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

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By Daniel Dullum
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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.

Fisher and Baumann record career-high points, but San Jose State falls at Colorado State 90-79

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By: Ana Kieu

It was a week of a million headlines in the Mountain West. That’s great news for the majority of Mountain West reporters. But about the San Jose State Spartans, it has been the same story, different week. The Spartans are still seeking their first conference win of the season, and they hoped to get that against the Colorado State Rams at the Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colo.

Oumar Barry scored a couple of layups from SJSU’s consecutive possessions to pull the Spartans within four, 15-11, at the 13-minute mark of the first half.

As usual, Ryan Welage continued to dominate out on the court with his third triple of the game midway through the first. In addition, Noah Baumann hit a 3-pointer of his own. The Spartans trailed by just two points, 34-32.

The Spartans were down by six, 46-40, as they headed to the locker room at halftime. Welage led all scorers with 13 points. Baumann scored 11 points for the Spartans. SJSU outshot Colorado State 46.7% as opposed to 45.9%.

The Spartans had the first strike of the second half.

However, SJSU was affected by a scoring drought for several minutes until Barry nailed a three to end the Spartans’ drought. Yet, they still trailed the Rams by five, 55-50, at the 13:28 mark of the second.

With a basket and a foul, Noah Baumann tied his career-high with 14 points. But the Rams continued to lead by 10 (71-61) with 7:11 left in the second.

The Spartans lost to the Rams 90-79. Despite the blowout loss, SJSU had some things to be proud of. Keith Fisher scored a career-high 23 points while Baumann had a career-high 16 points.

Notes
The Spartans got in a few warm up shots before the starting lineup introductions were called at Moby Arena.

Up Next
The Spartans return home to host the Fresno State Bulldogs on Valentine’s Day at 7 pm PT.

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Cardinal got game against Oregon schools; Can they do the same against in Utah and Colorado this week?

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On the Stanford Men’s Basketball Podcast with Jerry:

1 The Stanford Cardinal in their last contest got back at the Oregon Ducks for last year’s loss with a crushing 96-61 win at Maples Pavilion last Saturday.

2 The Cardinal were only behind once in the game down 11-10 in the first four minutes until the Cardinal’s Dorian Pickens sank a three-pointer and Stanford never looked back.

3 After the Cardinal started the season with a 5-1 record they had three straight loses to Arizona, UCLA, and USC. The Cardinal turned things around in their last homestand with two wins over Oregon State and Oregon and improved their record to 13-11.

4 The Cardinal and Ducks were matching each other on the scoreboard but the Cardinal in the second half had a breakout half at one point outscoring the Ducks by 35 points.

5 Stanford opens a three-game road trip beginning tonight in Utah, and then moving onto Colorado on Sunday, and concluding the road trip the following Sunday, February 18th at Cal.

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

San Jose State will stop by Colorado State on Saturday afternoon

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By: Ana Kieu

San Jose State visits Colorado State on Saturday afternoon
The SJSU men’s basketball team comes off of the bye and heads to Fort Collins, Colorado, to face Colorado State on Saturday afternoon. A 2:00 pm MT tipoff on the Mountain West Network is set. Spartan fans can tune into KLIV 1590 AM and hear Justin Allegri’s play-by-play call or follow the updates on Twitter at @SJSUMBB.

Game #23
SJSU (3-19, 0-11 MW) at CSU (10-16, 3-10 MW)
Saturday, February 10, 2018, 2:00 pm MT
Moby Arena (8,745)
Fort Collins, Colo.
TV: Mountain West Network
Radio: KLIV 1590 AM

SJSU’s last meeting with CSU
CSU staged a second-half comeback on SJSU and won the game, 59-52, inside the Event Center on December 30, 2017.

SJSU led by 11 points at halftime, but only made eight baskets in the second half. CSU guard Prentiss Nixon scored a game-high 19 points and was primarily responsible for a 12-2 Rams run that wiped out SJSU’s double-digit lead with six minutes left to play.

Ryan Welage scored a team-high 16 points and Noah Baumann recorded a career-high 14 points for the Spartans.

SJSU’s history with CSU
CSU remains the only MW team that SJSU has never beaten in men’s basketball. CSU is currently 16-0 against SJSU.

