National Basketball Association
Stanford 79, Portland St. 67
When: 10:00 PM ET, Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Where: Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California
Officials:
# Sir Allen Conner, # Scott Brown, # Larry Spaulding
Attendance:
3240
By Field Level Media
Stanford tightened the defensive screws after Portland State rallied into a second-half tie Wednesday night, pulling away from the visiting Vikings for a 79-67 nonconference victory.
Oscar da Silva led a balanced attack with 12 points as the Cardinal (4-3) warmed up for a game at No. 2 Kansas on Saturday with a second consecutive win.
Michael Nuga had a game-high 19 points for Portland State (3-3), a 20-game winner last season.
Nuga scored 17 of his 19 points in the first half, during which the Vikings rallied from as much as a six-point deficit to claim a 35-34 lead at the break.
Da Silva contributed two layups as Stanford opened the second half on an 8-0 run to take a seven-point lead, only to see it all disappear by the 11:33 mark after Portland State's Robert McCoy made one of two free throws for a 46-all tie.
Josh Sharma then triggered the Cardinal's take-charge burst with a layup, and Bryce Wills ended the 10-0 run with another layup that put Stanford in front 56-46.
Portland State went almost six full minutes without a basket as the game slipped away.
Da Silva also found time for four rebounds, four assists and four blocked shots for Stanford, which was coming off a seventh-place finish at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas.
Sharma had a team-high eight rebounds to go with nine points for the Cardinal, while Wills added 10 points.
Holland Woods had 18 points and a team-high five assists, and Sal Nuhu recorded a 15-point, 14-rebound double-double for Portland State, which has an 84-57 loss at Oregon on its record this season.
Stanford outshot the visitors 53.8 percent to 31.7 percent.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Portland St. |
|
Stanford |
|
Holland Woods 20 |
Scoring |
Oscar Da Silva 12 |
|
Holland Woods 5 |
Assists |
Oscar Da Silva 4 |
|
Sal Nuhu 14 |
Rebounds |
Josh Sharma 8 |
|
Holland Woods 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Bryce Wills 4 |
|
Derek Brown 4 |
Steals |
Oscar Da Silva 1 |
|
Sal Nuhu 2 |
Blocks |
Oscar Da Silva 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Portland St.
|
67 |
31.7 |
2-24 |
13-20 |
9 |
45 |
2 |
9 |
12 |
| Stanford
|
79 |
53.8 |
2-16 |
21-34 |
12 |
32 |
9 |
5 |
19 |
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