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The Stanford Cardinal defeats the Hornets of Sacramento State

Published on December 21, 2015December 21, 2015 by rxsluggerLeave a comment

by Jerry Feitelberg

The Stanford Cardinal (5-4) met the Sacramento State Hornets(6-3) Monday night at Maples Pavilion. The two teams played a spirited, competitive contest. The Cardinal pulled away late in the game to defeat the Hornets70-60.

Stanford could not get anything going until late in the first half. The Sacramento State Hornets played an a strong defense and led 19-10 about halfway through the first half. The Cardinal’s Dorian Pickens knocked down two 3-point shots to close the gap to three, but Sac State’s Justin Springer nailed a three to give the Hornets a six-point lead. At this point in the game, the Cardinal shot a woeful 26.1 % from the floor. With a little over five minutes left in the half, the Cardinal found its rhythm and was able to tie the game at 28 with just 2:51 left to play. Sophomore forward Mike Humphrey made two key buckets to bring the Cardinal even with the Hornets. Stanford took the lead for the first time on a Josh Sharma deuce. Dorian Pickens made his third 3-pointer and was fouled on the play. Pickens made the free throw, and Stanford has a six-point advantage with just 25.7 seconds left in the half. The Hornets did not go quietly. Guard Cody Demps knocked down a trey, and the half ended with Stanford holding a 36-33. lead. Stanford shooting from the floor improved to 42.4%.Sac State, however, shot 54.2% Mike Humphrey, and Dorian Pickens led the Cardinal in scoring. Humphrey had 12 and Pickens added 14.

The Cardinal started strong in the second half. They led by ten points twice in the early part of the half. With 13:46 left, and trailing by ten. Sac State went on an eight-point run to close the gap to just two points. From that point, the game raged up and down the court. Stanford went cold, and the Hornets refused to quit but could not quite catch up. The Sac State fans were making more noise than the Stanford crowd and went wild when they Hornets tied the game at 56. Rosco Allen broke the tie with 5:08 left Sac State star, center Eric Stuteville, fouled out on the play. He had nineteen points to lead the Hornets in scoring. Stanford went on a 7-0 run to take a ten-point lead with just 1:15 left. The Cardinal defense prevented the Hornets from scoring and ran out the clock to preserve the win.Final score 70-60 in favor of Stanford.

Stars of the game were Michael Humphrey with 21 points and Dorian Pickens. Pickens knocked down twenty. Rosco Allen added 11, and Marcus Allen pitched in with 9. Sacramento State’s Eric Stuteville led his team with 19 points before fouling out late in the second half. Marcus Graves had 11, and Justin Strings knocked down 10 in a losing effort. Stanford improves to 6-4 while Sac State drops to 6-4.

The SMU Mustangs run by the Stanford Cardinal.

Published on November 19, 2015November 20, 2015 by rxsluggerLeave a comment

by Jerry Feitelberg

Bing images: SMU head coach Larry Brown

PALO ALTO–The Stanford Cardinal hosted the Mustangs of Southern Methodist University Thursday night at a not very well-attended Maples Pavilion. The Mustangs, coached by Larry Brown, won their second game of the year beating the Cardinal 85-70. Stanford suffered its first loss of the year.

Stanford had trouble with the Mustangs’ defense. The Mustangs and the Cardinal were fairly even through the first ten minutes of the game. SMU took a seven-point lead with 9:34 left in the first half.The Cardinal closed the gap to four, trailing 23-19. The Mustangs went on a 8-0n run to take a twelve-point margin with just little over 6 minutes to go in the half. Stanford rallied to trail by five 31-26 but SMU continued to play pressure defense and kept the Cardinal at bay. The half ended with Stanford behind by eight points 39-31. SMU’s Ben Moore led all scorers with twelve points. Jordan Tolbert had eight and Keith Frazier contributed six for SMU. Rosco Allen led the Cardinal with eight. Reid Travis and Marcus Allen helped out with six apiece. Cardinal turnovers contributed seventeen points to the Mustang total. The Cardinal shot 47.8% from the floor . SMU’s field-goal percentage came in at 52.9%

In the second half, the SMU Mustangs went on 19-9 run to take a twenty point lead 58-38. The Cardinal, however, played better ball. They employed a pressure defense and cut the deficit to twelve with 6:35 left in the game. The Mustangs upped the lead to 15 but Stanford kept coming back. The lead was cut to nine but time is not on Stanford’s side. SMU made three free throws and lead by twelve with 31.4 seconds left and they control the ball. SMU wins 85-70.

