Maxime Raynaud’s 23 points help Stanford defeat Boston College

Maxime Raynaud had 16 of his game-high 23 points in a runaway first half, Oziyah Sellers added 18 and the host Stanford Cardinal rolled to a 78-60 Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball victory over Boston College on Wednesday night.Raynaud completed a double-double with a game-high 10 rebounds and Chisom Okpara chipped in with 15 points off the bench for Stanford (18-10, 10-7 ACC), which clinched no worse than a break-even season in its first year of ACC basketball competition.Chad Venning had 13 points and Roger McFarlane 11 for Boston College (12-16, 4-13), which played Stanford to a 41-all draw in the second half after falling behind by 18 points at the intermission.Stanford trailed 6-4 in the game’s fourth minute before holding the visitors to two points over the next 6 1/2 minutes while building a 19-8 margin. Raynaud, Sellers and Jaylen Blakes had 3-pointers in the 15-2 Cardinal burst.Boston College, which shot just 26.9 percent in the first half, was never closer than seven after that.Raynaud shot 6-for-8 overall and 3-for-4 on 3-pointers in his big first half, propelling Stanford to its 37-19 lead. The Cardinal hit 53.8 percent of its shots in the half and went 6-for-13 on 3-pointers, while the Golden Eagles went just 26.9 percent from the floor and 2-for-11 from deep.

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