By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Chasson Randle enjoyed a big night in the Big Apple on Tuesday.

Randle became Stanford’s all-time men’s basketball scoring leader in the Cardinal’s 67-60 win over Old Dominion in the National Invitation Tournament semifinals at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

With a free throw late in the first half, Randle passed Todd Lichti on Stanford’s all-time scoring list. Randle finished the game with 24 points, giving him 2,350 for his career. He needed 11 points going into the game to pass Lichti.

Stefan Nastic added 17 points for Stanford.

The Cardinal (23-13) blew a 21-point halftime lead, but managed to hold off the Monarchs. Stanford opened the game with a 15-0 run before Old Dominion scored its first points.

But the Monarchs (27-8) overcame a 25-4 deficit, forced 10 Stanford turnovers, and a Richard Ross dunk with six seconds left in the half pulled ODU to within six points at the break.

With just over 11 minutes to play in the second half, a Ross layup gave Old Dominion a brief lead. The Cardinal responded three minutes later with a transition steal and dunk by Marcus Allen, two 3-pointers by Randle, and Stanford surged ahead for good.

In the final minute, ODU made one last charge. After Trey Freeman missed a 3-point attempt, Randle sank a floater to put the Cardinal up 63-59. Randle later sank a pair of free throws to increase Stanford’s lead to six.

Reserve Ambrose Mosley led ODU with 16 points, while Ross added 15 points off the bench, hitting 7 of 7 shots. The Monarchs’ starters combined for a total of 20 points. Freeman finished with 13 points on 6-of-24 shooting.

Stanford faces Miami in Thursday night’s NIT championship game at the Garden.