Oscar da Silva recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 24 points and a game-high 11 rebounds Thursday night, helping Stanford end a two-game losing streak with a 70-55 victory over California in Berkeley, Calif.
The teams will meet again Sunday night at Stanford.
Matt Bradley matched da Silva's game-high point total for Cal (7-13, 2-11 Pac-12), but the Stanford star had better support. The Cardinal's Jaiden Delaire chipped in with 14 points and freshman Noah Taitz had 10 in just his third double-figure game of the season.
Stanford (11-7, 7-5) outshot Cal 54.2 percent to 36 percent and won despite once again playing without three key players, including star freshman Ziaire Williams.
The Cardinal led just 46-43 after Bradley converted a three-point play with 14:11 remaining in the game.
Stanford then held the Golden Bears scoreless for 6 1/2 minutes, during which da Silva had a pair of hoops and Spencer Jones sank a 3-pointer in a 9-0 run that opened a 12-point lead with 8:40 to play.
Cal got as close as eight on two subsequent occasions before Delaire's 3-pointer with 3:51 remaining pushed Stanford's lead back to 12 points and effectively sealed the win.
Jones finished with eight points, four assists and three steals for Stanford. He and Delaire made two 3-pointers apiece to account for the Cardinal's team total of four.
Andre Kelly had 15 points and a team-high seven rebounds for Cal, which lost its fifth straight game. The nine other Golden Bears who saw action combined aside from Bradley and Kelly combined for just 16 points.
A 3-pointer by Bradley, who had five in the game, gave Cal a brief lead at 16-13 in the 10th minute of the contest before Stanford dominated the rest of the first half.
Jones hit a 3-pointer and da Silva had two baskets in a 13-2 burst that immediately followed Bradley's 3-pointer and gave the Cardinal the lead for good.
Stanford led 42-29 at the break.
--Field Level Media
Stanford | California | |
Oscar Da Silva 24 | Scoring | Matt Bradley 24 |
Oscar Da Silva 4 | Assists | Matt Bradley 4 |
Oscar Da Silva 11 | Rebounds | Andre Kelly 7 |
Oscar Da Silva 8 | Free Throws Made | Matt Bradley 7 |
Spencer Jones 3 | Steals | Grant Anticevich 1 |
Oscar Da Silva 1 | Blocks | Andre Kelly 1 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Stanford | 70 | 54.2 | 4-12 | 14-24 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
California | 55 | 36.0 | 6-22 | 13-15 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 16 |