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Stanford Cardinal men’s basketball takes down WSU 86-84; Davis’ free throws break tie with 10 seconds remaining

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By Alexandra Evans

PALO ALTO–The Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball team (15-13) received a visit from the Washington State Cougars (11-16) at Maples Pavilion on Saturday, which was also Senior Day for the Cardinal.

Cougars’ Drick Bernstine made the first basket of the game, the start of the team’s lead over the Cardinal. It was not until the 7:35 mark that the Cardinal caught the lead.

Unlike Thursday’s match against the Washington Huskies, however, the Cardinal’s lead never made it to the double digits. The highest score by which they exceeded the Cougars was seven, as they kept managing to inch their way close to a tie, until the end of the period when Michael Humphrey, one of the seniors who was honored before the match (along with Dorian Pickens), made a buzzer-beating three-pointer for the Cardinal. The score was 49-40 at halftime

Freshman KZ Okpala, who made the first basket for his team, had the most points for the Cardinal after the opening period with 11. Bernstine exceeded the Cougars with 12 points.

When the second period began, Malachi Flynn made a three-pointer for the Cougars, followed by a layup from Kwinton Hinson. Shortly after, Hinson was fouled and Okpala made both free throws, making the score 51-45. Humphrey then got a layup directly after, and then made a dunk (assisted by Daejon Davis) to give the Cardinal their first double digit lead of the game less than four minutes in. Reid Travis brought the Cardinal’s lead to 12 with a layup at the five-minute mark.

The Cardinal managed to keep their lead in the double digits after Travis blocked a shot from Milan Acquaah, and again Oscar da Silva made a three-pointer at the eight-minute mark. Dorian Pickens then made two free throws to give the Cardinal a 14-point lead.

The Cougars cut their trail to single digits after Robert Franks got a three-pointer. The Cardinal’s lead remained in the single digits (even dropping to a two-point difference with a minute remaining), and then the score was tied 84-84 after Franks got on a breakaway and dunked for the Cougars with 30 seconds left in the game.

Two free throws from Davis put the Cardinal ahead by two points with 10 seconds on the clock, and they took home an 86-84 win.

Okpala and Travis finished the game with 20 points to lead the Cardinal. Franks led the Cougars with 19 points.

The Stanford Cardinal will head to the desert on Thursday, March 1 to take on the Arizona Wildcats.

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Matt Harrington: Cardinal have the offense to put Wazoo away tonight

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isiphoto.com by Casey Valentine: Stanford Cardinal’s Dorian Pickens who finished behind teammate Reid Travis in scoring on Thursday against Washington takes it to Washington State tonight at Maple Pavilion

On the Cardinal Podcast with Matt:

The Stanford Cardinal (15-13) took a two game win streak into tonight’s game against the Washington State Cougars at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal last beat the Cal Bears at Berkeley last Sunday for their first win and then win their second straight game last Thursday past the Washington State (18-10). Reid Travis led the Cardinal with 33 points. The Cardinal looked like an improved team offensively in their game against Washington.

Three games left in the regular season and Michael Humphrey and Dorian Pickens want to get a shot at the Big Dance. The Cardinal host the Cougars tonight. Matt breaks down the match up.

Matt Harrington does the Stanford Cardinal Podcast each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Stanford Cardinal defeats Washington Huskies 94-78 for the ​second time this season; That’s two straight wins in a row for Stanford

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photo by gostanford.com: Stanford Cardinal Travis Reid (22) led Stanford in offense on Thursday night at Maples Pavilion with 33 points

By Alexandra Evans

PALO ALTO—After defeating their archrivals, the California Golden Bears, in Berkeley on Sunday, the Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball team (15-13 overall, 9-6 in the Pac-12) returned to Maples Pavillion on Thursday night to face the Washington Huskies (18-10 overall, 8-7 in the Pac-12), whom they beat 73-64 in mid-January on the road. Both teams were 8-6 in the Pac-12 conference going into the match.

