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02/11 22:54 CST Okorie, Gealer combine for 43 points, lead Stanford past Boston
College 70-64
Okorie, Gealer combine for 43 points, lead Stanford past Boston College 70-64
BOSTON (AP) --- Ebuka Okorie scored 22 points and Benny Gealer added 21 to lead
Stanford to a 70-64 victory over Boston College on Wednesday night.
Jayden Hastings scored four points in a 6-0 surge to pull Boston College to
65-62 with 1:53 remaining. Gealer answered with a 3-pointer and then Jeremy
Dent-Smith made two free throws with 22 seconds left to seal it.
Okorie shot 8 of 14 from the floor with two 3-pointers, and made 4 of 5
free-throw attempts to go with five assists. He has 515 points this season, one
shy of Todd Lichti's (1985-86) program record for most points scored by a
freshman.
Gealer made 7 of 14 field-goals attempts and was 6 of 13 from long range.
Dent-Smith finished with 11 points for Stanford (16-9, 5-7 Atlantic Coast
Conference).
Boden Kapke made three 3s and scored 15 points for Boston College (9-15, 2-9),
which has lost five consecutive games. Fred Payne added 14 points, Luka Toews
scored 13 and Hasting had 11. Payne was 0 of 6 from distance.
Stanford closed the first half on a 16-2 run to tie it 34-all at the break. In
the second half, Gealer started and ended a 14-2 run with 3-pointers to give
the Cardinal a 52-43 lead with 10:23 remaining.
Up next Stanford: Plays Saturday at Wake Forest. Boston College: Hosts California on Saturday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball |
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