by Matt Harrington

Marcus Allen got the go ahead shot with 2.6 seconds left in Thursday’s NIT Tournament game with the Arkansas Razorbacks. Allen scored in regulation and the Cardinal came back from behind with a 69-66  key win in the NIT Tournament that split the two games at Barclay Center in Brooklyn.

The Cardinal played catch up erasing a 12 point deficit and they scored the game’s final 21 of 22 points. When Allen was driving  for the lay up. The Razorbacks Keaton Miles was called for goaltending and Arkansas head coach Mike Anderson was called for a technical foul for arguing the call.  The Cardinal Roscoe Allen hit both shots.

The Razorbacks had 42 rebounds but still couldn’t put Stanford away as the Cardinal managed a seven minute, 19-5 run to pull within three points. The Cardinal have some final exams to work on and have some time off before their next game on December 12th against Dartmouth. For now they can use the rest.

Matt Harrington does the Stanford Cardinal basketball podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com