Stanford Falls Cold, Unable to Upset No. 11 Arizona

The Stanford Cardinal came out of the gates scorching hot against No. 11 Arizona and seemed well on their way to upsetting the Wildcats for the second time this season.

In their first meeting, Stanford hit a program-record 16 threes and we saw the breakout game for star freshman Kanaan Carlyle. While their meeting on Sunday evening had the threes falling again at first as they went 6-of-7 from deep to build an early 26-17 lead. It was much more impressive this time around, considering they were also missing Carlyle who suffered an upper-body injury against Arizona State.

Heading into the half, they had made nine threes as a team, and Frenchman Maxime Raynaud had 21 points as Stanford had jumped out to a 45-34 lead.

Unfortunately for Stanford, their shots stopped falling and they got sloppy on offense. The Wildcats held them to just 9-of-32 shooting, and turned Stanford over 11 times. It also hurt the Cardinal when Arizona committed to attacking them inside, building what was a 48-24 advantage in the paint.

“I don’t think anything changed in terms of philosophically or game planning; we just didn’t execute as well," Stanford coach Jared Hass said after the game per AP. "They did a nice job of being physical on the drives and getting steals.”

Raynaud finished the game with 29 points, while Michael Jones finished with 21 points. The duo hit five threes apiece, going 10-of-17 from deep. In terms of the other guards, Stanford didn't get much of a scoring output. Benny Gealer who started in place of Carlyle scored four points on 1-of-10 shooting, while Jared Bynum who has only played 17 minutes total in the last two games went 0-for-1 in eight minutes of run.

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The Cardinal will return back home for their next two games as they will host UCLA and USC, before heading up North to take on Washington and Washington State.