Maxime Raynaud had 16 of his game-high 23 points in a runaway first half, Oziyah Sellers added 18 and the host Stanford Cardinal rolled to a 78-60 Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball victory over Boston College on Wednesday night.
Raynaud completed a double-double with a game-high 10 rebounds and Chisom Okpara chipped in with 15 points off the bench for Stanford (18-10, 10-7 ACC), which clinched no worse than a break-even season in its first year of ACC basketball competition.
Chad Venning had 13 points and Roger McFarlane 11 for Boston College (12-16, 4-13), which played Stanford to a 41-all draw in the second half after falling behind by 18 points at the intermission.
Stanford trailed 6-4 in the game’s fourth minute before holding the visitors to two points over the next 6 1/2 minutes while building a 19-8 margin. Raynaud, Sellers and Jaylen Blakes had 3-pointers in the 15-2 Cardinal burst.
Boston College, which shot just 26.9 percent in the first half, was never closer than seven after that.
Raynaud shot 6-for-8 overall and 3-for-4 on 3-pointers in his big first half, propelling Stanford to its 37-19 lead. The Cardinal hit 53.8 percent of its shots in the half and went 6-for-13 on 3-pointers, while the Golden Eagles went just 26.9 percent from the floor and 2-for-11 from deep.
Raynaud, who began the day as the ACC’s leading scorer and rebounder, finished 9-for-14 from the field while recording his 21st double-double of the season.
Blakes aided the Cardinal cause with 11 points, complementing three rebounds, a game-high four assists and two steals.
Venning collected three blocks and shot 5-for-10 for Boston College, which finished the game at 39.7 percent. McFarlane did most of his scoring on three 3-pointers in four attempts, while also finding time for a team-high five rebounds.
The Eagles, who were held to 60 or fewer points for the fifth time in ACC play, had just nine assists in the game on their 23 baskets. Chas Kelley III had a team-best three of them.
–Field Level Media