Humphrey made the first basket for the Cardinal and Noah Dickerson for the Huskies. The Cardinal kept a lead over the Huskies for the entire first half, which gradually increased as the period progressed. The Huskies started trailing the Cardinal by the double digits 5:29 in after forward Dorian Pickens made a three-pointer.

Huskies’ Dominic Green cut Stanford’s lead back into the single digits at 10:28, but only for 19 seconds, when Stanford’s Reid Travis made a jumper. The lead remained in the double digits from there on out. At the end of the period, the Cardinal exceeded the Huskies by 22 points.

Travis ended the period with 23 points, the highest on the team, and Pickens, Travis’ runner-up, finished the opening stanza with 12 points. Dickerson led the Huskies with 10 points, followed by Jaylen Nowell who had seven.

The second period began with a jumper from Pickens to make the score 50-26. The Huskies began inching their way toward cutting the Cardinal’s lead below 20 (and they came close at the four-minute mark when David Crisp got a layup to make the score 56-36), but the Cardinal held on as Oscar da Silva made a three-pointer at the five minute mark, keeping them ahead of the Huskies by more than 20 points.

Da Silva made one of three free throws just after the seven-minute mark to bring the score to 62-42. Daejon Davis (who was originally committed to the University of Washington) then stepped in for da Silva.

Dominic Green made a jumper for the Huskies to bring the Cardinal’s lead down to 18 points. Additionally, after Josh Sharma was fouled, Nahziah Carter made both free throws to cut the lead to 16 points. Then, Green made a three-pointer with 11 minutes remaining on the clock, and the Huskies trailed only by 13 (62-49), the closest they’d get to a single digit lead since early in the first half.

After much back and forth in the three minutes that followed, a dunk from Humphrey, a three-pointer from Pickens, a layup from da Silva, two free throws from Pickens, and a three-pointer from da Silva, the Cardinal inched their way back up to a 19-point lead, then 21 after da Silva made a dunk. Crisp made a three-pointer for the Huskies, followed by a layup from Humphrey for the Cardinals, and then another three-pointer from Matisse Thybulle brought the score to 78-62.

Carter chimed in on the three-pointer action and shot one for the Huskies with just over 6 minutes remaining in the match, and the score was 80-65. Nowell got a layup with 5:19 remaining and the lead was once again cut to 13 points, and then increased to 14 after Pickens made one of two free throws for the Cardinal.

Travis stepped on the line for a bonus one-and-one, making both shots to bring the score to 83-67. Carter then made a free throw (83-68) for the Huskies.

Carter was fouled with just over four and a half minutes remaining, giving Travis two free throw opportunities, both of which he made. Carter made a three-pointer for the Huskies before his teammate Hameir Wright was fouled, giving Davis two free throws; he made one to make the score 87-71.

A three-pointer from Thybulle cut the Cardinal’s lead to 12, then KZ Okpala made one of two free throws from Stanford to make it 13 once again. Carter missed a three-pointer which would have brought the lead down to 10 points.

The Cardinal closed out their win with one free throw from Travis and another from Okpala.

Travis earned a career high in points and led the Cardinal with 33, and Pickens finished second with 20 points. Nowell led the Huskies with 18 points, followed by Carter with 17.

Stanford will face the Washington State Cougars on Saturday, February 24, which is also Senior Day. Pickens and Humphrey will be honored for their contribution to Cardinal Basketball.

Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Cardinal take on Washington tonight in first building block towards potential post season bid

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gostanford.com photo: Stanford Cardinal Michael Humphrey (10) goes for the dunk last Sunday at Haas Pavilion against the Cal Bears

On the Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Jerry:

The Stanford Cardinal (14-13) who snapped a three game loss streak last Sunday at Cal host the Washington Huskies (18-9) tonight at Maple pavilion a 6PM tip. The Cardinal are sixth place in the Pac 12 and a win tonight over Washington which is not out of the realm of possibility would possibly propel them and give them a 9-6 Pac 12 record and a two game win streak.