CSU is winless at home
Something has to give on Saturday as the Spartans are winless both at the Event Center and on the road in league play and Colorado State is 0-6 inside Moby Arena during league play. CSU has dropped seven in a row coming into Saturday’s game with their most recent 78-73 loss to the Air Force on February 6, 2018.

Turnovers continue to be a problem for the Spartans
SJSU outshot New Mexico, 47.1% to 41.4%. The Spartans outrebounded the Lobos, 43-19. The Spartans also made more free throws.

However, the Spartans’ season-high 25 turnovers leading to 30 Lobos points gave the game away and SJSU lost 71-68 to UNM at home. It was the 11th game with 20-plus turnovers this season for SJSU and their 17.6 turnovers per game are the most in NCAA Division I.

Spartans’ opponents aren’t shy from deep
UNM hit 11 three-point baskets en route to handing SJSU a 71-68 loss. SJSU has a fifth-ranked three-point field goal percentage defense of 34.6%, but it’s the volume of 3-pointers that opponents are taking (and making) that kills SJSU.

In 11 conference games, SJSU’s opponents have taken 143 more threes and have connected on 45 more than the Spartans. CSU averages 6.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, ranking ninth in the MW. The Rams were 8-of-23 in the first meeting with the Spartans.

Hillsman goes for a career-high 21 points
Spartans’ Jaycee Hillsman has had the ball in his hands quite a bit more than usual in the last couple of games. He made the most of his opportunity against New Mexico with career-highs of 21 points and 11 rebounds, respectively. It was the second double-double of his career, but the first against a Division I opponent.

Hillsman played 30 minutes as the team’s so-called sixth-man, which was the most since he played 32 minutes against the University of San Diego in SJSU’s second game of the season on November 12, 2017.

Spartan offense picks up the pace
The Spartan offense has picked it up quite a bit over the last three games. The Spartans have been shooting 47.7% from the field and averaging 73.7 points per game during that stretch compared to overall marks of 43.9% and 66.0 points per game.

Three players are averaging double-figures in scoring, led by Welage at 26.7 points per game. Hillsman has put in 13.3 points over the last three games including his new career-high 21 points last time against UNM. Keith Fisher III has finished with 10 or more points in five of the last seven games and is averaging 10.3 points.

SJSU’s battle with UNLV ends in 76-67 loss in Vegas
SJSU was knocked down several times by massive UNLV runs, but got up every time…until the Runnin’ Rebels eventually pulled out a 76-67 win at the Thomas & Mack Center.

SJSU surrendered a 9-0 run to UNLV and fell behind early (16-9). However, the Spartans answered right back with an 11-0 run of their own to regain the lead. UNLV had a lead as large as 12 points before SJSU reeled it back in to three points midway through the second half. But in the end, Brandon McCoy’s 22 points and 17 rebounds helped UNLV to a home win.

Four Spartans finished in double-figure scoring, led by Ryan Welage–for the 16th time this year–with 21 points. Oumar Barry scored a career-high 12 points.

Welage becomes second-leading 3-point shooter at SJSU
Ryan Welage hit a three right before the halftime buzzer at UNLV on Wednesday night, which gave him 139 career threes. With that, he moved into second on SJSU’s all-time made 3-point field goals list, passing Adrian Oliver. He comes into Saturday’s game with 142 made 3-pointers, trailing only the program’s all-time leader Tim Pierce with 153.

San Jose State men’s basketball podcast with Ana Kieu: SJSU has yet to win a conference game; Prioleau will face former team; plus more news

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On the San Jose State men’s basketball podcast with Ana Kieu:

1. Turnovers continue to be a problem for the Spartans, who committed a season-high 25 turnovers Saturday afternoon against the Lobos. Tell me more about San Jose State’s heartbreaking loss in a nail-biter vs. New Mexico.

2. Despite the Spartans’ loss, Jaycee Hillsman finished with a double-double. Tell me more about Hillsman’s contributions to the game.

3. Nai Carlisle isn’t a household name, but he helped give the Spartans another chance Saturday. What does he need to do in order to stay in the spotlight?