Game Notes- Stanford had four players in double figures in scoring. Marcus Allen led the Cardinal with 18. Rosco Allen had 14 while Reid Travis added 12 and Michael Humphrey pitched in with 10. Leading scorers for SMU were guard Nic Moore and Ben Moore. Each knocked down 17. Markus Kennedy added 14 and Jordan Tolbert pitched in with 10. SMU dominated the rest of the stats. They shot 56% from the floor compared to Stanford’s 46%. Stanford turned over the ball 13 times leading to 21 SMU points. SMU out rebounded the Cardinal 34-24.

The NCAA has sanctioned the SMU basketball program for multiple violations, including academic fraud and unethical conduct. Penalties will keep SMU from the 2016 postseason and Larry Brown has been suspended for nine games during the upcoming season.

Stanford hopes to get back on the winning track Sunday night when they travel to Moraga to face the Saint Mary Gaels.

Legendary Basketball Coach Tarkanian has died.

Published on February 11, 2015 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by Jerry Feitelberg

Legendary Basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian died Wednesday at the age of 84. Tarkanian entered the hospital Monday and his son Danny said "He fought and fought. Coach Tark, my father, the greatest man I have ever known, passed today, to take his place in heaven. I will miss him every day of my life."

Jerry Tarkanian was the second Hall of Fame coach to die in the last ten days. Dean Smith of North Carolina died last week. Tarkanian was a fantastically successful basketball coach for
over 40 years. He was not a great basketball player in his days at Fresno State but was a great leader. He had a great personality who had a great work ethic and enthusiasm for the game and was chosen as captain even though he was a backup guard. After graduation Jerry coached at the high school level before going on to coach Riverside City College from 1963 to 1964 where his team won three state titles and a record of 145-22. In 1966, he moved over to Pasadena City College and had a record of 67-4 while winning one state title.

Now, it was time to move on to Divison One college basketball. Jerry was hired to take over the moribund Long Beac State program. Long Beach had a losing record of 192-240 record under five coaches in the seventeen years prior to his arrival. Jerry turned the program into a winning one immediately. From 1968 to 1973 his record was 122-20 and the team won four conference titles in his five years there. Jerry moved on to the University of Nevada Las Vegas from 1973 to 1992 and he amassed a record of 509-105 and his team, the Running Rebels, won the NCAA championship in 1990. Jerry returned to has alma mater, Fresno State and coached there until his retirement in 2002. The Bulldogs reached the NCAA Tournament twice and had six straight 20-win seasons.
Jerry’s teams loved to play pressure defense and used the fast break to pulverize their opponents. Jerry was fun to watch while coaching as he had a habit of chewing on a wet towel during games.

Some other numbers of interest are the following. He had a winning percentage of .804 which is fourth best all-time. In addition, he had 778 career victories and tutored 42 players that were drafted by the NBA including 12 first-round selections.

While these numbers are tremendous, one has to ask -what kind of person was Jerry Tarkanian?
While he was a great coach and mentor, he was a compassionate man who believed that everyone in life deserved a second chance and he brought in a lot of young men that came from troubled backgrounds to play on his teams. Tarkanian wrote" My upbringing was why I related so well to kids from tough backgrounds or single-family homes. I was always at home with city kids. I understood what it was like to be raised by one parent, to grow up poor, and to have to move around and scrape to get things."

Jerry was approached by the Los Angeles Lakers to take over the helm in 1977, but he did not take the job. Jerry did take a job coaching the San Antonio Spurs in 1992, but his tenure there was short-lived as he was out after coaching just 20 games.

