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Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Cardinal lose another nip and tuck game 69-64 to Trojans

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On the Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Jerry:

1 USC just got by the Stanford Cardinal (11-10) 69-64. The Cardinal–although they’ve lost their last two games–have played really improved basketball

2 Jonah Matthews led the USC Trojans on Wednesday night with 18 points. Chiemenzie Metu scored 12 points and got 10 rebounds.

3 The win puts USC into a tie for first in the Pac-12 with the Arizona Wildcats. Both are at 6-1 in Pac-12 conference play.

4 Stanford had a chance to tie the game in the final four seconds when Daejon Davis missed a three-pointer.

5 The Cardinal face UCLA this Saturday in LA. Jerry takes a look at Stanford’s chances to close out this current road trip.

Jerry Feitelberg does Cardinal Podcasts each Thursday and Matt Harrington on Saturdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

USC holds off late charge from Cardinal in 69-64 victory; Cardinal drop their second straight game

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By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

photo by usctrojans.com: USC Trojans Jonah Matthews leads the Trojans in scoring on Wednesday night at the Galen Center in Los Angeles over the visiting Stanford Cardinal

Southern California won its fifth men’s basketball game in a row Wednesday at Galen Center in Los Angeles, squeaking out a 69-64 Pac-12 victory over Stanford.

Jonah Mathews scored 18 points and Chimezie Metu added 12 points and 10 rebounds, as the Trojans (16-6 overall, 7-2 Pac-12) are off to their best start in league play since 2002.

The win also puts the Trojans into a tie for first place in the Pac-12 with idle Arizona (6-1), who they lead by percentage points going into Thursday’s games.

Stanford had a chance to tie the game in the final four seconds when Daejon Davis missed a 3-point attempt. USC, which has won 10 of its last 12, closed out the game with an Elijah Stewart dunk.

Michael Humphrey made a 3-pointer and Davis had made a pair of free throws late to pull the Cardinal to within 67-64.

The Cardinal (11-10, 5-3) were led by Reid Travis, who scored 16 points. Michael Humphery and Dorian Pickens scored 14 apiece for Stanford.

Stanford trailed 41-26 at halftime, but put together a 15-7 run to open the second half, cutting the Trojans’ lead to 48-41. USC led the entire game, and were up by 10 points with 5:12 to play.

Southern California held the Cardinal to 36 percent shooting in the first half, and forced Stanford into 16 turnovers – which is what the Trojans are averaging this season. The Cardinal shot 44 percent for the game.

Up Next: Stanford’s Los Angeles trip concludes on Saturday, when the Cardinal visit UCLA.

Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Matt Harrington: Cards still look good even after snapping five-game win streak

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On the Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Matt:

1 After winning five straight games, the Cardinal lost to #14 ranked Arizona Wildcats 73-71 at Maples Pavilion, but went all out in this one on Saturday night.

2 The Cardinal who have turned things around since losing to Cal at home last month. Matt takes a look at what turned it around for Stanford.

3 On Saturday, the most that Stanford trailed by was 10 earlier in the game, but lost it by two.

4 The Cardinal at one point led in the second half by 10 in what consider their best effort of the season, despite losing the game.

5 Stanford takes on the USC Trojans in LA Wednesday, January 24th. Catch Daniel Dullum with the game recap.

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

 

Stanford falls to #14 Arizona by just two points in close 73-71 loss

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By Alexandra Evans

PALO ALTO — After beating #16 Arizona State on Wednesday, the Stanford Cardinal men’s basketball team took on the #14 Arizona Wildcats, to whom they fell ,73-71, in front of a packed Maples Pavilion Saturday afternoon. With the loss, Stanford’s five-game winning streak was snapped by Arizona.

In a back-and-forth game among two Pac-12 leaders, Stanford failed to exceed Arizona. The Cardinal trailed by a maximum of 10 points at one time in the first period.

The Cardinal stepped up in the second period and even managed to exceed the Wildcats by more than 10 points. This was first facilitated by a jumper from Reid Travis four minutes in, and then the Cardinal were ahead 11 points after Dorian Pickens got a 3-pointer just over 10 minutes in. However, the latter team managed to take the lead again with 38 seconds left in the game, only exceeding them by one point.

It came down to the final shot (Rawle Alkins’ go-ahead layup with 38 seconds left in regulation), but the Cardinal came up just two points short in a 73-71 loss to the Wildcats.

