STANFORD, Calif. — Oscar da Silva scored 21 points and had seven rebounds and Stanford ended a nine-game losing streak to Colorado with a 75-62 victory over the Buffaloes on Saturday.
Daeon Davis scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half for the Cardinal (10-10, 3-5), who had lost five of their last seven games. Bryce Wills had 12 points and seven rebounds.
Tyler Bey scored 17 points to lead the Buffaloes (11-8, 2-5), who have lost three of four. McKinley Wright added 14 points, Lucas Siewart had 13 and Shane Gatling 10.
Stanford used a 17-4 run to pull ahead midway through the second half. Josh Sharma’s dunk gave the Cardinal their first lead of the game at 47-46 with 11:11 left to play. Davis followed with a 3-pointer.
The Cardinal offense shifted into another gear in the second half, making 15 of their first 21 shots (71.4 percent) to grab a 68-56 edge with less than four minutes to play. Stanford was 8 of 24 (33.3 percent) in the first half.
The Buffaloes’ offense went the other direction, connecting on 8 of their first 26 shots of the second half after shooting 44.4 percent in the first half.
Colorado built a 31-19 advantage with 4:35 remaining in the first half but the Cardinal chipped away and were within 37-31 at halftime.
BIG PICTURE
Colorado earned its first Pac-12 road victory at Cal on Thursday, improving to 3-5 away from Boulder. The Buffaloes were 1-10 on the road last year. … Colorado has not swept a Pac-12 road trip in nearly six years, and it’s happened just once.
Stanford’s Okpala’s 23.5 scoring average over his previous four games is the seventh-best among the six major conferences in college basketball during that span. He’s reached 20 points or more in 11 games this season which is the most in the Pac-12 and seven more than he achieved last year. … Sharma is averaging 11.4 points and 8.0 rebounds over his last eight games, after averaging 6.6 and 3.8 in his first 11 contests of the season.
UP NEXT
Colorado returns home to face Oregon State on Thursday.
Stanford travels to California a week from Sunday.