Jerry finished his career at Fresno Sate and was elected to the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2013. The honor was long overdue, but many people felt that it was his battles with the NCAA that cost him the chance to enter the Hall at an earlier date.

Tarkanian had a long and successful life and the world of basketball is in mourning today for one of it’s most colorful characters. Rest in Peace, Jerry.

Cal’s woes continue, lose fourth in a row

Published on January 14, 2015 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by Jerry Feitelberg

The California Golden Bears returned home to face the Stanford Cardinal at Haas Pavilion. Cal coach Cuonzo Martin’s club had lost three in a row and was looking to right the ship by defeating their arch-rival Stanford Cardinal. Doesn’t matter what the records are when these two teams meet. It’s a rivalry game and nothing is more satisfying for Cal than beating Stanford. That, however, did not happen as the Cardinal beat Cal 69-59. It was Cal’s fourth loss in a row and sixth in their last seven games. Cal’s record is now 11-7 overall and 1-3 in Pac-12 play. Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins’ team is now 12-4

overall and 4-1 in conference play.

The first half started off slowly and neither team could get much going. Stanford led 23-20 with just under five minutes left in the half. However, Cal took control and went on a 9-3 run to have a five point lead after the first half. Cal leads 31-26. None of the Bears’ players scored in double points and the only player in double figures was Chasson Randle who scored eleven.

Things were looking good for the Bears at the start of play in the second half. So far this year, Cal was 7-0 when leading at the half while Stanford was just 2-3.

Stanford came back to tie the game at 37 with just under 16 minutes left in the game. Stanford continued to play well and had a six point lead 44-38 with 12:32 left. The Bears refused to quit and were trailing by two 53-51 with about seven minutes left to play. The Cardinal kept Cal at bay and pulled away behind the strong play by Chasson Randle, Stefan Nastic and Anthony Brown and the Cardinal won by 10. Final score 69-59 Stanford.

Notes- The Bears were led by Tyrone Wallace’s 14 points. David Kravish had 11 and Jordan Mathews pitched in with 10. The one bright spot was Cal’s bench. The players coming off the bench scored 22 points. The Cardinal leading scores were Randle with 25 and Stefan Nastic’s 12 points and 9 rebounds.

Anthony Brown scored 18 for Stanford and the big three 55 points out of the 69 scored.

Cal’s next game will be at home January 22nd against Arizona State. Game time is 8:00pm.

Cal falls to the UCLA Bruins

Published on January 12, 2015 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by Jerry Feitelberg

The Cal Basketball team played their second game of the LA road trip Sunday night squaring off against the UCLA Bruins. The Bears could not get their offense going Wednesday night against USC and it was more of the same as they lost to the Bruins 73-54.

The Bears are now 11-6 overall and 1-3 in Pac-12 play. In addition, they have lost five or their last six games.

The Bears offense, what there was of it, was led by Jordan Mathews’ 23 points but no other Bear scored in double figures. Senior David Kravish added 9 points and became the fourth player in Pac-12 history to have at least 1,000 points, 800 rebounds and 200 blocks.

UCLA was led by Kevin Looney’s 15 points and he had help from Normal Powell(14), Tony Parker(13) and Isaac Hamilton(13).

UCLA led the the Bears in rebounds 40-34 and turned the ball over just six times compared to Cal’s sixteen.

The Bears return home to face the Stanford Cardinal Wednesday night at Haas Pavilion.

Cal Loses to USC 71-57

Published on January 8, 2015 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by Jerry Feitelberg

The University of California Men’s basketball team travelled to Los Angeles Wednesday evening to face the USC Trojans in a PAC-12 Contest. The Bears were 1-1 in conference play so far this season while USC was 0-2 having suffered two huge losses to Utah and Colorado. However, it was the Trojans that shut down the Bears by a final score of 71-57.

The Trojans got off to a fast start and led the Bears by 15 at one point in the first half. The Bears made a run and narrowed the gap to 38-29 at the end of the first 20 minutes of play 38-29.

