The nightcap of day one in the Battle 4 Atlantis features a matchup between the Stanford Cardinal (3-1, 2-2 ATS) and the #20 Arkansas Razorbacks (3-1, 1-3 ATS). Stanford just picked up an easy home win over Eastern Washington 95-70, easily covering the 12.5-point spread as favorites. Arkansas just took a shocking home loss to UNC Greensboro, going down 78-72 as 14.5-point favorites. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 from the Imperial Arena in Nassau, Bahamas and can be found on ESPNU.
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The Stanford Cardinal have played four games in their early season schedule, they were favored in every game, and gave up a bad loss to Santa Clara. Stanford was favored by eight in that game, and lost outright by 12. Stanford has not yet faced a team from a power conference, so this matchup with Arkansas will be their first true challenge on the season. In their most recent win over Eastern Washington, Stanford was led by Andrej Stojakovic with 18 points in the win.
Andrej Stojakovic is the son of former NBA sharpshooter Peja Stojakovic, he has his father's size at 6'7, and to no surprise he leads the team in made three pointers with nine. Stojakovic averages 13.3 PPG as a true freshman. Stanford is led by 7'1 junior Maxime Raynaud, the big man averages 19.3 PPG and 9.0 RPG and has been a force inside for the Cardinal this season. Brandon Angel is a 6'8 forward, he was averaging 18. 0 PPG, but is questionable for this game with a hand injury. Michael Jones is a 6'5 senior guard for Stanford, he averages 13.3 PPG as an outside shooter.
Stanford ranks 64th overall according to KenPom. Their offense is far better than their defense. Offensively the Cardinal rank 30th in efficiency, while their defense ranks 130th in efficiency. Stanford plays fast on offense, they rank 59th in the nation in tempo.
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