Stanford University’s men’s basketball team was unable to secure back-to-back wins against ranked opponents, falling to No. 6 Duke with a score of 80-50 at Maples Pavilion on Saturday.
The Cardinal entered the game after an upset victory over No. 14 North Carolina earlier in the week and aimed to become one of seven teams nationally with at least five Quad 1 wins this season. However, Stanford (14-5, 3-3 ACC) suffered its third loss in ten games, playing before a sellout home crowd for the first time since February 2024.
Jeremy Dent-Smith led Stanford with 18 points, shooting 7-for-15 from the field and making three of eight attempts from beyond the arc. The team played without Chisom Okpara for a second consecutive game.
Duke’s Cameron Boozer recorded a double-double with 30 points and 14 rebounds. The Blue Devils (16-2, 6-0 ACC) maintained control throughout the game, leading by sixteen points at halftime and converting twenty out of twenty-eight free throws compared to Stanford’s six out of ten.
Duke shot fifty-six percent from the field and outrebounded Stanford thirty-five to twenty-nine. The Blue Devils also scored twenty-two points off turnovers and held a forty-four to twenty advantage in points in the paint during their first appearance at Maples Pavilion.
AJ Rohosy contributed eleven rebounds—a season high—and eight points for Stanford, which improved its shooting percentage to forty percent in the second half. Ebuka Okorie, who set a school freshman scoring record against North Carolina earlier in the week, finished with nine points on three-of-nine shooting over thirty-two minutes; it was only his second single-digit scoring game this season.
Stanford will conclude its homestand on January 24 by hosting California at Maples Pavilion.
