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SJSU shows improvement, despite 35-22 loss to Oregon

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By: Ana Kieu

The San Jose State Spartans had a tough customer in the No. 20 Oregon Ducks at Autzen Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Autzen Stadium is one of the best stadiums in the country. Both Ducks and Spartans fans flocked to Eugene, Ore. to watch their favorite teams go head-to-head with each other. Though, the latter lacked in quantity in the Pacific Northwest. Still, this FBS and Pac-12 matchup was a sight to see.

Turnovers have been an issue for the Spartans, who suffered from another mishap Saturday. Josh Love’s pass was intercepted by Jevon Holland early in the first quarter. Then, the Ducks took a 7-0 lead at the 11:18 mark after four plays over 23 yards in a 1:36 span. Cyrus Habibi-Likio scored a 3-yard rushing touchdown. Zach Emerson’s PAT kick was good.

The Spartans have struggled with moving the ball and the deficiencies showed when the Ducks took a 14-0 lead with 7:10 left in the first quarter. Jacob Breeman scored a 66-yard passing touchdown off a pass from Justin Herbert. Emerson’s PAT kick was good.

The Ducks led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter.

The Spartans finally got on the board at the 10:56 mark of the second quarter. Bryce Crawford kicked in a 31-yard field goal to reduce the SJSU deficit to 14-3.

The Spartans worked some more magic into the scoreboard. Crawford kicked in a 28-yard field goal to cut the SJSU deficit to 14-6 with 2:58 left in the second quarter.

The Ducks, however, extended its lead to 21-6 just 30 seconds later. Johnny Johnson III scored a 39-yard passing touchdown off a pass from Herbert. Emerson’s PAT kick was good.

The Spartans shocked most of the 54,000 fans in attendance as Tre Webb tipped the ball to Dakari Monroe with only seven seconds left in the second quarter. This was Monroe’s second interception of the season.

The Spartans trailed the Ducks 21-6 at halftime. But SJSU’s offense has started to wake up and that was a good thing.

Josh Oliver made a flawless catch off a pass from Josh Love for a 7-yard passing touchdown with five minutes left in the third quarter. The Ducks challenged the Spartans’ play, but the call on the field stood. The Spartans then went for the two-point conversion, but it was overturned as Bailey Gaither was unable to slide his foot. The score stood at 28-12 in favor of the Ducks.

The Spartans trailed the Ducks 28-12 at the end of the third quarter.

The Ducks expanded its lead to 35-12 at the 14:49 mark of the fourth quarter. Johnson III scored his second touchdown of the game–a 22-yard passing touchdown off a pass from Herbert–and Emerson’s PAT kick was good.

Crawford kicked his third field goal of the game–a 25-yard field goal–just 1:07 later to bring the Spartans within 20. The Ducks held on to a 35-15 lead.

Spartan fans breathed a sigh of relief as the Spartans scored its first touchdown of the game to pull within 13. Malik Roberson scored a 1-yard rushing touchdown for his first of the season. Crawford’s PAT kick was good. The Ducks held on to a 35-22 lead with 4:03 left in the fourth quarter.

There weren’t any brownie points in college football, but the Spartans put on a much-better show at Autzen Stadium, despite the 35-22 loss to No. 20 Oregon.

Notes
Spartans’ starters
Offense: Montel Aaron, Justin Holmes, JaQuan Blackwell, Malik Roberson, Jackson Snyder, Trevor Robbins, Jake Colman, Deano Motes, Troy Kowalski, Bailey Gaither and Josh Oliver.

Defense: Jesse Osuna, John Toussaint, Tre Webb, Sailosi Latu, Boogie Roberts, Bryson Bridges, Dakari Monroe, Jonathan Lenard Jr., Tysyn Parker and Ethan Aguayo.

Up Next 
The Spartans have a much-needed bye week and then return to CEFCU Stadium to host the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors on Saturday, September 29 at 4:00 pm PDT.

