March 25, 2009
CORVALLIS, Ore.- Roeland Schaftenaar sparked a 7-0 overtime run and Oregon State rallied for a 65-62 win against Stanford in Wednesday's semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI).
Lathan Wallace had 16 points and three steals for Oregon State (16-17, 7-11 Pac-10), which lost a six-point lead in the final 2:30 of regulation, but overcame a five-point deficit in overtime.
Schaftenaar added 14 points and Calvin Haynes chipped in with 10 for the Beavers, who won for the third time in four meetings this year against Stanford. The Beavers won both regular-season contests by double-digits before the Cardinal answered with a 62-54 victory in the play-in round of the Pac-10 Tournament.
Anthony Goods led Stanford (20-14, 6-12 Pac-10) with 20 points while Lawrence Hill recorded a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds. Landry Fields added 11 points and eight rebounds.
Oregon State took a 28-26 halftime lead after Haynes had a steal and basket with one second left. The Beavers held the lead despite suffering through an eight-minute stretch without a point.
Drew Shiller's three-pointer capped a 9-0 run that put Stanford ahead 35-30 with 14:15 remaining in regulation. But Oregon State regained the lead with Seth Tarver's bucket giving the Beavers a 51-45 lead with 2:36 left.
Then Stanford came back, and Hill's 15-foot shot at the buzzer sent the game into overtime tied at 54-54.
A triple from Fields gave Stanford a 61-56 lead with 2:30 left in overtime but the Cardinal was held to one point after that.
Schaftenaar scored the first five points of that late 7-0 run, then found Tarver at the basket for two more to secure the win.
NOTES
Stanford wraps up the 2008-09 campaign at 20-14 overall and 6-12 in Pac-10 play. For the 20th time in school history, the Cardinal reached the 20-win plateau. Following up on last year's 28-8 mark, this is the first time since 2002-03 (24-9 overall) and 2003-04 (30-2 overall) that Stanford has posted back-to-back 20-win campaigns. That's quite an accomplishment considering the club had to overcome the losses of two NBA First Round Draft picks (Brook Lopez, Robin Lopez) and three seniors (Taj Finger, Peter Prowitt, Fred Washington).
Johnny Dawkins completes his first season at the helm with a 20-13 record and goes in the books as Stanford's winningest first-year head coach, surpassing Robert Burnett's 19-9 mark in 1951-52.
Stanford and Oregon State were matching up for the fourth time this year, representing the first time the Cardinal had faced an opponent four different times since the 1962-63 campaign. The Cardinal played three different teams (UCLA, USC, Washington) four times during that year.
Stanford remains one of only four teams in NCAA Division I competition with an undefeated record (13-0) in non-conference play. The other programs yet to lose a non-league game were all awarded No. 1 seeds in this year's NCAA Tournament: North Carolina (15-0), Pittsburgh (14-0) and Connecticut (13-0). Stanford has finished non-conference play unbeaten on five other occasions, most recently in 1955-56 with an 8-0 mark.
Stanford has compiled a 30-20 record in 22 postseason appearances.
Stanford finished the year with 249 three-pointers, its best total since making 252 triples in 2000-01. That total also ranks third-best in school history. Meanwhile, Stanford's 649 three-point attempts are the most-ever in a single season.
Anthony Goods led all scorers with 20 points on 7-15 shooting while making 3-6 from beyond the arc. Goods finished the year with 10 different 20-point games, led Stanford in scoring 15 times and reached double-figures in scoring on 30 occasions.
More on Goods: he becomes the seventh different leading scorer in a season for Stanford. Goods finished this year with a team-best 16.2 points per game, following Brook Lopez (2007-08), Lawrence Hill (2006-07), Matt Haryasz (2005-06), Dan Grunfeld (2004-05), Josh Childress (2003-04), Julius Barnes (2002-03) and Casey Jacobsen (2001-02).
Lawrence Hill notched his third double-double of the year, this time with 14 points and a season-best 12 rebounds. Hill led Stanford in rebounding 13 different times in 2008-09.
Mitch Johnson dished out five assists in his final game, increasing his career total to 534. That's good for second in the Stanford record books, trailing only Brevin Knight (780) in the career assists category.
Kenny Brown also played his final game in a Cardinal uniform, adding five points and five rebounds off the bench. Brown was one of Stanford's hottest players down the stretch, solidifying his reputation as one of the program's most dangerous offensive threats during the month of March.
Landry Fields chipped in with 11 points and eight boards. After coming off the bench in his first 63 career games, Fields started 33 games this season and finished third on the club in scoring (12.6 ppg) while serving as the team's leading rebounder (6.6 rpg). He connected on 49.8 percent of his chances from the field.
Tonight marked Stanford's first overtime game since last year's 82-81 victory over Marquette in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinal's most recent overtime loss was Mar. 6, 2008, in a 77-67 setback at UCLA.
Both teams struggled from the charity stripe, as Stanford was just 5-13 while Oregon State converted 7-13.
QUOTES
Stanford head coach Johnny Dawkins
Looking back on the season
"A lot of these guys played for Trent Johnson, and now they are playing for me. They were amazing. They gave everything they had. They changed systems, changed styles, defense and offense. Those kids have been remarkable, and I wanted to share that with the younger guys from the standpoint that they have set an amazing example about what Stanford is all about. The kind of effort; the kind of enthusiasm and to be good at everything they do. We shared those moments. They were great. We cried together and we shared an amazing moment, and that's what it should be like. You should end the season laughing, or you should end the season crying."
"A lot of the credit goes to the kids. That's what I mean when I say how resilient they were because they bounced back. We had some tough times during the stretch of Pac-10 play, but our kids never wavered and they never quit. They were able to rebound from that and were very competitive in every game. I am really proud of that. It really shows the type of character of the kids."
Oregon State junior guard Seth Tarver
On the emotion after the game
"It's exciting. We're in the championship. We know what we're capable of. We know that we can play well. We feel like we've been getting better all season and we're just playing well at the right time."
Oregon State senior guard Rickey Claitt
On getting behind in overtime
"It was a long rebound and he [Stanford forward Lawrence Hill] got it and threw it up. It took some of our momentum but when we were sitting down coach [OSU head coach Craig Robinson] said, `don't worry about it. We have another five minutes.'"
On advancing to the final
"That's phenomenal for us and for this program going into next year. If you think about all the good teams in this conference that went to the NCAA tournament, they're home now watching the NCAA tournament or the NIT on TV and us and Arizona are the only teams still playing. It really does feel good opposed to last year, how badly we did, this year we're still playing."