Males’s basketball snaps successful streak at Colorado, drops to 4-8 in convention play

The Stanford males’s basketball crew (10-13, 4-8 Pac-12) dropped its recreation in opposition to the Colorado Buffaloes (14-11, 6-8 Pac-12) in Boulder, Colo. on Sunday by a rating of 84-62. After an upset highway win over the Utah Utes on Thursday, the Cardinal started the sport robust however had been unable to maintain up their degree of play within the second half. 

After Stanford kicked issues off with baskets by sophomore middle Maxime Raynaud and senior ahead Spencer Jones to make it a 4-0 recreation, the Buffaloes started crawling again because of the play of ahead Tristan Da Silva. Da Silva, whose brother Oscar Da Silva ‘21 performed for Stanford for 4 seasons, had 9 factors inside the first seven minutes of the sport. From across the 16-minute mark to the 10-minute mark within the first half, Colorado held a one-to-two possession lead. Each groups shot the ball effectively from the sector, with Stanford primarily hitting pictures from contained in the arc. 

Nonetheless, simply contained in the 10-minute mark, the Buffaloes started to tug away, stretching their lead all the best way out to 11. However the Cardinal slowly and steadily chipped away at that benefit, lowering the lead from 11 to 7 to 4 with slightly below 1:30 remaining. And because of a hook-and-hold foul and second-chance basket by junior guard Michael O’Connell, Stanford entered halftime tied with Colorado at 39-39. 

For Stanford, each Jones and junior ahead Brandon Angel led the crew with 8 factors within the first half. In the meantime, for the Buffaloes, Da Silva anchored the squad with 11 factors, whereas star level guard KJ Simpson adopted with 8.

However nearly instantly after the halftime break, the sport started to slide away from the Cardinal. Colorado started the half by going 16-0, a stretch by which Stanford was unable to search out the basket within the midst of elevated ball strain by the Buffaloes. Each Da Silva and Simpson elevated their scoring load within the second half, tallying 13 and 14 factors, respectively. Colorado additionally shot the ball effectively from the perimeter, flattening 5-of-10 from past the arc. 

In the meantime, Stanford shot simply 29% within the second half, a quantity which was boosted by some garbage-time buckets. After falling down 16 with 13:21 remaining, the Cardinal’s counter-punch was simply not robust sufficient to counter the Buffaloes’ momentum. Their lead stretched to past 20 factors. The fouls began racking up for Stanford, which led to straightforward factors from the free-throw line for the opposition.  

Finally, the Cardinal’s lackluster second half price them the chance to come back again from the Mountain West with a pair of victories, as Colorado swept the season collection with Stanford, successful the sport decisively, 84-62. 

Up subsequent, the Cardinal face a pair of Arizona opponents, as they are going to host the Arizona State Solar Devils (16-8, 7-6 Pac-12) earlier than dealing with the No. 5 Arizona Wildcats (21-3, 10-3 Pac-12) in maybe their hardest process of the season. The Solar Devils defeated Stanford at dwelling earlier this tutorial 12 months by a rating of 68-64, handing the Cardinal its second convention lack of the season in December. Will probably be attention-grabbing to see whether or not the crew will let the Colorado loss unravel its season down the stretch, or if this would be the place to begin for a late-season run. Tip-off in opposition to Arizona State is scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. PT.