Oregon revs up offense entering matchup with Stanford

Oregon and Stanford hope to experience the momentum of a formidable outing to a repeat efficiency Saturday night time once they duel on the Cardinal’s residence flooring.

The Geese (11-8, 5-3 Pac-12) strung collectively consecutive convention wins for the primary time this season once they adopted up an 87-68 residence overcome Arizona on Jan. 14 with an 87-58 victory at Cal on Wednesday. The 87 factors set after which tied the membership’s season-best output.

Oregon was dominant on each ends of the ground in Berkeley, Calif., holding the Golden Bears to 21 first-half factors earlier than exploding on offense for 53 within the second interval en path to the lopsided win.

It was clear afterward which half was most spectacular to teach Dana Altman.

“The blokes actually took the wind out of their sails simply not giving up straightforward baskets,” Altman stated. “Twenty-one factors at half, I like that. I believed defensively we had rather a lot higher power and rather a lot higher motion than what we have had.”

Will Richardson helped create a balanced offensive assault with 10 assists. He crammed out his third double-double of the season with 11 factors.

Wins have not come simply for the Geese at Stanford. They’ve simply 5 since 1986, and people had been by simply eight, 4, three, two and three factors.

The Cardinal (6-12, 1-7) prevailed in a decent one at residence final season 72-69, with then-freshman Harrison Ingram contributing 16 factors, eight rebounds and 5 assists to the trigger.

Ingram had eight factors, eight rebounds and 6 assists Thursday within the Cardinal’s dominant 67-46 residence win over Oregon State, a consequence that ended a five-game dropping streak.

Like Altman’s evaluation of his crew’s victory one night time earlier, Stanford coach Jerod Haase credited his protection on an evening when Oregon State shot simply 34.1 p.c.

“The No. 1 story for the sport was defensively I believed we had been in a position to actually defend,” he stated. “We had been switching loads of the ball screens and had loads of cross-matches, however I believed our guys slid their ft nicely, challenged photographs nicely after which we had been in a position to rebound the basketball.”

Spencer Jones and Michael Jones paced the Cardinal with 18 factors apiece.

–Area Stage Media