Oziyah Sellers’ late surge helps Stanford edge Norfolk State

Oziyah Sellers scored seven of his 15 points in the last three minutes to lead Stanford to a 70-63 victory over visiting Norfolk State on Wednesday night.Sellers, a transfer from Southern California, sank a 3-pointer to give the Cardinal a 63-58 lead with 2:34 to go. He subsequently made four consecutive free throws, and Stanford went up 67-60 with 35 seconds left.After Norfolk State’s Sin’Cere McMahon made a 3-pointer with 29 seconds remaining, the Cardinal’s Jaylen Blakes made two free throws to help seal the win.Stanford is 5-0 for the first time since starting 7-0 in the 2019-20 season.Blakes made 10 of 12 free-throw attempts and tied his career high with 18 points. Maxime Raynaud led the Cardinal with 20 points and 10 rebounds.Norfolk State (4-2) got 24 points from Brian Moore Jr., 17 from Christian Ings and 10 from Jalen Myers.Stanford scored 14 unanswered points to take a 14-2 lead five minutes into the game and never trailed thereafter.Blakes, a graduate transfer from Duke, scored the first seven points of that run.A 3-pointer by Ryan Agarwal gave Stanford a 30-15 lead, its largest of the game, with 8:25 left in the first half.Stanford went more than seven minutes without making a field goal, which allowed Norfolk State to cut the gap to 35-31 with 1:28 left in the half.The Cardinal missed eight consecutive shots from the field in that stretch.

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