December 7, 1998
WASHINGTON - Mark Madsen scored half of his 14 points during afive-minute stretch of the second half to lead No. 6 Stanford past GeorgeWashington 70-56 Monday night in the consolation game of the BB&T Classic.
Tim Young had 12 points for the Cardinal (5-2), who were coming offsuccessive losses to North Carolina and Maryland. Stanford outscored theColonials 25-12 at the foul line and controlled the boards 42-33, the 15thstraight time over two seasons that the Cardinal has outrebounded theopposition.
But Stanford went 3-for-14 from 3-point range and had a season-high 19turnovers. Fortunately for the Cardinal, the defense held the Colonials to 31percent shooting.
Yegor Mescheriakov scored 16 points on 5-for-19 shooting for GeorgeWashington (3-3). Swanta Rogers scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers
Stanford's first win since Nov. 25 wasn't nearly as easy as expected.Although the Cardinal led the entire second half, the margin was only fivepoints with 9:25 left.
That's when Madsen took over, scoring six straight points - two free throws,a layup and a dunk off an alley-oop pass - to make it 61-50. Minutes later,Madsen made a foul shot and Kris Weems followed with a 3-pointer for a 67-54lead with 4:33 left.
Arthur Lee had 10 points, five assists and two steals for Stanford, whichalso got 10 points from Weems.
Stanford led 36-32 at halftime despite going 1-for-9 from 3-point range,committing 10 turnovers and enduring a six-minute stretch without a basket. TheColonials failed to take advantage because they made only 12 of 38 field goalattempts, including a 2-for-13 effort by Mescheriakov.
By DAVID GINSBURG
AP Sports Writer