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By Daniel Dullum

Sports Radio Service

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Despite recent successes, Stanford’s road woes in Pac-12 men’s basketball continued Wednesday night at Hec Ed Arena in Seattle, where Washington came up with a big second half to stop the Cardinal 64-60.

The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Huskies (14-11 overall, 6-6 Pac-12) and was Washington’s first win since Jan. 25. C.J. Wilcox led Washington with 17 points, five rebounds and four assists, followed by Nigel Williams-Gross with 17 points, five boards and five assists.

With the score 62-60, Wilcox sank a pair of free throws with 4.1 seconds remaining to provide the Huskies’ final margin of victory. Moments earlier, Washington’s Desmond Simmons drew a charging foul on Stanford’s Chasson Randle on a possession that could have tied the game.

Simmons led Washington with seven rebounds in addition to making the top defensive play of the game. Reserve Mike Anderson provided 13 points off the Huskie bench.

Dwight Powell led Stanford (15-8, 6-5) with 18 points and nine rebounds, followed by Randle with 17 points – 13 of them in the first half – five rebounds and three assists. The Cardinal led 34-27 at halftime, but were plagued by 3 of 16 shooting from behind the 3-point arc.

A five-point spurt by Josh Huestis put the Cardinal up 46-41 midway through the second half, but Washington responded with an 11-6 run to tie the game at 52-52 on a floater by Williams-Goss.

After the lead see-sawed, Washington surged ahead to stay when Simmons drained a perimeter jumper with 2:22 to play. Wilcox sank a pair of free throws with 54 seconds remaining, giving the Huskies a 62-59 lead, and Randle hit 1 of 2 foul shots with 49 seconds to play for Stanford’s final scoring of the night.

Stanford completes its swing through the Northwest with a Saturday game at Washington State. Game time is 4 p.m.

Daniel Dullum covers MLB, the NHL and the Pac-12 for SportsRadio

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