Cal State Northridge Matadors at Stanford Cardinal
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Ebuka Okorie scores 30, Chisom Okpara has 20, and Stanford tops CSUN 88-80
Okorie, a freshman who scored a season-high 32 points in a win against Colorado last time out, made 9 of 18 shots overall, including 4 of 9 3-pointers, and added 8 of 10 free throws.
Okpara was 4 for 11 from the field and made 11 of 14 free throws.
Stanford buried 5 of 6 3-pointers in the first 3 1/2 minutes of the second half, erasing a five-point halftime deficit and taking a 52-44 lead. The Cardinal's lead was 69-59 after Okorie hit a 3-pointer with 9 1/2 minutes remaining.
The Matadors scored the next 10 points to tie it but the Cardinal never surrendered the lead, going back ahead 79-72 at the under-4 timeout. CSUN got within 79-76 with 3:15 remaining before Stanford pulled away with a 3-pointer by Benny Gealer and four free throws from Aidan Cammann.
Larry Hughes II led CSUN (8-6) with 26 points, including six 3-pointers. Joshua O'Garro scored 15 points, Davius Loury and Mahmoud Fofana 11 each and Josiah Davis 10.
Gealer scored 13 for Stanford (11-2) and Ryan Agarwal had 10 points plus eight rebounds.
There were five lead changes in the early going before CSUN outscored Stanford 13-3 over a 4-minute stretch of the first half, building a 24-16 lead 10 minutes into the game. The Matadors led 36-31 at halftime.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 80 - 88 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 80 - 88 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Joshua O'Garro makes free throw 2 of 2 | 80 - 88 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Chisom Okpara subbing in for Stanford | 79 - 88 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Oskar Giltay subbing out for Stanford | 79 - 88 |
Statistics
 CSUN |
 STAN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-51 | FG | 25-52 |
| 47 | Field Goal % | 48 |
| 8-17 | 3PT | 11-27 |
| 47 | Three Point % | 41 |
| 24-30 | FT | 27-38 |
| 80 | Free Throw % | 71 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 5 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 14 | Assists | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 16 | Points Off Turnovers | 21 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 18 |
| 26 | Points in Paint | 26 |
| 24 | Fouls | 21 |
| 9 | Largest Lead | 12 |
| 7 | Lead Changes | 7 |
| 45 | Percent Led | 50 |
Game Information
Location: Stanford, CA
Attendance: 3,033 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big West Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 8-2 | - | 15-7 |
| Hawai'i | 8-3 | 0.5 | 16-5 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 8-3 | 0.5 | 15-7 |
| UC Davis | 6-5 | 2.5 | 13-9 |
| Cal State Northridge | 6-5 | 2.5 | 13-10 |
| UC San Diego | 5-6 | 3.5 | 15-8 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 5-6 | 3.5 | 10-13 |
| Cal Poly | 5-6 | 3.5 | 9-14 |
| Long Beach State | 4-7 | 4.5 | 8-15 |
| UC Riverside | 3-8 | 5.5 | 8-15 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2-9 | 6.5 | 8-15 |
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 9-0 | - | 20-1 |
| Clemson | 8-1 | 1 | 18-4 |
| Virginia | 7-2 | 2 | 18-3 |
| NC State | 7-2 | 2 | 16-6 |
| Miami | 6-3 | 3 | 17-5 |
| North Carolina | 5-3 | 3.5 | 17-4 |
| Louisville | 5-4 | 4 | 15-6 |
| Virginia Tech | 5-5 | 4.5 | 16-7 |
| SMU | 4-4 | 4.5 | 15-6 |
| California | 4-5 | 5 | 16-6 |
| Syracuse | 4-5 | 5 | 13-9 |
| Stanford | 3-6 | 6 | 14-8 |
| Florida State | 3-6 | 6 | 10-12 |
| Boston College | 2-6 | 6.5 | 9-12 |
| Georgia Tech | 2-7 | 7 | 11-11 |
| Notre Dame | 2-7 | 7 | 11-11 |
| Wake Forest | 2-7 | 7 | 11-11 |
| Pittsburgh | 2-7 | 7 | 9-13 |