Portland State Vikings at Stanford Cardinal
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Freshman Ebuka Okorie leads Stanford over Portland State 89-79 in season opener
Okorie, a 6-foot-2 freshman guard from Nasua, New Hampshire, made all six of his free-throw attempts, shot 9 of 17 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers and grabbed seven rebounds.
Senior Chisom Okpara, a Harvard transfer in his second season with Stanford, added 21 points. Jeremy Dent-Smith chipped in with 14 points and Benny Gealer had 12.
Sebastian Tidor scored 22 points and Jaylin Henderson added 19 for Portland State.
Okorie scored 16 points in the first half to help the Cardinal build a 37-30 halftime advantage. Henderson paced Portland State with nine first-half points.
Tidor hit two 3-pointers and Alex Dupre and Henderson each made one during a 12-2 run to pull the Vikings within 46-42 with 15:28 remaining but they didn't get closer.
Coach Kyle Smith enters his second season with Stanford. The Cardinal had 21 wins last season in their first ACC campaign, the program’s most since 2014-15. The Cardinal also won a program-record-tying 17 games a year ago at Maples Pavilion.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 79 - 89 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 79 - 89 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Stanford Timeout | 79 - 89 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Keyon Kensie Jr. subbing in for Portland State | 79 - 89 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Jaylin Henderson subbing out for Portland State | 79 - 89 |
Statistics
 PRST |
 STAN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 27-59 | FG | 27-57 |
| 45.8 | Field Goal % | 47.4 |
| 13-27 | 3PT | 6-17 |
| 48.1 | Three Point % | 35.3 |
| 12-16 | FT | 29-36 |
| 75.0 | Free Throw % | 80.6 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
| 16 | Assists | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 2 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 21 | Total Turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 23 | Points Off Turnovers | 25 |
| 11 | Fast Break Points | 15 |
| 24 | Points in Paint | 38 |
| 30 | Fouls | 17 |
| 6 | Largest Lead | 15 |
Game Information
Location: Stanford, CA
Attendance: 2,300 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big Sky Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 0-0 | - | 2-0 |
| Idaho | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Idaho State | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Northern Colorado | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Sacramento State | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Weber State | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Montana State | 0-0 | - | 1-1 |
| Northern Arizona | 0-0 | - | 0-1 |
| Portland State | 0-0 | - | 0-1 |
| Eastern Washington | 0-0 | - | 0-2 |
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Clemson | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Duke | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Florida State | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Georgia Tech | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Louisville | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Miami | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| NC State | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| North Carolina | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Notre Dame | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Pittsburgh | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| SMU | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Stanford | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Syracuse | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Virginia | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Virginia Tech | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Wake Forest | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
| Boston College | 0-0 | - | 0-1 |