by Jerry Feitelberg

AP photo: Stanford’s Rosco Allen is blocked by UCLA’s Aaron Holiday in last Saturday’s game

STANFORD–There are two reasons why the Cardinal have come back and have had great success of late winning four of their last five games most recently against UCLA last Saturday. Michael Humphrey the 6’9 forward really came to play in the last four games and in one game he scored 26 points against Washington State and against UCLA he was good for 24 points. Also Dorian Pickens coming off the bench has been fantastic he had 15-16 against UCLA and he was excellent in the game against USC.

Of course the Cardinal beat Oregon the week before and their just playing with a lot of confidence right now. Rosco Allen is playing good and Marcus Allen is contributing well. Especially both did well in the game against UCLA they did extremely well. Center Grant Verhoeven gives them strength and they’ve played as a team and they were able to use their speed and their height and they’re good on defense.

Jerry Feitelberg does the Stanford podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com