SJSU to take on No. 20 Oregon on Saturday

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By: Ana Kieu

Things aren’t going to get any easier for the San Jose State Spartans, who will take on the No. 20 Oregon Ducks this coming Saturday at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. at 2:00 pm PDT. Of course, you can check out the action on the Pac-12 Network.

SJSU’s record: 0-2 (0-0 MW). The Spartans got blown out 31-0 at Washington State on Sept. 8.

Oregon’s record: 2-0, (0-0 Pac-12). The Ducks downed Portland State, 62-14, on Sept. 8, to earn a spot in the national weekly polls.

Play-by-play radio coverage: KLIV 1590 AM originates SJSU football broadcasts. Justin Allegri calls the play-by-play, while Kevin Richardson provides commentary. The Oregon broadcast begins at 1:30 pm PDT with a pregame show.

SJSU’s network affiliate is KION 1460 AM/101.1 FM.

Television: The Pac-12 Network will provide play-by-play coverage of the SJSU-Oregon game. Roxy Bernstein calls the play-by-play. Anthony Herron provides analysis and commentary. Lewis Johnson is the sideline reporter.

DISH Network subscribers can watch the game on Channel 409.

For local Comcast subscribers, the Pac-12 Network is on Channel 433.

Weekly press conference: The weekly SJSU football press conference is in the Simpkins Stadium Center Gold Room on Mondays at 1:00 pm PDT.

The Mountain West Network streams the press conference live through www.sjsuspartans.com/videos. The press conference also is archived at sjsuspartans.com.

Series history: The Ducks lead the series, 12-6. These teams split their last 10 meetings and are playing each other for the first time since 1998 when No. 22 Oregon routed SJSU, 58-3, on Sept. 19. In that game, current Oregon offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo became the third SJSU freshman to start a game at quarterback since freshman eligibility was reinstated in 1972.

By design, Arroyo played the first and third quarters. He completed 9-of-16 passes with an interception and led the Spartans to their only scoring drive of the game–a 33-yard field goal by left-footed kicker David Silberstein–in his first year on the SJSU football home game statistics crew.

The Ducks have wins in the last three meetings between these teams. Oregon’s 1985 and 1986 victories preceded SJSU in 1975, 1982 and 1983. The Spartans’ 1975 victory was by the highly unusual score of 5-0.

Last win over a ranked opponent: SJSU plays its first nationally-ranked opponent of the season Saturday at Oregon. The last time the Spartans defeated a nationally-ranked opponent was on November 29, 2013 in a 62-52 triumph over No. 16 Fresno State in San Jose. Since then, the Spartans are 0-3 against nationally-ranked opponents.

First-time starters: Sophomore Trevor Robbins at center, redshirt freshman Jesse Chamberlain at right guard, junior Jesse Osuna at a linebacker position. Senior John Toussaint at cornerback and sophomore Tre Webb were first-time starters in the UC Davis season opener.

In the WSU game, wide receiver Austin Liles, offensive tackle Deano Motes and defensive back Tre White made their first starts at the major college level.

Three interceptions at WSU: SJSU’s three interceptions against Washington State has the Spartans ranked tied for fifth nationally in team interceptions with four entering the Oregon game. Osuna, cornerback Nehemiah Shelton and linebacker Kyle Harmon each had their first major college interception in the WSU game. Dakari Monroe had an interception against UC Davis.

Tops at his position: For the second consecutive week, Josh Oliver is the leading pass receiver among FBS tight ends. After two games, Oliver has been averaging 6.5 receptions a game and has 13 catches for the season.

He is the only TE listed among the FBS top 50 pass receivers in games played through Sept. 8. His 137 receiving yards also is tops among FBS TEs. UCLA TE Caleb Wilson is close with 128 yards on eight receptions.

Oliver caught a single-game career=best eight passes for 86 yards in the opener vs. UC Davis and five balls for 51 yards at WSU.

Nine of his 13 receptions this season resulted in a SJSU first down.

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.

