Jan. 30, 2010
TEMPE, Ariz.-Ty Abbott scored 29 points and had a career-high 12 rebounds as Arizona State defeated Stanford 88-70 on Saturday to keep the Cardinal winless on the road.
Derek Glasser had 12 points and 10 assists for the Sun Devils (15-7, 5-4 Pac-10), who had dropped the first two games of a three-game homestand.
Landry Fields entered the contest tied with Washington State's Klay Thompson for the Pac-10 scoring lead, and led Stanford (10-11, 4-5 Pac-10) with 22 points on 7-18 shooting. Jeremy Green contributed 20 points (including four three-pointers) while Jarrett Mann added 10 points.
Abbott hit six 3-pointers in the first 10 minutes as Arizona State raced to a 41-11 lead, and the Sun Devils led by 37 following a triple from Rihards Kuksiks with just over two minutes left in the first half to make it 54-17. Abbott went on to finish 11-14 from the floor and 7-9 from beyond the arc.
Abbott became the first opposing player to knock down at least six three-pointers in a game against Stanford since Mar. 18, 2005, when Mississippi State's Winsome Frazier buried six treys in an NCAA Tournament contest.
Arizona State led 54-22 at halftime, shot 56 percent overall and dished out 23 assists on 28 baskets. The Sun Devils were 12-25 from beyond the arc, including a 10-18 clip in the first half.
Stanford shot just 25 percent in the first half, making 8-32 from the field while missing its first 11 three-point attempts.
But the Cardinal came alive in the second half, outscoring the Sun Devils 48-34 over the final 30 minutes and slicing the lead to 12 with just under four minutes remaining. Two free throws from Mann brought the Cardinal within 77-65 at the 3:36 mark, and a unsuccessful three-point try from Green following a turnover would have whittled the lead to single-digits.
However, Arizona State closed out the game on an 11-5 run to secure the win.
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NOTES: Stanford stands at 4-5 in league play at the midway point. The Cardinal was 3-6 at the turn in 2008-09 ... The Cardinal is now 0-8 on the road this year and has been outscored by an average of 15.4 points per game. Opponents are averaging 84.2 points per game while shooting 49 percent from the field ... For the fifth time this year, Landry Fields and Jeremy Green each scored at least 20 points in the same game ... Drew Shiller dished out a career-high seven assists, while also tallying six points, four rebounds and four steals in 31 minutes off the bench ... Seldom-used Peter Abraham may be in line for some additional playing time. In a productive 12 minutes off the bench, Abraham was a free throw short of completing a three-point play and grabbed four boards ...Tavita Pritchard, Stanford's starting quarterback during the 2007 and 2008 seasons who was added to the roster on Wednesday, made his hardwood debut and played the final 1:50 ... Stanford's 22 points over the first 20 minutes matched a season-low for fewest points in a half ... The Cardinal held a 37-35 advantage on the boards, including a 16-3 edge on the offensive glass ... Stanford was without five players for this week's road trip, and dressed only 11 players for both games ... Next up is a road trip to Southern California, as Stanford will face UCLA (Thursday, Feb. 4 - 7:30 p.m.) and USC (Saturday, Feb. 6 - 4:30 p.m.). Both games will be televised on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area.