Spokesman-Review
Men's College Basketball
Preview
UC Davis at Stanford
When: 4:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 17, 2024
Where: Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California

After nearly upsetting Washington on the road in its season opener, UC Davis hopes to complete the feat against another former Pacific-12 Conference team when the Aggies visit Stanford on Sunday afternoon.

Both teams will tip off with winning streaks. Davis (2-1) rebounded from its 79-73 loss at Washington with triumphs over Idaho and Menlo, while Stanford (3-0) has yet to lose this season, having disposed of Denver, Cal State Fullerton and Northern Arizona, all at home.

Ty Johnson led the way with 22 points and Pablo Tamba had 18 when Davis gave itself its first winning record of the campaign with an 80-70 victory over Menlo in its most recent game Tuesday.

The Big West Conference's leading returning scorer, Johnson received Player of the Week honors in large part for his role in the near-miss at Washington, when he had 30 points.

"I have a bigger role that I have to fulfill this year, and I know I'm gonna have to make a lot of shots," he noted. "Teams are gonna force me to my weakness. But I sat down, had a lot of conversations with the coaches. We worked on (a lot of things) this offseason."

One thing the Aggies no doubt worked on in practice this week was dealing with Stanford's 7-foot-1 Maxime Raynaud, the Frenchman who has averaged a double-double (17.3 points, 12.3 rebounds) in Stanford's three wins.

Raynaud has registered a double-double in all three games this season to run his career total at Stanford to 18.

Despite its unbeaten start, Stanford has yet to make an impact on the national polls and analytics-based rankings. All the team can do is keep winning, Raynaud insisted.

"We're not focusing on the outside noise," he said. "Last year, even if we struggled at times, we tried to just stick together and stick with what we were doing. This year I think we're going to do the same."

The Northern California schools haven't met since 2015, when Stanford won 77-64 on its home court.

--Field Level Media

Stats and Records
Team Comparison
  W/L Strk Home Away Neutral Day Night Conf
UC Davis 2-1 W2 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0
Stanford 3-0 W3 3-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 0-0
Last Meeting
UC Davis Stanford
Date Away Home Pts Reb FG% Pts Reb FG%
3/17/15 UCD 64 STAN 77 64 20 37.3 77 37 56.4
Player Stats
Previous Matchup
Points Player Total FG% FTM
UC Davis C. Hawkins 34 54.5 6
Stanford M. Allen 22 83.3 0
Rebounds Player Total Off Def
UC Davis J. Adenrele 6 2 4
Stanford R. Travis 10 5 5
Assists Player  
UC Davis J. Adenrele 4
Stanford C. Randle 5
Season
Points Player Total FG% FTM
UC Davis T. Johnson 87 42.9 29
Stanford M. Raynaud 52 48.7 12
Rebounds Player Total Off Def
UC Davis N. Rocak 29 9 20
Stanford M. Raynaud 37 8 29
Assists Player  
UC Davis T. Johnson 8
Stanford J. Blakes 15
Quickchart Matchup
blue bar UC Davis Off vs  red bar Stanford Defense
blue bar 76.0 Points For
red bar 59.7 Points Against
blue bar 38.6 FG%
red bar 41.7 FG%
blue bar 38.0 Reb
red bar 21.0 Reb
red bar Stanford Off vs  blue bar UC Davis Defense
red bar 85.0 Points For
blue bar 77.0 Points Against
red bar 50.3 FG%
blue bar 45.2 FG%
red bar 30.3 Reb
blue bar 37.5 Reb