SETTING THE SCENE
Looking to complete an unblemished weekend at home, Stanford men's basketball hosts Oregon on Saturday, Jan. 21 at Maples Pavilion. The 8 p.m. tip will air on FS1.
THE OPENING TIP
• The Cardinal is 6-12 (1-7 Pac-12) this year, including home wins over Pacific (88-78), Cal Poly (80-43), Green Bay (85-40) and Oregon State and neutral site wins over Florida State (70-60) and Loyola Chicago (75-62).
• Through 18 games, Spencer Jones leads the team with 12.8 points per game, and joined Stanford’s 1,000-point club on Dec. 29 with a 25-point outing against Colorado. Jones paces the program in Pac-12 play with 16.1 points per game, which ranks fifth in the league. He also ranks fourth in made triples and offensive rebounds and eighth in free throw percentage.
• Harrison Ingram, who was Stanford’s first Pac-12 Freshman of the Year since Casey Jacobsen in 2000, withdrew his name from the 2022 NBA Draft to return to The Farm for his sophomore campaign. He is the first Pac-12 Freshman of the Year to return since Jahii Carson (Arizona State) in 2013-14.
• The Cardinal returns eight of its top nine rotation players from a year ago, ranking sixth nationally in minutes continuity, per KenPom, while also bringing in the program’s first transfer in 12 years and the first graduate transfer in program history in Michael Jones (Davidson). Jones had a game to remember in the season opener, with his 31 points the most by a Stanford player in his team debut on record. The 31 points remain tied for the best single-game mark by a Pac-12 player this season.
• Stanford has won three of the last four matchups with the Ducks at Maples Pavilion, including a victory at the buzzer least season off of a Jaiden Delaire 3-pointer.
DANCE WITH THE DUCKS
The Cardinal has won three of the last four meetings with Oregon at Maples Pavilion, including a win at the buzzer last season and a win over then-No. 11 Oregon in 2020. Harrison Ingram and Michael O'Connell averaged 13.0 points per game against Oregon last year, with Ingram adding eight rebounds and five assists in the home victory last season.