days, and the fourth in seven days.
THE OPENING TIP
• Stanford is 14-10 (7-7 Pac-12) overall, with conference wins over Oregon, USC (twice), Washington State, Arizona State, Cal and Washington.
• Harrison Ingram leads the team with 11.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per night, while Jaiden Delaire and Spencer Jones are close behind at 10.7 points per game apiece. Michael O’Connell paces the squad with 3.8 assists per night.
• The Cardinal earned its fourth quadrant one win on Jan. 27 vs. USC, and is one of 29 teams nationally to meet that threshold. Stanford is one of two Pac-12 teams with at least four wins in the top tier (Arizona).
• Stanford is 10-3 at home this season, with six of the wins coming in double-digit fashion. The Cardinal remained unbeaten in November home games since 2018 (12-0), and got off to a 7-0 start at home for the second time in three seasons. The Cardinal is 5-3 in home Pac-12 games, including a buzzer-beating win over Oregon on Dec. 12 and an upset over then-No. 5 USC on Jan. 11.
• The Cardinal has outrebounded its opponent in 21 of 24 games, and has only been outrebounded once, posting a plus-7.8 margin on the glass, which is ninth-best nationally. Stanford ranks in the top-20 nationally in offensive rebound (18th, 34.9%) and defensive rebound percentage (15th, 77.1%) per KenPom.
CLIMBING THE LADDER
Spencer Jones has established himself as one of the best 3-point shooters in program history, and the sniper moved into the top-15 in program history in made threes against Arizona. Jones enters the bout with the Beavers with 167 triples, good for 13th on the Stanford list. He now sits two treys away from tying David Moseley ’00 and Matt Lottich ’04 for 11th on the Stanford list, and 11 away from moving into the top-10. Jones has 13 made threes in the last three games on 43.3 percent shooting.