Then they have the Washington State Cougars for this weekend and next week the two Arizona schools ASU and Arizona. If Stanford can win three out of the four games it’ll get them a bye and put them in the Pac 12 Tournament that would put them in the top four. If they get a loss it’ll be devastating. The Huskies are going to be looking for revenge as the Cardinal beat them up there in Seattle.

Jerry does the Stanford Podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Cal Bears Basketball Podcast with Morris Phillips: Nine turnovers was one of the key set backs in four point loss to Stanford Sunday

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file photo by collegebasketball.ap.org: Cal Bears head coach Wyking Jones is currently in last place in the Pac 12 tied on the bottom with Washington State

On the Cal Bears Basketball Podcast:

1 Competitive game at Haas Pavilion on Sunday night the Bears lost 77-73 to Stanford Morris takes a look at what wasn’t working for Cal

2 On a positive note the Bears did show some improvement on defense

3 The Cardinal in their own right had to scratch and claw to hold onto the win in a game that went back and forth

4 Stanford forced Cal to turn the ball over nine times while Stanford turned the ball over 16 times. Morris takes a look at Cal’s ball handling.

5 Cal hosts Washington and Washington State next week at Haas Pavilion and will look to improve on the turnover ratio and have a chance against Washington and WSU

Morris does the Cal basketball podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Stanford overcomes inconsistent road play in 77-73 win at Cal

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By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Sunday, February 18, 2018

There was no shortage of factors in the Stanford Cardinal’s 77-73 neighborhood rivalry in a Pac-12 showdown with the California Golden Bears at Haas Pavilion Sunday.

Individually, Reid Travis stepped up with a 6-of-13 shooting night to go with 10 rebounds, finishing with 13 points. Daejon Davis was 7-of-10 from the floor, 7-of-9 at the line, five assists and two steals. Davis turned the ball over seven times, but still led the Cardinal with 22 points, despite fouling out.

Dorian Pickens also had a strong outing with 17 points, 6-of-10 shooting, two 3-pointers, 3-of-4 at the line and four boards. Michael Humphrey chipped in with 11 points and seven rebounds.

As a team, the Cardinal shot nearly 45 percent overall, 76 percent on free throws, and outrebounded Cal 45-37. This is important, because Stanford hasn’t been a consistent road team throughout the Pac-12 schedule.

That inconsistency nearly did the Cardinal in again, but Stanford overcame those tendencies down the stretch, earning its first win over the Bears in Berkeley in three years.

Cal’s press gave the Cardinal fits, forcing Stanford into 17 turnovers that the Bears converted into 21 points. The Cardinal had an eight-point lead late in the second half before the Bears tied it at 67-67 with 4:31 to play.

From there, Stanford put together a five-point run before Davis fouled out with 2:11 left. But Pickens sank a pair of free throws with 8.7 seconds remaining to give the Cardinal a split in the season series.

The win was important for another reason for Stanford – the Cardinal are tied with Washington in the Pac-12 race, trailing fourth-place Utah by a half-game. The top four teams earn a first round bye in the Pac-12 tournament.

Up Next: The Cardinal host Washington on Thursday with a chance make up more ground in the Pac-12 standings.

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Matt Harrington: Cardinal in hopes to end three game loss streak heads to Cal for Big Game showdown

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file photo by gostanford.com: Stanford Cardinal’s Dorian Pickens (11) drives against the Cal Bears defense earlier this season at Maples Pavilion

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Matt:

1 The last loss for the Stanford Cardinal was to the Colorado Buffaloes last Saturday 64-56. The Cardinal dropping their third straight game

2 Colorado’s Lucas Stewart led Colorado with 17 points and two key three points

3 Dorian Pickens inspite of Stanford’s shots not falling led with 18 points and Reid Travis with ten points for the night

