Pipes, hot-shooting Santa Clara beat Stanford 88-72
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- — PJ Pipes hit four 3-pointers and finished with 24 points on 9-of-11 shooting, Jalen Williams scored 19 points and Santa Clara cruised to a 88-72 win over Stanford on Friday night.
Keshawn Justice had 14 points, a career-high 13 rebounds, four assists and two steals for Santa Clara (2-0) and Josip Vrankic scored 16 points and added a career-high eight assists.
The Broncos missed their first three shots as Stanford (1-1) took a 5-0 lead in the first two minutes but Santa Clara hit 11 of its next 12 from the field during a 21-0 run — including eight points by Pipes and seven by Vrankic — to take the lead for good.
Maxime Raynaud scored six points during a 13-2 spurt that trimmed the Cardinal's deficit to 30-24 with 6:32 left in the first half but the Broncos answered with 10 consecutive points and Stanford got no close.
Prized-recruit Harrison Ingraham hit three 3-pointers and scored 19 points for Stanford and Raynaud had his first career double-double in his second collegiate game. Raynaud, a 7-foot-1 freshman from Paris, scored 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting, grabbed 10 rebounds and had four assists.
Santa Clara shot 34 of 67 (60%) from the field and made 12 of 25 from 3-point range but hit just 8 of 15 (53%) from the free-throw line.
------
Game Information
- Referees:
- Michael Irving
- Tom Nally
- Kelly Pfeifer
2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Stanford | 0-0 | - | 6-0 |
NC State | 0-0 | - | 5-0 |
Florida State | 0-0 | - | 6-1 |
Pittsburgh | 0-0 | - | 6-1 |
Wake Forest | 0-0 | - | 6-1 |
Boston College | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
California | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
Clemson | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
Duke | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
North Carolina | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Notre Dame | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
Louisville | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
SMU | 0-0 | - | 4-2 |
Syracuse | 0-0 | - | 3-2 |
Virginia | 0-0 | - | 3-2 |
Miami | 0-0 | - | 3-3 |
Virginia Tech | 0-0 | - | 3-3 |
Georgia Tech | 0-0 | - | 2-3 |
2024-25 West Coast Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Saint Mary's | 0-0 | - | 6-0 |
Gonzaga | 0-0 | - | 5-0 |
Washington State | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
Oregon State | 0-0 | - | 4-2 |
San Francisco | 0-0 | - | 4-2 |
Pacific | 0-0 | - | 3-4 |
San Diego | 0-0 | - | 2-4 |
Santa Clara | 0-0 | - | 2-4 |
Portland | 0-0 | - | 2-5 |
Loyola Marymount | 0-0 | - | 1-3 |
Pepperdine | 0-0 | - | 1-4 |