Stanford Star Erupts For 40 Against Georgia Tech

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Okorie was 12-for-21 from the floor, 3-of-6 from 3-point range and made all 13 of his free throws. He added five rebounds, four assists and four steals to his tally.

Jeremy Dent-Smith added 16 points and Ryan Agarwal had a team-high nine rebounds for the Cardinal (15-9, 4-7 Atlantic Coast Conference), who had lost five straight games.

Akai Fleming posted 19 points and went 2-for-3 from beyond the arc and Baye Ndongo added 14 points for the Yellow Jackets (11-13, 2-9), who have lost five straight.

Georgia Tech leading scorer Kowacie Reeves (15.0 points per game) was sidelined with an illness which also limited him to six minutes in Wednesday’s loss at Cal.

Stanford shot 54.1% from the floor for the game and made 63% of its shots over the final 20 minutes. The Yellow Jackets, conversely, shot 43.1% in the game but only made 35.3% of their second-half shots.

Both teams exchanged small leads to start the game, but Stanford’s 8-0 run made it 17-9 with 13:15 remaining in the first half.

Georgia Tech used a 7-0 charge to take a 20-19 lead on a 3-pointer by Kam Craft.

After trading the lead for a few minutes, Stanford went on a 14-2 run to take a 35-24 lead with 5:21 left. The Yellow Jackets trimmed the gap with a 9-0 run, but the Cardinal took a 43-39 lead into halftime.

Stanford used a 9-0 run capped by four straight points from Okorie to take its largest lead, 56-43, with 16:01 left.

The Yellow Jackets cut the deficit to five, but the Cardinal never let it get closer than that. Stanford closed the game on a 22-7 run to convert an eight-point lead with 6:44 left into a comfortable 23-point victory.

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