ACC’s leading scorers to shoot it out as Stanford meets Notre Dame

Riding a three-game winning streak, all coming at home, Stanford hopes to change its fortunes on the road to conclude the regular season.Meanwhile, winning anywhere remains a struggle for Notre Dame.The Cardinal look to avoid a fourth straight road loss when they meet the Fighting Irish for Wednesday night’s ACC contest in South Bend, Ind.Stanford (19-10, 11-7) has been solid during its first ACC season thanks to a 9-1 home record, capped by Saturday’s 73-68 win over SMU. In Kyle Smith’s first season as coach, the Cardinal have secured their first winning season since 2020-21 and seek their second 20-win campaign in the last 11 years.”It feels good to win,” said senior Maxime Raynaud, the team leader with 20.2 points and 10.9 rebounds. “I think we did a great job of setting a new culture (with the new coaching staff). … People all bought in together.”Raynaud averaged 23 points during the three-game sweep at home, but just 15 per game during the current three-game road slide for Stanford, which is 2-6 away from home in the ACC. The Cardinal allowed an average of 64.8 points in league home games, but that number balloons to 81.4 per game on the road.

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