It was more of the same in the second half as all the Bears could do was score 28 points and were not able to overcome the deficit and fell to the Trojans 71-57.

The Bears were led by junior guard Tyrone Mathews’ 21 points and sophomore guard Jordan Mathews added 17 and the rest of the team put up just 19 points.

USC was led by Nikola Jovanovic (20) Julian Jacobs(17) and Katin Reinhardt(16).

The Bears had a new starting lineup as coach Martin had sophomore Roger Moute a Bidias and freshman Kingsley Okoruh record their first career starts.

The Bears are now 11-5 overall and 1-2 in conference play and the meet the struggling UCLA Bruins Sunday at Pauley Pavilion at 4:30pm.

Ogwumike Makes History in Stanford Win

Published on January 4, 2014January 4, 2014 by joelamiLeave a comment

Stanford players celebrate after a score during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Oregon, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Stanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

By: Joe Lami

Friday night marked the first game of the Pac-12 season for the Stanford Cardinal, and it was one to remember for Chiney Ogwumike. Ogwumike became the all-time Stanford and Pac-12 rebound leader, as she surpassed Kayla Pederson with career rebound 1,267.

The Senior All-American was quite humble afterwards as she said “Records are great headlines, but I’m more excited about Bonnie (Samuelson) going 6 of 9 from three, Amber with eight assists and the contribution of the Freshman.” Samuelson added that it makes things a lot easier when you have the best player in the country on your team, and Ogwumike smirked and rolled her eyes in a joking sort of way.

Even though that there was a major record that was broken on Friday, there was still a game of basketball that was played, and a great one as the Oregon Ducks came into town. Oregon came into the contest with a record of 9-2, with losses to Sacramento State and number one Connecticut. Oregon was riding a seven-game winning streak and was ranked number one in the country in points scored per game, averaging over 105.

Stanford had put a stop to this holding the Ducks to 66 points, in what head coach, Paul Westhead, called “a joke” in the 96-66 Stanford win.

Stanford played all-around great defense, as it was something that Tara VanDerveer praised about all of the game. The key was holding, Chrisae Rowe, a freshman guard averaging nearly 25 points per game to only 11. “They tagged Rowe really well, that’s one of Stanford’s strengths” said Westhead.

The Cardinal were of course led by Ogwumike who scored 33, and had 14 rebounds. Bonnie Samuelson hit a career high 21 points, 18 of them came from beyond the arc, as she was lights out. Production was great for the Cardinal, as all but three players that saw playing time scored. Mikaela Ruef was strong once again, with eight points, nine rebounds, four assists, and two steals. Freshman, Karlie Samuelson played 13 minutes, scoring three on a three-pointer and she had one assist that came on a three made by her sister.

Stanford was lights out from beyond the arc as well, as they shot 50%, 12 of 24, “something that I’d take any night” said VanDerveer. The first half was even more impressive, as it seemed like they couldn’t miss going 9 of 16 from downtown. With the three starting to fall for the Cardinal, it relieved pressure off of Ogwumike and allowed her to work inside.

Oregon was held to their lowest scoring total of the season with 66. Leading the way for them was Jillian Alleyne, the second highest scorer on the team going into the night. Alleyne scored 26, and “took the most over her opportunities, as she was open down low, after we guarded the 3-point line” said VanDerveer. Alleyne also finished the double-double adding 13 rebounds. Starters, Ariel Thompson and Rowe both had 11.

The Ducks fall to 9-3, with a 0-1 record in Pac-12 play. Oregon next travels to Berkley, to take on the number 23 ranked Bears Sunday to finish off their first weekend of Pac-12 play. The Bears won their opening game on Friday as well, which should make traveling through the Bay Area a tough trip this season.

“It was a good first game for our team to start off Pac-12 play” said VanDerveer, as the Cardinal improve their record to 12-1 and their conference record to 1-0. The other team from Oregon is up next for Stanford, as the Oregon State Beavers take on the Cardinal on Sunday at Maples. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.

