SETTING THE SCENE
Bringing a close to the non-conference schedule, Stanford men's basketball takes a brief departure from Pac-12 competition to face Chicago State on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. on Pac-12 Network.
THE OPENING TIP
• The Cardinal is 7-12 (2-7 Pac-12) this year, including home wins over Pacific, Cal Poly, Green Bay, Oregon State and Oregon and neutral site wins over Florida State (Orlando) and Loyola Chicago (Santa Cruz).
• Through 19 games, Spencer Jones leads the team with 12.9 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 sixth in offensive rebounds and 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 is coming off of a weekend sweep over Oregon and Oregon State, where the Cardinal allowed just 55.0 points per game and a 36.4 percent mark from the floor while shooting 47.3 percent itself.
HOME SWEEP OF THE STATE OF OREGON
Stanford men's basketball picked up a pair of wins last weekend, downing the Beavers, 67-46, and the Ducks, 71-64. The 46 points allowed matched the lowest in a Pac-12 game under head coach Jerod Haase, matching the total in the win at Oregon State in 2017. Spencer Jones led the effort with 17 points per game while Michael Jones was close behind at 14 per night, including a 62.5 percent clip from 3-point range. Harrison Ingram stuffed the box scores with averages of 9.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, while Maxime Raynaud contributed 9.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game from the center.