“It’s a real thing to be off two weeks and expect to be sharp,” Stanford coach Jerod Haase said. “We haven’t seen much zone this year, but our plan was solid.”

Tyrell Terry added 12 points, eight boards and five assists for the Cardinal (9-1), who improved to 40-13 all-time against San Jose State and has won 10 of 19 meetings in San Jose. Isaac White also had 12 points.

“The focus was off basketball for a little bit,” da Silva said. “We were able to get into the gym and work on cleaning some things up.”

Oscar da Silva was definitely ready to play. He scored Stanford’s first six points of the game and the first nine points of the second half among his game-high 25 points, one shy of his career high. He also added eight rebounds.

For the past two weeks, the Stanford men’s basketball team has been more involved in scholarly than athletic activities. It showed a bit Saturday in the Cardinal’s 78-58 victory over host San Jose State in a nonconference game.

“His footwork is good around the basket,” Prioleau said. “He gets in close and he can score.”

Da Silva, 11 of 17 from the field, was a big reason why Stanford outscored the Spartans 52-12 in the paint. The Cardinal also held a 12-5 edge in points off turnovers despite committing 21.

“We played the best team we’ve seen this year,” San José State coach Jean Prioleau said. “They keep coming at you with the same actions and break you down. They have the ability to make the play.”

San Jose State led for all of 23 seconds in the contest and Stanford was able to pull away and maintain a double-digit lead most of the game.

Stanford hosts San Francisco at 6 p.m. on Tuesday and then plays San Diego as part of the Al Attles Classic at Chase Center in San Francisco on Saturday.

Stanford has held its first 10 opponents to fewer than 70 points, its best such stretch since the 2010-11 season.

Off to its best start in eight years, the Cardinal leads the Pac-12 in scoring defense, allowing 57.7 points a game, which is 14th in the nation. Opponents are shooting 38.6%, 29.8% from 3-point range.

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Time off does not distract from bottom line for Stanford