AP photo: Stanford’s Michael Humphrey goes for the dunk against WSU in Thursday night’s win 72-56

On the Stanford Cardinal basketball podcast with Matt Harrington the Stanford Cardinal (13-11) got  their second straight victory and the Cardinal’s Michael Humphrey had a career night last Thursday against the Washington State Cougars (1-13) with 26 points. The Cougars didn’t have a chance getting crushed on their home floor and the Cardinal got a key road victory.

You could only imagine if WSU didn’t have their leading scorer how much more the gap would have been on the final scoreboard. WSU’s John Hawkinson led the Cougars with 17 points for Thursday night. The Cougars took a 11-2 run to start the second half. The Cardinal pushed away and had 45 percent from the field and the Cougars finished with 44 percent but the real turn around was turnovers as the Cardinal took advantage of the Cougars capitalizing on 12 turnovers.

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