by Jerry Feitelberg
The Stanford Cardinal met the Cougars of Brigham Young University Tuesday night at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal the Bucknell Bisons last Friday night to start the season 1-0. BYU also got off to a good start defeating Weber State for their first win of the season. BYU is coached by Dave Rose.
Rose is in his ninth season and has an outstanding record of 209-66. BYU players to keep an eye on are Tyler Haws, Kyle Collinsworth and Matt Carlino. Haws scored 28 points and hauled down 13 rebounds in the game against Weber State. Colloinsworth had 11 points and 10 rebounds while Carlino notched 22 points in the win. This is BYU’s first visit to Stanford since 1969.
BYU outran the Stanford Cardinal by a score of 112-103. Reminded me of the Boston Celtics of the ’60s or the Los Angeles Lakers of the ’80s as both teams raced up and down the court. Stanford was
led by Chasson Randle and Dwight Powell. Randle knocked down thirty-three points while Powell added twenty-eight. The Cougars were led by Matt Carlino, who had twenty-six, Tyler Haws’ had thirty-one and had three other players in double digits.
The pace of the game was very uptempo from the start. The Cougars held a slim 15-13
lead with under five minutes played in the half. Matt Carlino had seven points for BYU and the Cardinal’s Chasson Randle also had seven. Both teams continued their fast and furious play but BYU took the lead at the 5 minute mark and the Cardinal could not catch up. BYU had a ten point led with 3:35 left as they went on a 7-0 run. Both teams roared up and down the court but BYU, behind a very large and loud contingent of supporters, finished the first half with an eight point lead 54-46. BYU was led by Kyle Collinsworth who had twelve points and four rebounds. Matt Carlino added seven more while Tyler Haws also added nine for the Cougars. Stanford was led by Chasson Randle and Dwight Powell. Randle had sixteen points and Powell chipped in with twelve.
Both teams played well in the second but BYU pulled away to build a seventeen point lead with 10:45
left in the game. The Cougars have played better defense, run the court faster and out-hustled the Stanford five so far in the second half and now lead 88-70 with 7:20 left in the game. The Cardinal
did not give up and they cut the deficit to ten points but there is just left 2:51 left in the game and it will take a miracle for Stanford to pull out the victory. BYU was just too tough and the Cardinal took it on the chin. Final score 112-103.
Stanford’s next game is Thursday night November 14th at 8pm at Maples Pavilion against Northwestern University.
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