Stanford freshman Ebuka Okorie scored 26 points in his debut, and the host Cardinal answered repeated runs from Portland State in an 89-79 win on Tuesday in the teams' season opener.

The Cardinal built second-half leads of 14 and 15 points en route to the program's 15th straight home-opening win. The victory did not come without struggle, however, as Portland State twice whittled the deficit to single-digit margins behind 13-of-27 3-point shooting.

The Vikings' Sebastian Tidor came off the bench to shoot 6-of-10 from beyond the arc, including hitting consecutive attempts to ignite a 12-2 run early in the second half. He ignited a spurt that pulled Portland State to within four.

Stanford responded with a 15-6 run midway through the half to push the lead back to 15. Tidor capped a 13-6 Po

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