4. Once again, the Ryan Welage show aired. Welage scored a game-high 22 points Saturday. What were a couple of other positives for the Spartans?

5. San Jose State has a bye week this week, but they’ll head out on the road to take on Colorado State on February 10. Coach Jean Prioleau worked as an assistant coach from 2010 to 2017. Do you think Prioleau will want to seek revenge even more now that he’s going to face his former team?

Ana Kieu does the San Jose men’s basketball podcast each week at sportsradioservice.com

 

Cardinal rout Ducks 96-61, avenge last year’s heartbreaker

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By Joey Friedman
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February 3, 2018

PALO ALTO — The grass was green for the Stanford Cardinal on the Oregon Trail as they handed the Oregon Ducks its worst loss of the Dana Altman era. The Cardinal (13-11, 7-4 Pac-12) cruised to a 96-61 win over the Ducks at Maples Pavilion. Oregon competed with Stanford for the first four minutes and actually, at one point, had an 11-10 lead. Once Stanford took back the lead (13-11) on a Dorian Pickens’ 3-pointer, they never looked back and led for the rest of the game.

After a great 5-1 start to conference play (including a win over #16 Arizona State), the Cardinal had slowed down. After three straight losses to #14 Arizona, UCLA, and USC, the Cardinal turned it around in a dominant win over Oregon State at Maples last Thursday night to avoid evening their conference record. Similarly, Oregon has suffered close losses to Arizona and USC and they also won against the Top 25 Arizona State Sun Devils. They entered today’s game fresh off of a three-game win streak, beating UCLA, Oregon State, and Cal en route to a conference record that was a half a game behind Stanford.

A quick-paced game until the closing minutes, Stanford and Oregon were matching each other on the scoreboard for the opening minutes. Then, Stanford’s shooting ignited. At a certain point in the first half, the Cardinal was shooting 75% from the field (15-20). They finished the half shooting 68% (19-28). Aided both by their shooting and by Oregon’s sluggish offense, which had numerous scoring droughts each lasting a couple of minutes, Stanford led at the half 50-34. Pickens contributed 14 points in the first half.

For only one minute in the middle of the first half, it did seem as though Oregon had momentum shifting their way. For the first couple of defensive possessions during which they pressed, the Ducks caught the Cardinal off guard, causing three Cardinal turnovers within a single minute. Oregon went on a short 8-0 run in that span and shrunk Stanford’s lead to six. The Cardinal recovered, however, and stretched the lead back to 16 by the end of the half.

The second half saw Stanford only grow its lead once to 35 (with 9:49 left in the game and the score in favor of Stanford 78-43) and a second time to 37 (with 3:09 left and the score 92-55). The Cardinal finished shooting 63% from the field as they also made six threes in each half, totaling 20 attempts (60% from beyond the arc). The best free throw shooting team in the conference was overmatched both at the line by the Cardinal and on the boards–by large margins.

For Stanford, Dorian Pickens scored a total of 25 points tonight (three points shy of career high) as he shot 9-11 from the field, 5-6 from beyond the arc, and collected four rebounds.

A career night for Pickens became very special early on when he scored his 1000th career point at Stanford in the early going. Sitting at 999 entering the game, he joined Reid Travis, who accomplished the feat earlier this season, in the exclusive club, becoming the 46th Stanford men’s basketball player to do it.

Kezie Okpala collected 20 points, going 9-12 from the field, 2-4 from three, five rebounds, and four assists.

Not to be outdone was Travis, though, who added 17 points and seven boards in 28 minutes.

Oregon’s Troy Brown Jr. had 15 points and six rebounds, Elijah Brown had 10 points and did not attempt a free throw even though he has made 52/54 this year, Paul White had 10 points and a rebound, and Victor Bailey Jr. had 13 points, nailing two out of his three triples.

What’s Next?
ORE: Oregon will host the Washington schools, face the LA schools on the road, and then play host to the Arizona schools to close out the month.

STAN: Stanford will embark on a three-game road trip, visiting Utah, Colorado, and Cal. They will then host the Washington schools to close out the month.

