by Jerry Feitelberg

photo courtesy of Google images also main page AP photo Oregon State’s Drew Eubanks (12) grabs a rebound in the Beavers win over Stanford on Thursday night

PALO ALTO–The woes continue for the Stanford Cardinal as they lost their fourth straight game. The visiting Oregon State Beavers beat them 62-50. The Beavers were seeking to avenge the loss to Stanford earlier in the season at Gill Arena in Corvallis. The only time the Cardinal didn’t trail was the first twenty-seven seconds of the game when the score was 0-0. The Beavers took the early lead and never relinquished it. The Cardinal trailed by five at the half but scored just twenty-one points in the second half. They went cold and scored just one bucket during a seven-minute stretch midway through the second half. Both teams played sloppily down the stretch but Stanford could not get anything going as they went down to defeat. With the loss, Stanford is 11-11 for the year but are just 4-7 in Pac-12 ply and are currently in ninth place. The Beavers improved to 15-8.

The Beavers took an early 5-0 lead in the first period and led for all twenty minutes as the finished leading the Cardinal 33-29. The Beavers biggest lead was seven but every time the Cardinal closed the gap, the Beavers answered and kept them at bay. Stanford was led Grant Verhoeven, coming off the bench . with eight points. Rosco  Allen had seven and 6-foot nine-inch sophomore Mike Humphrey added six. Freshman guard Marcus Sheffield also added six.  The Beavers were led by Tres Tinkle’s ten, while Malcom Duvier pitched in with nine. Duvivier hit three three-point shots.  Gary Payton, OSU’s leading scorer, had just four points in the half. Stanford shot 52.4% from the floor while OSU’s percentage was just 46.2% Both teams had nine defensive rebounds. OSU had five offensive boards while Stanford could just get one. Big difference in the score was due to the fact that OSU scored nine second chance points and  the Cardinal did not get any.

The Beavers scored the first four points in the second half to take a 37-29 lead. They incresed the lead to eleven with 12;46 left in the game. OSU’s Langston Morris-Walker , who hails from Berkeley, hit a three-pointer to give the Beavers the big advantage. The Beavers biggest lead of the night was twelve but the Cardinal, try as they might, could not overcome the deficit. They did cut the lead to five when Rosco Allen scored a layup. Allen was fouled but he missed the free throw. The Beavers increased the lead to eight but the Cardinal’s Dorian Pickens hit a three to cut the lead to five with 1:31 left in the game. The Beavers led at that point 54-49 but they took command of the last 91 seconds as they outscored the Cardinal 8-1 to win by twelve 62-50.

Game notes- Rosco Allen led Stanford with twelve points. Grant Verhoeven added ten and freshman Marcus Sheffield had eight. The Cardinal shot just 6 for 24 in the seconad half and shot 37% for the game. OSU shot 45.8% from the floor. Scoring leaders for the Beavers were Tres Tinkle with ninetine, Gary Payton added fourteen and Malcolm Duvivier pitched in with eleven.

The Cardinl returns to play against the Oregon Ducks Saturday afternoon at Maples Pavilion. The Cal Bears beat the Ducks 83-60 Thursday night in Berkeley and the nationally-ranked Ducks will be looking to get back on the winnig track. Game time will be at 1 PM.

Attendance was 4519.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stanford meets Oregon Saturday afternoon at 1 pm at Maples Pavilion.

Attendance was just 4519