4 The Cardinal cut the lead to one but fell back when the Buffaloes ran off a 12-5 scoring attack and never looked back

5 Stanford heads to Berkeley on Sunday for a big game version with Cal

Matt Harrington does the Stanford Cardinal Podcast each Saturday at http://www.sportsradiosercvice.com

Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Cardinal lacking shooting points head to Berkeley for Sunday battle with Cal

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file photo by gostanford.com: The Stanford Cardinal’s Dorian Pickens (11) takes the dribble in the double overtime contest at Maples Pavilion earlier this season against the UCLA Bruins

Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Jerry:

1 The last loss for the Stanford Cardinal was to the Colorado Buffaloes last Saturday 64-56. The Cardinal dropping their third straight game

2 Colorado’s Lucas Stewart led Colorado with 17 points and two key three points

3 Dorian Pickens inspite of Stanford’s shots not falling led with 18 points and Reid Travis with ten points for the night

4 The Cardinal cut the lead to one but fell back when the Buffaloes ran off a 12-5 scoring attack and never looked back

5 Stanford heads to Berkeley on Sunday for a big game version with Cal

Jerry Feitelberg does Stanford Men’s basketball podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Shooting woes continue for Stanford as they lose to Colorado 64-56

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By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Sunday, February 11, 2018

The Colorado Buffaloes won its third consecutive Pac-12 men’s basketball game Sunday at Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colo., as they defeated the Stanford Cardinal 64-56.

Lucas Siewert led Colorado (15-10 overall, 7-6 Pac-12) with 17 points, which included two key 3-pointers in the closing minutes. George King and McKinley Wright scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, for the Buffs, who defeated the Cardinal for the ninth consecutive time.

Dorian Pickens topped the Stanford scoring column with 18 points, followed by Reid Travis with 10. The Cardinal evened their overall record at 13-13, 7-6 in league play.

Stanford trailed by 11 at halftime and gradually cut its deficit to 45-42 when Isaac White and Pickens hit consecutive 3s at 9:01 of the second half. Pickens connected on another 3-pointer to pull the Cardinal within one point at the 6:35 mark.

At that point, the Buffaloes forged a 12-3 run, punctuated by two Siewert 3-pointers and two baskets by Tyler Bey, allowing Colorado to build a 10-point lead with 1:07 to play.

Colorado built a 31-20 lead at the break with the help of four 3-pointers in the last 3:55 of the half.

It was a tough afternoon of shooting for the Cardinal, which made 35.7 percent of its field goal attempts. Three days earlier, Stanford made 35.8 percent of its shots at Utah. The Cardinal was 7-of-21 from 3-point range and 9-of-15 on free throws.

The Buffaloes outrebounded Stanford 42-38. King was the top rebounder for Colorado with nine, while Travis led the Cardinal with six.

Next Sunday, the Cardinal travels to Berkeley to face the Golden Bears.

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Matt Harrington: Cardinal looking to get back after loss in Utah: In Colorado tonight to conclude road trip

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University of Utah senior guard Justin Bibbins (1) drove the ball in an NCAA Men’s Basketball game vs. The Stanford Cardinals in Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, February 8, 2018. (Photo by Curtis Lin/ Daily Utah Chronicle)

On the Cardinal Podcast with Matt:

The Stanford Cardinal (13-12) and the Utah Utes (14-9) during last Thursday’s meeting in Utah was a game that look like it would be a close contest but the Utes got some offensive punch from Justin Bibbins who led Utah in scoring with 18 points. The Cardinal’s Reid Travis led with 15 points, it was a rough shooting night for the Cardinal. Utah is really a rough place to come in and play. The Utes really do pack that arena up with 15,000 plus so it was really tough for the Cardinal to get in there and seal a victory.

The Utes were really keying on the Cardinal the defense and getting key buckets and the confidence was going to the Utah offense and the Utes weren’t taking the foot off the gas. The Cardinal really struggled to generate any offense. That was something that Utah was keying in on and the Utes are the second best team in the Pac 12. The Cardinal won the game before the Utes game where they beat Oregon by double digits.

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