San Jose State’s hopes for first conference win were spoiled by New Mexico in 71-68 loss

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose State Spartans were hoping to snap a 10-game losing skid against the New Mexico Lobos at the Event Center Saturday afternoon. The Spartans haven’t won a conference game so far this season as they entered the matchup with a 0-10 record in the Mountain West.

Today’s Spartans vs. Lobos game was sponsored by The Barbers Inc, a barbershop based in downtown San Jose. Their barbers gave fans free haircuts as soon as the doors opened and throughout the game.

Before the first timeout of the game, the Lobos went on a 11-2 run in a span of 3:19 to open the game with a nine-point lead over the Spartans. Keith Fisher scored the Spartans’ lone layup for two points during that stretch.

At first, the Spartans fell behind, but they got back into the game with a 9-0 run to pull within four (21-17), thanks to Jaycee Hillsman’s jumper and pair of free throws and Ryan Welage’s 3-pointer and layup.

The Spartans had their chances as the Lobos didn’t score any field goals in five-plus minutes. San Jose State’s Jaycee Hillsman stole the show with a dunk, jumper, layup and a single free throw. New Mexico’s Antino Jackson ended the Lobos’ field goal slump with a layup with 4:27 left in the first.

However, Hillsman made a layup and Welage hit a three to give the Spartans a five-point advantage for a 31-26 lead with 3:35 left in the first.

The Spartans survived a close call late in the first. Nai Carlisle made a layup and Barry followed with two layups of his own. SJSU held onto a 35-31 lead for about a minute until Makuach Maluach hit a three to pull New Mexico within one. The back and forth action continued as Barry and Vance Jackson exchanged layups.

Spartans’ Jalen James closed out the first with a pair of free throws, and SJSU carried a 39-36 lead to the locker room at halftime.

Both teams exchanged shots to start the second half. Joe Furstinger made a layup, Isaiah Nichols made a free throw, Jackson hit a three and Barry made a layup. Prior to a media timeout, the Spartans led the Lobos 41-40 at the 15:54 mark of the second.

The Lobos led the Spartans 51-44 at the 12:17 mark. However, the Welage show aired as the junior forward made a pair of free throws and a layup to pull the Spartans within three (51-48) at the 10:27 mark.

The Spartan offense applied some pressure on the Lobos as Hillsman made a layup and then hit a game-tying three to tie the game 53-53 with 8:35 left in the second. As a result, Hillsman notched a double-double with a career-high 18 points and 10 rebounds.

The Spartan cheer squad got the crowd pumping in the final minutes of the game by chanting “defense” chants, waving pom poms and throwing t-shirts to the loudest fans in the audience. All the positive energy appeared to help the Spartans.

After Welage knocked down a jumper to pull the Spartans within four (69-65), the home team took a timeout with 46.2 seconds left in the game. Carlisle’s layup and lone free throw pulled the Spartans within two (70-68) with 33 seconds left. Sam Logwood made the final free throw of the game with two seconds left.

The Spartans lost to the Lobos 71-68.

Notes
Spartans’ starting lineup: Keith Fisher, Noah Baumann, Jalen James, Ryan Welage and Ashtin Chastain.

Lobos’ starting lineup: Chris McNeal, Joe Furstinger, Makuach Maluach, Dane Kuiper and Anthony Mathis.

Up Next
The Spartans travel to Fort Collins, Colorado, to take on the Rams on Saturday, February 10 at 1 pm PT (2 pm MT).

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast: After beating OSU, can Cardinal get back on track again vs. Ducks tonight?

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By Matt Harrington

PALO ALTO–The Stanford Cardinal (12-11) started this two-game homestand with a win past the Oregon State Beavers (11-10) 80-71. Stanford head coach Jerod Haase came into the game last Thursday with some expectations. It had been some time since the Cardinal won a ball game dropping three straight and winning five straight before the skid. The thing that Haase is trying to teach his players is that when you have a big lead hold onto it and put on the gas.

There was a point in the game that it was 56-48 and it looked like Oregon State was going to be let back into that game, but Stanford battled and kept the game going wire to wire. That was a big win for them Thursday against the Beavers, they got loses in UCLA and USC in the Southland. They had to right the ship in a hurry after OSU ran off two 9-0 scores, but the Cardinal got back their lead up to 1 with three minutes left after Kezie Okpqala’s floater shot.

