February 28, 2026; Stanford, California, USA; Stanford Cardinal coach Kyle Smith gestures during the first half against the Southern Methodist University Mustangs at Maples Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Benny Gealer scored a career-high 30 points and went 7-for-11 from beyond the arc as Stanford dominated visiting SMU 95-75 on Saturday.
Gealer added four rebounds and a career-high six steals for the Cardinal (18-11, 7-9 Atlantic Coast Conference), who finished the regular season and went 12-6 at home the following week on the road.
Ebuka Okorie added 22 points and six assists, and Aidan Kamman added 15 points, six rebounds and four assists. Stanford shot 14-for-27 from beyond the arc and made 90.6% of its free throws.
Buffy Miller had 26 points and five assists for the Mustangs (19-10, 8-8), who finished their California road trip with an 0-2 record after Wednesday’s 73-69 loss to Cal.
Jaron Pierre Jr. added 21 points and six rebounds. SMU shot 47.4% from the field and 38.9% from beyond the arc and allowed 17 points off the team’s nine turnovers.
Okorie had seven points, including a shot from beyond the arc, to give Stanford an early 12-7 lead with 16:03 left in the first half.
Gealer hit his first three outside shots to extend Stanford’s lead to 20-12 with 12:55 remaining. Miller’s layup ended SMU’s scoring drought to make it 20-18 with 8:04 left in the first half.
The Cardinals failed to score for more than five minutes, but went on a 12-2 run to go up 32-20 on a Ryan Agarwal 3-pointer with 2:55 left in the second half. The Cardinal held off the Mustangs’ pressure and took a 34-27 halftime lead.
Stanford started the second half on an 11-4 run to take a 45-31 lead, followed by another three from Agarwal with 17:34 remaining.
SMU cut the deficit to 12-4 to make it 53-47 with 11:24 to play, but Stanford increased its lead to 60-47 with 10 minutes left in the game.
This started a 19-4 surge for the Cardinal, effectively putting the game away. They took their largest lead of the day, 72-51, with 7:50 remaining.
SMU again attempted to get things going, but failed to cut the deficit below 15 points. In the final minute, Stanford led by as many as 23 points.
–Field level media
