{"id":625272,"date":"2026-02-26T03:44:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/625272\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T03:44:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:44:43","slug":"okorie-scores-34-points-as-stanford-holds-on-to-beat-pittsburgh-75-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/625272\/","title":{"rendered":"Okorie scores 34 points as Stanford holds on to beat Pittsburgh 75-67"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"VideoPlayer-backgroundImage\" alt=\"default-cbs-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772061739_339_video-slate.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/teams\/STNFRD\/stanford-cardinal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">STANFORD<\/a>, Calif. (AP)  Ebuka Okorie scored 34 points, his sixth 30-point game of the season, and Stanford rallied in the second half to defeat <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/teams\/PITT\/pittsburgh-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh<\/a> 75-67 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinal (17-11, 6-9 ACC) shot 50% from the field and overcame a 34-32 halftime deficit behind a 28-point second half from Okorie. He added six rebounds, six assists and three steals while going 9 for 9 from the free-throw line. Benny Gealer added 12 points, and Aidan Cammann finished with 11 as Stanford went a perfect 10-for-10 shooting at the line.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt (10-18, 3-12) was led by Cameron Corhen&#8217;s 22 points and eight rebounds, while Barry Dunning Jr. added 19 points on four 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt built a 63-57 advantage with 7:08 remaining before Stanford answered with a decisive stretch. Okorie scored nine points during an 11-1 run that gave the Cardinal a 68-64 lead with 3:27 left, including back-to-back 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers cut the deficit to four on a Dunning 3-pointer with 1:44 remaining, but Stanford responded with a tip-in by Cammann and closed the game at the free-throw line, holding Pitt without a field goal over the final three minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the Cardinal.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh: at California on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford: hosts SMU this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 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<\/p>\n<p class=\"StatsincCopyright\">\n    Copyright 2026 STATS LLC and Associated Press. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and Associated Press is strictly prohibited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Ebuka Okorie scored 34 points, his sixth 30-point game of the season, and Stanford rallied&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,231,772,1544,13381,12772],"class_list":{"0":"post-625272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-basketball","12":"tag-ncaab","13":"tag-pittsburgh-panthers","14":"tag-stanford-cardinal"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116134877192296160","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}