Matt Harrington does the Stanford Cardinal Podcasts each week and Joey Friedman has coverage of tonight’s Oregon-Stanford game at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

San Jose State still seeking first conference win this season; will host New Mexico Saturday afternoon

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By: Ana Kieu

In case you didn’t know, Keith Fisher III has finished in double-figure scoring in five of his last six games for San Jose State.

Spartans host Lobos Saturday afternoon
The Spartans return to the Event Center Saturday for a 3:00 pm tipoff against the Lobos. Tickets are available now at the Spartan Ticket Office, which can be reached at 408-924-7589. The game will be televised on AT&T SportsNet and can also be heard on KLIV 1590 AM with Justin Allegri’s play-by-play call.

Game #22
SJSU (3-18, 0-10 MW) vs. New Mexico (11-12, 6-4 MW)
Saturday, February 3, 2018, 3:00 pm PT
The Event Center (5,000)
San Jose, Calif.

TV: AT&T SportsNet
Radio: KLIV 1590 AM & KSJS 90.5 FM
Series: New Mexico leads, 12-1
Last Meeting: UNM 80 SJSU 47 – Jan. 5, 2018 – Dreamstyle Arena/The Pit

First game between Spartans and Lobos
The first meeting with the Lobos this season on Jan. 5 is one that the Spartans would like to forget. They fell behind early and could never climb back, suffering an 80-47 loss in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Although that was less than a month ago, the Spartans are now a different team–and statistically better–than they were that night.

One thing remains the same though–SJSU is still searching for its first conference win.

The Lobos have gone 4-2 since their last meeting with the Spartans, but arrive in San Jose after an 89-80 loss to Utah State Wednesday night.

Spartans’ offense kicks it up a notch

SJSU’s offense has kicked it up a notch over the last three games. The Spartans are shooting 49.7% from the field and averaging 74.7 points per game during that stretch compared to overall numbers of 43.7% and 65.9 points per game.

Three players are averaging double-figure scoring: Ryan Welage (26.7 points per game), Keith Fisher III (10+ points in five of the last six games and is averaging 13.7 points over the last three contests) and Jaycee Hillsman (10.7 points over the last 3 games).

The Spartans have picked it up in 3-point shooting too, hitting 40.9% as a team in the last three contests, compared to the season percentage of 36.4.

In case you missed it

SJSU was knocked down a handful of times by large UNLV runs on Wednesday night, but got up every time until the Runnin’ Rebels pulled off a 76-67 win at the Thomas & Mack Center. SJSU surrendered a 9-0 run to UNLV and fell behind early (16-9).

However, the Spartans answered right back with an 11-0 run of their own to regain the lead. UNLV had a lead swell to as large as 12 points before SJSU reeled it back in to three points midway through the second half. But in the end, Brandon McCoy’s 22 points and 17 rebounds helped UNLV to a victory.

Four Spartans finished in double-figure scoring. Ryan Welage led all scorers for the 16th time this season with 21 points. Oumar Barry also scored a career-high 12 points.


Welage becomes second-leading 3-point shooter at SJSU
Ryan Welage knocked down a 3-pointer right before the halftime buzzer at UNLV on Wednesday night, which gave him 139 career threes. He moved into second place on SJSU’s all-time made 3-point baskets list and passed former Spartan Adrian Oliver. He went on to make four threes on the night, which gave him 140 coming into Saturday’s game. Tim Pierce remains as SJSU’s all-time leader with 153 made threes in his career.

Welage rises after decrease of shooting

Over a four-game stretch, Ryan Welage hit just 33.3% of his shots. He was also just 4-of-14 from downtown during that stretch; but his 22-point performance on 9-of-17 shooting proved to be the slump-buster at Boise State on Jan. 24.

Since then, Welage has been shooting a team-high 53.8% (28-52) from the field and 53.3% (8-15) from the 3-point range. He poured in a career-high 37 points against Wyoming and had 21 points at UNLV on Wednesday night. It was his 11th game of 20+ points and the 16th time where he led the Spartans in scoring.