“It was a battle and outside the first six, eight, ten minutes of the game we joined the battle and competed at a high level,” said Stanford head coach Jerod Haase. “There were a lot of positives that we’ll take away. Obviously there a lot of things we can learn from as well but at the end of the day I think we competed at a high level.”

Travis led the Cardinal in points with 20, and Allonzo Trier exceeded the Wildcats with 21 points.

“Winning on the road is hard, and I give Stanford a lot of credit,” said Arizona head coach Sean Miller. “Stanford’s resiliency was impressive. They scored 42 points on us (in the second half), and they had their starting point guard the entire second half.”

“Stanford’s game plan was good,” Miller added. “They have some big bodies, Humphrey’s a senior, a very good player; Reid Travis is not only one of the better players in our conference, but in college basketball.”

Next: Stanford will take on the USC Trojans in Los Angeles on Wednesday, January 24 at 6:00 pm PT.

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Alexandra Evans: Davis showing signs of being impact player for Cardinal

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Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Alexandra Evans Thu Jan 18, 2018:

On Saturday in Seattle the Stanford Cardinal got lots of help from Daejon Davis beating the Washington Huskies 73-64. Davis playing in his hometown at one time was committed to attend and play at UW but after former Huskies head coach Lorenzo Romar was fired last season Davis went in another direction breaking his commitment with UW and signing on with Stanford

Davis finished with 16 points and ten rebounds, teammate Travis Reid also had 16 points as the Cardinal improved to 10-8

Stanford completed it’s first two game road trip Pac 12 sweep in 12 years

The Cardinal played Wednesday night at Maples Pavilion hosting Arizona State

Alexandra Evans does the Stanford podcasts each day at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Stanford Cardinal faces ASU Sun Devils, outshine them 86-77

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By Alexandra Evans

PALO ALTO—The Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball team (11-8 overall, 5-1 in the Pac-12) returned home from a road trip across the state of Washington with two straight wins (their first road sweep since 2010) under their belt. On Wednesday evening, they faced the Arizona State Sun Devils (14-4 overall, 2-4 in the Pac-12) at Maples Pavilion.

Dorian Pickens made the first basket for the Cardinal and, within minutes, the first three-pointer of the match, both of which helped Stanford hit the ground running. The Cardinal managed to keep a lead over the Sun Devils for the whole the opening period, even within just one or two points.

An aggressive block from Stanford’s Josh Sharma kept ASU from tying the score with just over two minutes left in the first half, though he was later fouled, allowing ASU’s Romello White to score two free throws and tie the game 32-32. Reid Travis put up a three-pointer for Stanford, then Remy Martin for ASU, tying the score again. With 39 seconds left, Daejon Davis made a jumper to give the Cardinal a two-point lead (37-35) at halftime.

At the end of the first half, Pickens led the Cardinal with 10 points, and Travis had nine points and five rebounds. Oscar da Silva had six points, comprised of two three-pointers. White put up 10 points for the Sun Devils, leading the team after 20 minutes, and Martin added nine.

The Sun Devils caught up within two minutes, trailing only by two points (40-38), before Travis brought the Cardinal up to a seven-point lead with a three-pointer and a layup. Pickens chimed in and added a three-pointer, and Sharma dunked twice, and then the Cardinal exceeded the Sun Devils by the double digits (56-43). Sharma also dunked one of Pickens’ missed jumpers, eliciting an explosively enthusiastic reaction from both the bench and the stands.

ASU began trailing Stanford by single digits once again with 6:21 left in the match, when Mickey Mitchell got a layup. They trailed only by two points with four minutes remaining, courtesy of the Sun Devils’ leader in points, Tra Holder, who put up a three for his team.

After a nerve-wracking final four minutes, Stanford regained their multi-point lead and upset the #16-ranked ASU by nine points (86-77).

Pickens led the Cardinal in points with 19, and Travis in rebounds with 10. White put up 19 points to lead the Sun Devils, and Mitchell made the most rebounds with seven.

The Stanford Cardinal are back at Maples Pavilion on Saturday to face the Arizona Wildcats at 1:00 p.m.

Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Matt Harrington: Taking a look at how Reid Travis is faring during current Cardinal win streak

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On the Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Matt Harrington:

With the Stanford Cardinal (10-8), who won their fourth straight game over Washington (13-5) 73-64 in Alaskan Airlines Arena tonight, the Cardinal’s leading scorer Reid Travis 16 points on Saturday night has held up even in the some of Stanford’s tougher moments earlier this season. Regardless of the circumstances that faced the Cardinal earlier this season Travis has come in prepared to throw down or throw up his game as he leads with 30.1 points per game.

