A pair of teams that are extremely familiar with each other take the floor in search of a victory in the City of Angels. The Stanford Cardinal make the short trip as they travel to take on the #4 UCLA Bruins Thursday night. Stanford upset #4 Arizona 88-79 at home in their previous game Saturday, winning outright as a 7.5-point underdog. UCLA beat Oregon 70-63 on the road in their previous game Saturday night, covering the line as a 1.5-point favorite. In the all-time series between the teams, the Bruins own a 120-46 advantage and have won the last three meetings. That includes an 80-66 road win in the most recent matchup on December 1, 2022.
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Stanford snapped a two-game skid as they stunned #4 Arizona at home Saturday night and now look to drop a second straight ranked foe. The Cardinal enter this game 11-14 overall and stand ninth in the Pac-12 with a 5-9 record in conference play. Against Arizona, Stanford led by four in the first half, gave up a 13-0 run to trail by nine and scored the final six points of the first half to make it a three-point game at intermission. The Cardinal trailed 66-65 with 8:13 to play before going on a 15-3 run that put them in front 80-69 with 3:07 to go. They didn’t let the Wildcats closer than six the rest of the way. Stanford shot a blistering 61.1% from the floor, including 10 of 18 from three-point range, and won the rebounding battle 34-26. Michael O’Connell led the Cardinal with 22 points in the win.
The Cardinal is averaging 69.2 points per game on the season, putting them 242nd in the nation in scoring offense. Stanford is collecting an average of 35.2 rebounds per contest while they dish out 14 assists a night on the season. The Cardinal is above average on the defensive end of the floor as they allow an average of 66.9 points a contest, putting them 98th in the country in scoring defense. Spencer Jones is the lone player averaging in double figures as he puts up 13.7 points plus 4.8 rebounds per game. Michael Jones, Harrison Ingram and Maxime Raynaud provide secondary scoring punch for Stanford. Brandon Angel, James Keefe, Max Murrell, Michael O’Connell, Ryan Agarwal and Isa Silva are valuable role players for coach Jerod Haase. Stanford is shooting 44.4% from the field as a team this season. The Cardinal is connecting on 7.7 three-pointers a night this season while shooting 33.9% from beyond the arc. Stanford is below average at the charity stripe as they convert 70.4% of their attempts at the line on the year.
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