Men's Basketball Welcomes Rice

SETTING THE SCENE

Looking to close its season-opening homestand at 3-0, Stanford welcomes Rice to Maples Pavilion on Monday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. The action will air on ACC Network Extra, while the radio feed can be found on YouTube, Sirius XM or GoStanford.com.

THE STARTING FIVE

• Stanford is out to a 2-0 start with four players averaging double-figure scoring and six players scoring at least eight points per game. Nick Townsend leads the team with 18.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 3.0 assists per game as the only player nationally to hit those benchmarks in the first week of the season.

• Kyle Smith enters his third season as Stanford’s Anne and Tony Joseph Director of Men’s Basketball.…