On Monday night, Stanford men’s basketball defeated the San Jose State Spartans 76-62 at The Farm. Stanford freshman striker Harrison Ingram led the Cardinal with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists as a senior striker Jaiden Delaire ended with 19 points when shooting 7-13 from the field, 2-3 when shooting from 3-point distance and 3-9 when shooting from the foul line. San Jose State Junior Guard Omari Moore was the top performer for the Spartans with 21 points and 3 rebounds. Stanford improves to 2-1 overall while San Jose State drops to 1-1.

“Obviously a two-half story,” said Stanford head coach Jerod Haase after the game. “We talked a lot about a few adjustments at halftime, but at the end of the day we just implemented the game plan that we had before. Guarding the basketball was certainly crucial. Moore is a real player. The first half really worked hard and caused a lot of chaos for us as goalscorers. We were certainly focused on her 3-point shooting. You shoot; 14 threesomes in their first game. So we wanted to make sure that this is a focus of ours.

“But the defense in the second half really picked up speed. I thought we had a lot of energy. A little courage, a little tenacity, and the game plan well executed. On the offensive again, in the first half, I thought we were looking good. At the end of the day I think we only missed nine or ten free throws in the first half and that makes it difficult because if you do those then I think half will be different. But when we get to the line and don’t convert, that’s a challenge. But the offense was probably more efficient than the statistics said.

“And then the second half certainly did a great job of getting the ball in the color and dominating the color. Especially in the offensive area. So, San Jose State, well trained. It’s the look of college basketball right now where several high transfers, some guys return, and then a well-trained team. And so I think they’ll be doing some nice things this year. ”

13:13 before the end of the first half, the game was 10:10 a draw. Harrison Ingram led Stanford with 6 points in 3-5 shooting from the field. Stanford shot 5-10 (50.0%) out of the field, while San Jose State shot 4-7 out of the field and 2-3 out of 3-point range.

San Jose State would lead by 16:12 with 10:47 at halftime. Spartans forward Tibet Gorener was up to 7 points and 2 rebounds when shooting 3-3 out of the field. Stanford needed someone other than Ingram to get started as he had half his points.

Stanford would retake the lead to go 7:39 at halftime at 19-18. Delaire started warming up for the Cardinal with 8 points in a 3-3 shootout from the field. He got a triple, got a nice putback, a reverse jam and also a free throw.

San Jose State reacted well with 27:21 and 3:49 to go at halftime. The Spartans were over the last 2:31 in a 9-0 run. Goerner was up to 10 points in 4-4 shooting from the field. 0 points for the cardinal in the last 3:51.

San Jose State would lead 31-25 with 2:23 in the half. Stanford only shot 9-26 (34.6%) out of the field. San Jose State shot 12-22 (54.5%).

At halftime, San Jose State was leading 38-29. Omari Moore was up to 12 points for the Spartans when shooting 5-7 out of the field, while Harrison Ingram stepped the cardinal with 12 points and 4 rebounds.

After a disappointing first half, Stanford woke up to start the second half and brought a lot more energy and focus to both ends of the floor. They began to be more active on defense and offense, going out of their way to work the ball inward. As a result, it was a 47-43 lead for San Jose State with 14:44 remaining. Stanford had up to 4 assists in the second half alone, which was more than the total in the first half. Maxime Raynaud got off to a good start as he had up to 9 points.

Stanford improved 53-49, 11:06 to go. They were on a 10-0 run over the final 2:48. Ingram had up to 17 points and 7 rebounds while Delaire had 15 points. Stanford’s better ball movement and energy continued. Stanford would then go 56-51 after a three-point game Brandon Angel to go with 9:57. The cardinal began to withdraw.

“I like having him on my team,” joked Haase when asked about Ingram’s performance. “Has a great feel to play. Very very smart. Knows the game so well. His questions or comments are always on point. And of course I said about him that he was physically ready to play at this level. And the other thing is that he makes other players better and that’s a really strong statement because obviously he can hit basketball and dominate a game like that. But when he’s in the game and has the ball in his hands, he has the ability to make others better, and I just love that. ”

With 7:11 to go, Stanford would lead 62-55 as their lead continued to grow. Ingram and Delaire each had 17 points. Stanford had up to 9 assists in the second half and continued to do a great job working the ball inside. There was a difference between day and night compared to the first half.