Stanford Continues Dominance of Davis in 83-56 Win as Huestis Moves Up Cardinal All-time Blocks List

Published on December 15, 2013March 17, 2014 by Matthew HarringtonLeave a comment

By Matthew Harrington

Stanford continued its dominance over UC Davis Saturday night at Maples Pavilion, with the Cardinal (7-2) crushing the visiting Aggies 83-56. The victory stands as Stanford’s 17th triumph against Davis (3-8), while the Aggies’ lone victory in the series came in December of 2005.

Stanford forward Dwight Powell registered a double-double with 15 points and a game-high 10 rebounds while guard Chasson Randle netted a game-high 16 points, all but one of them coming on his five three-pointers. The Cardinal nailed 31 of 53 field-goal attempts, including 11 shots from beyond the arc. Forward Georgi Funtarov led the Aggies on the stat sheet, dropping 13 points for an otherwise offensively-stymied UC Davis squad. In total, the visitors connect on only 20 of 58 field goal tries.

Forward Josh Huestis had 15 points on the night and swatted away four Aggies shots to continue his climb up the Cardinal all-time blocks list. The four rejections places the senior from Great Galls, MT into a tie for third-best alongside Curtis Borchardt who ended his Stanford career with 146 denials.

With UC Davis trailing 8-0 four minutes in to the game, Darius Green made the first Aggie basket, a three-pointer to cut the Cardinal advantage to five points. Corey Hawkins would add the only other two points Davis would score in the next eight minutes of play, as Stanford went on a run to expand its lead to a commanding 22-5 edge. By the half the hosts held a 40-23 lead and did not let up. The closest Davis came to catching up with Stanford came 2:30 into the half after a Hawkins trey trimmed the Cardinal lead to a 16-point, 46-28 margin. That would be the closest they got as Stanford coasted to its second-straight victory.

The Cardinal next travels to Hartford to take on perennial power Connecticut in a Wednesday night tilt that will air on ESPN2. Following the contest, Stanford will travel to Brooklyn for a Saturday marquee match-up against Michigan, the team that nearly upset top-ranked Arizona Saturday afternoon, in the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational. The game will be televised live on Fox Sports 1.

Stanford beats Northwestern

Published on November 14, 2013 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by Jerry Feitelberg

The Stanford Cardinal rebounded form the trouncing they took Monday night at the hands of Brigham Young University. The BYU Cougars shredded the Stanford defense and the Cardinal was looking to turn things around Thursday night at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal did just that as they played a very stout defense and they beat the Northwestern Wildcats 71-58. The Cardinal improved to 2-1 for the season and Northwestern, coached by first year head coach Chris Collins, dropped to 1-1. Collins is the son of former NBA star Doug Collins.

The first half was very close. The half ended with Stanford holding a slim two point lead 29-27.

The Cardinal was paced by center Stefan Nastic who had eight points and Chasson Randle added seven and forward Josh Huestis pitched in with five. The Wildcats were led by Drew Crawford who had thirteen points and four rebounds. Stanford’s Dwight Powell committed two personal fouls early in the first half and was on the bench for the rest of the period.

The second half belonged to Stanford. The Cardinal went on a 6-0 run to take a 41-32 lead with 12:46 left to play. Stanford kept increasing the lead as their defense shut down Northwestern. The Cardinal

continued to play well and had a seventeen point lead halfway through the second half. Northwestern made a run and closed the gap to nine but Stanford put on the pressure and coasted to a 71-58 victory.

The star of the game was Josh Heustis. Heustis, a senior from Great Fall, Montana, scored eighteen points. Anthony Brown had twelve, Stefan Nastic added eleven, while Chasson Randle, who had thirty-three Monday against BYU, was held to fourteen and Dwight Powell, who had twenty-eight Monday,

scored just eight points. JerShon Cobb and Drew Crawford were the stars for Northwestern.

Notes- Stanford plays its first road game of the year Sunday night when the meet Denver University

in Denver. The next home game is next Thursday when they face Texas Southern at 7pm at Maples Pavilion.

BYU outruns Stanford lose 112-103

Published on November 11, 2013November 11, 2013 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

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.