Stanford Cardinal Ebuki Okorie (1) hangs onto the basketball while the Wake Forest Demon Deacons Mehki Mason (right) reaches in and Juke Harris is seated behind Okorie at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem NC on Sat Feb 14, 2026 (AP News photo)

Stanford Cardinal podcast Michael Roberson:

#1 What factors contributed to Wake Forest’s (13-12) victory over the Stanford Cardinal (16-10), and how did the Demon Deacons pull away in the second half? (Final score Wake Forest 68, Stanford 63)

#2 For Stanford the high scorers were Ebuka Okorie with 22 points, Benny Gealer 11 points, and Aidan Camman ten points try as hard as they may the Cardinal dropped this one on Saturday by five points.

#3 How did Stanford’s standout freshman Ebuka Okorie perform relative to his season averages, and did Wake Forest do anything specific to slow him down? (Okorie was averaging ~22.4 points per game before the matchup)

#4 Wake Forest got good scoring production out of Juke Harris who led with 25 points followed up by teammate Mekhi Mason with ten points.

#5 Up next for the Cardinal the Cal Bears at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley on Sat Feb 21st. Cal had a split on the road losing to Syracuse 107-100 on Wednesday night and on Saturday they handled the Boston College Eagles 86-75 to improve to 18-8. How do you see this match with Stanford heading over to Cal on Saturday night?

Micahel Roberson filled in for Daniel Dullum who does the Stanford Cardinal podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com