B1G Win in Palm Desert – Stanford Cardinal

PALM DESERT, Calif. – Stanford males’s basketball opened its Thanksgiving match with a robust efficiency, defeating Minnesota within the opening spherical of the Acrisure Invitational, 72-68. Stanford improved to 5-1 on the season with the win, and superior to the match championship sport to face Saint Louis.

Ebuka Okorie led the scoring with a game-high 25 factors, marking his fifth 20-point contest of the season, on 9-for-21 taking pictures together with a pair of 3-pointers to go together with 4 rebounds. Benny Gealer scored 14 factors, together with 4 makes from 3-point vary, with 5 assists and 4 steals, whereas Chisom Okpara completed in double figures with 11. Aidan Cammann ended with 9 factors and a game-leading seven rebounds, whereas AJ Rohosy had eight on 4-for-4 taking pictures.

Stanford scored 18 second-chance factors and held a plus-11 margin on the glass, together with 17 offensive rebounds that led to 22 extra shot makes an attempt for the Cardinal than the Golden Gophers (4-3). The Cardinal tallied 10 steals and compelled 14 Minnesota turnovers.

After a back-and-forth begin, Minnesota led by as many as 10 factors within the first half with 6:51 to go, 24-14, after a 17-1 run. Stanford, undeterred, ended the primary half on a 12-5 run to path by three on the intermission, 34-31.

Gealer related on back-to-back triples to open the second half, giving Stanford a 39-36 lead. The Cardinal led for 18 of the 20 second half minutes, and it took the lead for good on the 6:43 mark after a layup from Okpara and Gealer’s fourth triple of the sport. Cammann, Gealer and Okorie made free throws down the stretch to safe the victory.

Stanford captured its first win on Thanksgiving Day because the 2000 Puerto Rico Shootout in opposition to Old Dominion, snapping an eight-game Thanksgiving Day dropping streak. The Cardinal has received two of the final three conferences with Minnesota, courting again to its NIT Championship in 2012.

Stanford takes on Saint Louis on Friday, Nov. 28 at 4 p.m. on TruTV.