Ebuka Okorie, Stanford aim to stay hot vs. Cal State Northridge

Stanford looks to take a winning streak into the start of Atlantic Coast Conference play when it wraps up the nonconference portion of its schedule against another team on a nice run, Cal State Northridge, on the Cardinal’s home court Saturday night. With home matchups with Notre Dame and No. 16 Louisville staring it in the face, Stanford (10-2) will be seeking a fourth straight win while looking for success on a court on which it has lost to Seattle and UNLV among its last four home games. The Cardinal are coming off a 77-68 triumph over previously once-beaten Colorado at a neutral site in Phoenix last Saturday, riding a 32-point explosion by Ebuka Okorie that set a school freshman scoring record. Okorie went 18-for-21 at the free throw line in the win. Okorie (22.1 points per game) will take the court Saturday as one of just three freshmen averaging 20 or more points per game, joining Duke’s Cameron Boozer and BYU’s AJ Dybantsa. With a record-setting performance in the rear-view mirror and a visit from NotRead More