Travis is one of two players who started all 27 games in his junior year in the Pac-12 that finished in the top six in scoring, rebounding, and field goal percentage. Travis has led Stanford in nine separate categories (470, 17.4 ppg), rebounding (239, 8.9), offensive rebounding (93, 3.4 orpg, defensive rebounding (146, 5.4 drgp), field goals made (176), field goal attempted (304), field goal percentage (.579), free throws made (118), free throws attempted (181).

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

Sports Headlines with London Marq: Stanford goes for four straight at Washington tonight

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Sports Headlines with London Marq:

1 Stanford’s Dorian Pickens had a night on Thursday against the Washington State Cougars with 78 points and a winning three-pointer with 76 seconds left in the Cardinal’s 79-70 win

2 The Cardin have turned things around with three straight wins beating UCLA, USC, and WSU. They have improved their record to 9-8 and are over .500

3 Pickens three points are a big help for Stanford going 10-35 from three-point range and seven of 10 for three-pointers

4 Stanford got fired up when WSU’s Kwinton Husso hit Stanford’s Reid Travis with a hard foul both players had to be separated and Stanford got fired uo and went on a 21 point run over a 9:57 period

5 Stanford faces Washington at Alaskan Airlines Arena tonight at 5 pm London gives us his take on this upcoming game from Seattle

London Marq does the Sports Headlines and covers the Stanford Cardinal each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

Dorian Pickens notches career-high 28 points as Cardinal hold on for 79-70 win over Washington State

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By Daniel Dullum
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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Dorian Pickens had a career-high 28 points–including a key three-pointer–with 1:16 remaining in the second half, helping Stanford to a 79-70 win at Washington State in a Pac-12 men’s basketball matchup in Pullman, Washington, on Thursday night.

Pickens scored a career-high 28 points for the Cardinal (9-8 overall, 3-1 Pac-12), including 7-of-10 three-pointers. Freshman Kezie Okpala contributed a career-high 21 points and Daejon Davis was 6-of-7 on field goals while adding 15 points for Stanford.

Washington State (8-8 overall, 0-4 Pac-12) had a 55-47 lead when Stanford’s Reid Travis drew a hard foul from the Cougars’ Kwinton Hinson. Both players were separated by teammates, and the Cardinal responded with a nine-minute, 57 second 21-3 run to take a 68-58 lead with 6:26 remaining.

WSU cut its deficit to three points twice, but Pickens hit a pair of 3s as Stanford was able to hold on for its third consecutive victory.

The Cougars were hot out of the gate, making 11 of its first 12 shots, including four three-pointers. Pickens kept the Cardinal close, hitting 22 first-half points on 8-of-9 floor shooting. Pickens gave the Cardinal a two-point lead on a pair of threes before Washington State’s Malachi Flynn closed out the first half with three three-pointers. WSU led 45-38 at the half.

Flynn scored 24 points–along with seven threes–to lead the Cougars. Milan Acquaah was next for WSU with eight points, while Drick Bernstine added eight points and 12 rebounds. Robert Franks, the Cougars’ leading scorer at 17.3 per game, was held to eight points and committed six of Washington State’s 22 turnovers.

Travis, the Pac-12’s third-leading scorer coming into the weekend at 21.3 points per game, was held to six points and six rebounds.

The Cardinal’s road trip continues Saturday, when Stanford visits Washington for a 5 p.m. contest.

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Alexandra Evans: Stanford opens up two game road trip with WSU tonight

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On the Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Alexandra:

1 Looking at last week’s Stanford (8-8) results the Cardinal getting surprise wins over UCLA (12-4) and USC (12-6). The game last week against UCLA was called the best game of the season for the Cardinal.

2 In the USC game, the Trojans came out dominating as four players finished the first half in double figures and it would look like the Trojans would be controlling this game throughout.

3 In the second half, the Cardinal came alive with a strong defense, holding the Trojans to just 30 points in the second half.

4 In that second half, the Cardinal’s Reid Travis scored 29 points, 10 boards, and a double-double.

5 Stanford’s on the road for two games starting tonight at Pullman. Alexandra talks about tonight’s match up with Washington State (8-7).

Alexandra podcasts Stanford basketball each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com