by Ben Leonard

photo credit: USA Today Stanford’s Rosco Allen trots behind Stanford head coach Johnny Dawkins Thursday vs. Cal

PALO ALTO–On the podcast the Stanford Cardinal success with their free throws and rebounding against the Cal Bears last Thursday night at Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto helped set a climate of staying ahead of a Cal team that’s starting to sputter after having huge success in mainly non conference games and the Cardinal after their tour of duty in the state of Oregon are feeling good about using Cal as a test dummy for improving their game average numbers for rebounds, free throws, and scoring.

Rosco Allen the Cardinal ace hardly could contain himself likewise for Cal they had trouble containing Allen all night. It was Allen who reached deep down in his basketball soul to help contribute towards Stanford’s six point lead over the Bears for the 77-71 win. Rosco finished the night with a team leading 22 points, 11 rebounds, and the Cardinal out rebounded the Bears 38-28.

The Cardinal gear up for their next opponent next Thursday night at Maples against an offensive Arizona Wild Cats team. The Cardinal hope to work that same magic they had on Thursday night on the Wild Cats that they did for Cal as they broke out of their 67% free throw average and tallied for one of their best free throw nights of the season.

Ben Leonard is filling in for Matt Harrington on the Cardinal basketball podcast listen for Matt next week right here at http://www.sportsradioservice.com