Fisher III shows consistency for the Spartans

According to head coach Jean Prioleau, inconsistency is something the Spartans have struggled with all year. But as we hit the midway point of Mountain West play. the Spartans know they can count on Keith Fisher III’s production. He has finished in double-figure scoring in five of the last six games. He’s also the Spartans’ leading rebounder during that stretch and overall this season.

Fisher III is averaging 13.7 points and 6.7 rebounds over the last three games. He has played 34.4 minutes per contest. He’s the only Spartan to start all 21 games this year and even if his stat production plunges, his leadership and hustle never misses a beat.

Stanford bests Oregon State 80-71, snaps three game skid

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By Joey Friedman
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February 1, 2018

PALO ALTO–The Stanford Cardinal (12-11, 6-4) hosted and beat the Oregon State Beavers (11-10, 3-6) to the tune of 80-71 in their only matchup of the year. Stanford led the whole game.

Stanford came into the game with three straight losses against #14 Arizona and both of the LA schools (USC and UCLA) after going 5-1 to start conference play and beating #16 Arizona State at home. Oregon State had gone an honest 3-5 in Pac-12 play with wins against Oregon, UCLA, and Colorado (none of whom were ranked).

Stanford jumped out to a commanding 20-3 lead early with help from five quick turnovers by Oregon State after starting the game with 12 straight points and holding OSU scoreless in the first four minutes. Junior forward Reid Travis scored 11 of Stanford’s first 14 points.

With 12:32 left in the first half, Stanford freshman Daejon Davis added to his team-high 50 floor burns with a hustle play near half court after he tipped the ball away from Stephen Johnson Jr. of OSU in between the circles of OSU’s front court. He was immediately rewarded with his effort with a beautiful feed by Travis which Davis converted for two points and by an emphatic response from Stanford head coach Jerod Haase who coined the “floor burner” phrase in his collegiate days at Kansas.

Stanford led at the half by a score of 43-28 as they shot 62.1% from the field on the best scoring defense in the Pac 12 in Oregon State.

In the second half, Oregon State was able to put together a couple of 9-0 runs. They did so on the backs of junior forward Drew Eubanks (who had a 3 point play on a layup with 8 minutes left in the game to bring OSU to within six points of the Cardinal, the smallest margin of the night), sophomore forward Tres Tinkle, freshman guard Ethan Thompson (fouled out), and junior guard Stephen Thompson Jr.. All four scored in double digits. Tres Tinkle is still the only Pac-12 player who has scored in double figures in every game this season.

Stanford recovered, however, and lifted their lead back up to 15 with three minutes left after a Kezie Okpala floater.

For the Cardinal, Reid Travis finished with 24 points (21 in the first half), going 10-14 from the field and making both 3’s he attempted. Daejon Davis added 12 points while going 8-12 from the charity stripe. Okpala finished with 9 points as Da Silva and White each contributed 8. Travis and Humphrey (4 points in 21 minutes) both fouled out.

Stanford’s greatest point margin over the Beavers was 20 points, which they reached once in each half. They finished with a 56% mark from the field as OSU shot a 49% clip. Both teams combined for 39 turnovers, OSU owned 21 of them. Stanford took far more advantage of OSU’s mistakes, however, by collecting 28 points off OSU’s turnover while Oregon State collected 12 fewer points off the Cardinal’s turnovers. Both teams made five 3’s as Stanford finished with 12 attempts and OSU finished with 13.

Dorian Pickens needed 16 points tonight to become the 46th member of Stanford’s 1000 point club after Reid Travis joined the club in December and Brittany McPhee joined the women’s 1000 point club six days ago. He finished with 15 points going 4-10 from the field, 2-6 from beyond the arc, and 5-6 from the free throw line in 37 minutes.

The Beavers have the all time series lead (75-71), but Stanford has dominated recently winning 9 of the last 11 games just as they have dominated at Maples–winning 22 of the last 24 meetings on The Farm.

What’s Next?

STAN: Stanford will host Oregon on Saturday (2/3/18). Then, the Cardinal will travel to Utah and Colorado before they travel to Berkeley for a rematch with the Golden Bears.

OSU: Oregon State will travel to Berkeley next for a game on Saturday before hosting the Washington schools in Corvallis.