Stanford snaps losing streak, Upsets the Oregon Ducks

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by Jerry Feitelberg

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What a turnaround for the Stanford Cardinal. After a loss Thursday night to the Oregon State Beavers, the Cardinal had to face the Oregon Ducks Saturday afternoon at Maples Pavilion. The Ducks entered the game ranked twelfth or thirteen in the nation with a record of 20-5 and were 9-3 in conference play, good enough for first place. the Cardinal had lost four in a row, and their record was a mediocre 11-11. Who would have thought they could upset the Ducks. That, however, is exactly what the Cardinal did as they sent the vaunted University of Oregon Ducks down to defeat 76-72. It was the Rosco Allen show on Saturday as the big six-nine senior, born in Budapest, Hungary, scored twenty-five in the win. Dorian Pickens had a great game, too. Pickens scored sixteen and had two important three-point shots in the contest. Forward Grant Verhoeven, starting the game Saturday, continued his excellent play. Verhoeven, relegated to the bench for most of the season, scored a career-high thirteen points. The Cardinal played solid defense all throughout the game and defense won it for them late in the second half.

The Cardinal ended the first half with a four-point lead over the nationally-ranked Ducks. The play was fairly even in the early going as neither team could take advantage of the other teams miscues. Oregon led 26-25 with under three minutes left in the half. Stanford went on a 7-0 run. Dorian Pickens made a three-point shot and Grant Verhoeven, and Rosco Allen made layups that put the Cardinal ahead by six points. Oregon cut the deficit to two when guard Tyler Dorsey scored with just two seconds left in the half.  Rosco Allen led the Cardinal scorers with fourteen. Teammate Dorian Pickens added six. The Ducks’ Tyler Dorsey had eight and Dillon Brooks pitched in with six. The Cardinal shot 44% from the floor while the Ducks were at 43%. The Cardinal made six out of eight three-point shots. Oregon tried eleven but made just three. The Cardinal outrebounded the Ducks 18-13. The Ducks big man, six-foot-ten-inch Chris Boucher scored just three points and had to leave the game late in the first half as he committed three fouls. Stanford leads 32-28.

Both teams played a much better second half. Stanford led most of the way. The Cardinal increased the lead to eleven with just 4:54 left in the game. The Ducks refused to quit and somehow were able to tie the game at seventy-two. Rosco Allen made a free throw to put Stanford ahead by one with less than a minute to play. The Ducks’ Dillon Brooks missed a jumper with fourteen seconds left. The Ducks fouled Marcus Allen on the rebound. He made one free throw. Stanford leads by two points. Stanford blocked Dillon Brooks shot. Had Brooks made the shot, the game would have been tied. Marcus Allen was fouled again and this time, he made both free throws to salt the game away for Stanford. The Ducks trailed by four and even if they made a three-point shot, it would not keep them from going down to defeat.

Game notes- Rosco Allen, Grant Verhoeven, Dorian Pickens were the scoring leaders for the Cardinal Saturday. Marcus Allen made three critical free throws late in the game to secure the win. Scoring leaders for the Ducks were Dillon Brooks with twenty-four, Tyler Dorsey with fourteen and Elgin Cook with eleven.

Stanford is off to Pullman to face the Washington State Cougars on Thursday and then to Seattle to face the University of Washington Huskies on Saturday. The Cardinal play the USC Trojans at home on February 26th then play the UCLA Bruins on the 28th at Maples.

Attendance was 5462.

 

Ogwumike Makes History in Stanford Win

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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)
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)
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)
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 Pummels Bulldogs On The Road

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By Joe Lami

The Stanford Cardinal returned to action after their holiday break on Saturday with a successful trip to Fresno.  The number four-ranked Cardinal were victorious by the score of 86-54.

Fresno State came into the matchup with a record of 6-4, with three wins in the last four.  Saturday marks the second straight loss for the Bulldogs, as they were defeated last weekend by the Dons of San Francisco 76-47.

