Stanford sets mark for threes, upsets No

Dec 31, 2023, 06:43 PM ET

STANFORD, Calif.– Freshman guard Kanaan Carlyle scored 25 points, Spencer Jones included 21 points on 8-for-9 shooting and Stanford amazed No. 4 Arizona 100-82 in a Pac-12 matchup Sunday.Andrej Stojakovic scored 16 points and center Maxime Raynaud had 12 points and 7 rebounds for the Cardinal( 6-6, 1-1), who made a school-record 16 3-pointers in the victory.The success was Stanford’s first over a ranked opponent considering that beating Arizona last season and its 8th over a ranked team since 2020.”I think this will absolutely be the peak moment of this season for 2023,”Stanford coach Jerod Haase stated. “For 2024, we’re going to go back to square one and see new peaks and new highs. Generally I tell them to delight in the win until midnight. This time I informed them they might enjoy this one for the remainder of the year. “Caleb Love led Arizona( 10-3, 1-1) with 23 points. Center Oumar Ballo included 12 points and seven rebounds.Stanford raced to an early lead, scoring the very first 7 points. After Ballo made a layup to bring the Wildcats within a point at the 6:56 mark of the very first half, Stanford went on a 21-7 run for a 43-28 lead with under three minutes left in the very first half.The Cardinal got a big increase from both of their freshman guards off the bench in the very first half.

Carlyle scored 13 of his 25 points in the first half while making all 4 of his 3-point shots. Stojakovic scored nine points and grabbed 2 rebounds.Haase applauded his young players and stated they were a big part of the win. “[ Kanaan]

was fearless out there,”Haase said.”With Kanaan and Andre, their eyes

have plenty of wonder and enjoyment. I believe we can all feed off that. “Arizona had a hard time to find its rhythm in the first half, shooting 41.2%from the field and 25 %from long distance.Stanford led 44-35 at halftime.Stanford’s

hot shooting continued in the 2nd half. Jones scored 11 of the Cardinal’s very first 16 points after halftime.Arizona closed within 11 points at 80-69 when Ballo made a second-chance layup with simply over seven minutes left in the game.A layup by Jones offered Stanford a 95-75 lead with 2:57 left in the second half for its

largest advantage of the game.The win could provide Stanford a substantial self-confidence increase as it will go on a three-game trip against UCLA, USC and Oregon State in the coming weeks.” The people in the locker room all think what we can do,”Stojakovic stated. “We knew we had the ability to achieve a win like this. We had a couple games not go our method, however I believe this one was finally the game to show that we are among those groups and we can make a

great deal of noise in the Pac-12.”The Wildcats, who are 3rd in the country in fast-break points per game (18.67), were held to simply 6 points in shift by Stanford. Arizona made simply 7 of its 26 3-point shots and permitted Stanford to make 58.1 %of its shots.”They beat our guys,”Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd stated.”I

don’t care who it was, they beat us.”UP NEXT Stanford: At UCLA on Wednesday.Arizona: Home versus Colorado on Thursday.