Nov. 29, 2009
STANFORD, Calif. (AP)--Landry Fields scored 25 points as Stanford defeated Portland State 83-64 on Sunday night.
Jeremy Green added 19 points as the Cardinal (4-3) won for the third time in four games.
Jamie Jones and Dominic Waters each scored 16 points to lead the Vikings (1-4), who were coming off their first win. Phil Nelson added 13 points.
Stanford, fresh off its near-upset of No. 5 Kentucky, used a 10-0 run midway through the second half to open a 63-49 lead.
Portland State's ambitious scheduling has the team playing nine of its 13 nonconference games away from home. The Vikings lost by 56 to Washington and are 0-4 on the road.
Fields hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Stanford a 43-38 lead at halftime.
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NOTES: Stanford enters its traditional two-week finals break at 4-3 overall. Over the previous five seasons, the Cardinal has entered the finals break with the following records: 4-0 (in 2008-09), 8-1 (2007-08), 6-1 (2006-07), 2-3 (2005-06) and 2-3 (2004-05) ... Stanford has produced at least one 20-point scorer in every game so far this year ... The Cardinal shot a season-best 58.9 percent from the field, its best total since connecting at 65.2 percent in a 111-56 win over Harvard back on Nov. 9, 2007 ... Stanford's 23 assists represented a season-best total ... Portland State finished 2-2 from the free throw line, as Stanford was whistled for only eight fouls. That's the lowest production for an opponent at the charity stripe since California finished 2-3 on Jan. 17, 2009 ... Drew Shiller misfired on his first free throw attempt of the contest, snapping a streak of 15 consecutive makes dating back to Nov. 24, 2007 against Colorado State ... Jeremy Green finished 5-8 from beyond the arc and is now 10-16 combined over his last two games ... Jarrett Mann matched a career high with eight assists and has dished out at least five assists in all but one game this year. For the season, Mann has totaled 41 assists against just 16 turnovers ... Jack Trotter reached the double-digit scoring mark for the third time this year ... Matei Daian added a career-best six points on 3-3 shooting in 10 minutes off the bench, and later conducted his first postgame interview when he appeared as a guest on XTRA Sports 860 AM with the chemistry-rich tandem of Dave Flemming and John Platz.
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INSIDE STANFORD SPORTS RETURNS MONDAY, NOV. 30: The second season of Inside Stanford Sports with Johnny Dawkins on XTRA Sports 860 AM kicks off on Monday, Nov. 30. The Inside Stanford Sports radio show is broadcast from Gordon Biersch Restaurant in downtown Palo Alto, and will run weekly during the conference season from 8-9 p.m. Fans can tune in to XTRA Sports 860 AM, listen from a Yahoo! Sports link at www.gostanford.com, stop by 640 Emerson Street and attend the show live or call in to 866-789-2420 and ask questions. Cardinal broadcasters Dave Flemming and John Platz serve as the show's hosts. Selected student-athletes and special guests are scheduled to appear throughout the year.