Fresno State kept it close in the first half and actually held the lead at two different points in the game.  The Bulldogs kept within two baskets with the score being 22-18 until around the nine-minute mark, and that’s when the Cardinal were able to take over.  Stanford started a two-minute 11-0 run with eight to go.  Fresno State would eventually stop it with 5:42 to go in the first half, but not before the Stanford lead would be stretched to 33-20.  Baskets were then being traded back and forth before the half would end with the Cardinal leading 43-31.

The second half would see the Cardinal scoring 43 points as well.  This time, however, they were able to hold the Bulldogs to only 23 points.  Stanford had an incredible start to the second half, as they were able to outscore the Bulldogs 16-2 to give them the big 69-33 lead.  The Cardinal would not look back as they would coast for the win.

Chiney Ogwumike had yet another outstanding performance as she led the Cardinal in scoring, with 20 points.  The All-American Senior added ten rebounds to record the double-double.  Taylor Greenfield was right behind Ogwumike, scoring 18, a season high and tying her career high.  Amber Orrange had 15 for the Cardinal and added six assists.  Mikaela Ruef had an outstanding game, as she contributed in everyway, recording eight assists, seven rebounds, five points and adding a block and a steal.

Alex Sheedy, who recorded the double-double, with 15 points and 11 rebounds, led the Bulldogs.  Guard, Taylor Thompson also saw double digits in scoring with 14 of her own.

Fresno State ends their non-conference play with loss, as their record drops to 6-5.  The Bulldogs are scheduled to start up Mountain West action on New Year’s Day, where they will travel to Las Vegas to take on the 3-9 Rebels.

With the win the Stanford Cardinal up their record to 11-1, as they end non-conference play.  They will return to action after the New Year to start conference play, as they will host the Oregon Ducks on January 3.

Stanford vs Oregon Preview: Game Of The Year

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Well fans, this is the game of the year in not only the Pac-12 north division but the entire Pac-12 and , perhaps, the nation.

Stanford will be playing the the high-flying Oregon Ducks on Thursday November 7th at Stanford Stadium at 6pm The Ducks are ranked #2 nationally with a 8-0 record. Stanford has a record is 7-1 i and is ranked at # 5. The game is sold out but there may be some single seats available

Oregon will be looking to avenge the 17-14 loss they suffered to the Cardinal last year at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. The Ducks never lose at home but they did last year and Stanford, not Oregon, went to the Rose Bowl. The Ducks are loaded again. They are led by first year head coach Mark Helrich. Chip Kelly,who built Oregon into a national powerhouse, fled to the NFL and is in the process of rebuilding the Philadelphia Eagle franchise. Helrich has the Ducks playing at an extremely high level again this year. Oregon has scored 34 points or more in 34 consecutive games. The lone exception was the loss to Stanford last year. Handling the chores at quarterback is Marcus Mariota, who is a sophomore. Mariota has been named a semi-finalist for the Maxwell Club’s Award for Collegiate Player of the year. Mariota runs an offense that is second nationally in scoring and in total offense averaging 632 yards per game. That, folks, is absolutely off the charts. Mariota also has completed sixty-four percent of his passes.

The Stanford defense will be sorely tested. Defensive end Ben Gardner has been sidelined for the rest of the season with an arm injury. Stanford’s strength on defense has been the pass rush. Stanford ranks third nationally with 27 sacks and Gardner was second on the team with 4.5 sacks behind Trent Murphy’s 9.5. Murphy, by the way, was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week. In the game against Oregon State, Murphy recorded 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks. Logged 8 tackles, 2 quarterback hurries and blocked an extra point. It was the second times this season that Murphy has won the award.

It should be interesting to see how Stanford’s great defense, albeit riddled with injury, can stand up to the offensive onslaught that will be coming there way on November 7th. The Cardinal shut down Oregon State’s Shawn Mannion last week and limited OSU to just 12 points. The Cardinal offense is going to have to get their game going in order to beat the Ducks.

While Gardner is lost for the year, the Cardinal has Senior Henry Anderson returning from injury and Anderson will be at defensive end for the Cardinal.

There is no doubt about it. This should be one of the great games of the year. The winner may be in the BCS championship game. The eyes of the nation will be watching for sure.