“We’ll need him to be a marquee player for us,” said Haase of Delaire. “He met in different ways. Dotted around the basket. I still think he’ll get more and more efficient as the year goes on. Defensive he can really be careful with his length and what we will expect from him is just the energy and passion on the defensive. I was happy with what he was doing. Of course, the score is a big deal to us and we’ve made some crucial throws and I thought he reacted well. He didn’t start the game, didn’t start the second half, but still played at a very high level. ”

Stanford would lead 66-57 with 3:43 to go. The Spartans ran out of gas. After a very patchy first half, the cardinal did a really impressive job turning this game around.

“The message has stayed and always has been: be surgical on the offensive and make sure we get to our places and are strong and physical,” said Delaire. “We took it a little bit personally at halftime. We had to look at ourselves in the mirror and find out what kind of team we really wanted to be and yes we came out in the second half and tried to be a little more physical, a little more surgical on the offensive end and it paid us well . ”

In the end, Stanford left with a 76-62 win. After losing 38:29 at half time, the cardinal reacted very well in the second half and outperformed the Spartans with 47:24. The offense increased as well as the defensive. The real difference was offensively in getting into the color. Stanford outperformed San Jose State 52-28 in the suit. When Stanford started working inside, it was game over.

“Absolutely,” Ingram said when asked if getting the ball into the paint was an important focus. “Because I mean, we have me, JD, Spencer, at the same time. That’s a big three. I mean, most people play a 6’3 “shooting guard there, sometimes 6’3”, 6’5 “shooting guard. So they have to guard me, JD or Spencer. So we just do some plays and try to get us Bringing post-ups in color because we know they can’t stop us down there. ”

Towards the end of the game, with 2:13 to go, Jaiden Delaire conceded a technical foul after a nice bucket inside. Addressing this game after the game, Delaire said that he had said something stupid and that he will learn from it in the future.

“I’m just saying, sometimes I pass out on the pitch,” said Delaire of the technical foul. “Maybe I should have said something I shouldn’t have said, and I’ll learn from that and do better next time. But it was a physically tough game and I was pretty excited afterwards. But that’s all. I probably just said something to one player that I shouldn’t have done. ”

“No, that was unforgivable,” Haase said with a laugh when asked about Delaire’s technical foul. “There may be technology out there that is forgivable, but it wasn’t.”

Stanford also rolled up a new starting XI with Maxime Raynaud Sam Beskind beginning. Jerod Haase said it was about matchups and he believed that Beskind would bring a good amount of energy to start the game.

“Yes, Maxime and Sam both start the first time,” said Haase. “I thought Maxime’s performance in the last game was really good. Sam provides so much energy. I wanted to be able to put him on Moore at the beginning of the game. I thought this would be a good matchup for us. Sam is a seasoned player for us, has been around for a long time, he’s working his tail off, has everyone’s respect and I really wanted to start the game with energy and I thought he would help us to do it and he did made it well done. It’s amazing how little he’s played here over time and what a huge impact he has had on our program. Of course, I have great confidence in him. It wasn’t that different from what he deserved in training and I wanted to bring him there. “

Overall, I think there are more positives than negatives to this game when you are at Stanford. They have shown what they can do when they follow the game plan and everyone is in sync. Harrison Ingram took over and, aside from his bad foul, Jaiden Delaire had a nice outing. This was certainly a nice way to recover from the Santa Clara defeat on Friday.

“I mean, we went to Santa Clara, that’s a school just down the street,” Ingram said. “Rivals, we all know each other. Everyone knows each other and being beaten like that just wasn’t our style. Trainers talk about it, I mean our main goal is to go crazy, March madness, right? And go dancing in tournaments and for that we have to relax in order to win. “

“Yeah, we’re definitely a little pissed off and that’s sure to carry over to tonight’s game,” added Delaire. “And then with the first half, which we had at half time, we were even more ticked off, which fueled our fire in the second half.”

Next up for Stanford is a home game against Valparaiso on Wednesday. This game will be announced at 5:30 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Networks and Cardinal Sports Network Radio.

Note: Redshirt Junior Center Keenan Fitzmorris was outside and had a boot on his right foot. Jerod Haase said after the game that he doesn’t have an update on him at the moment but hopes to get more information after Wednesday’s game.