Dec. 07, 1996
No. 24 Cardinal Cruises Past Manhattan, 81-59
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Peter Sauer scored a career-high 19 points and Brevin Knight added 14 to lead 24th-ranked Stanford to an 81-59 victory over Manhattan at Arco Arena in Sacramento, California.
Ryan Mendez chipped in 13 for Stanford (3-1), which was playing for the first time since the Great Alaska Shootout on November 30th. The Cardinal don't play a home game until December 28th, when they host Navy.
"That was good for us, that is what we need," said Stanford coach Mike Montgomery. "Defensively I saw some learning going on out there. We made a ton of mistakes...but we were working hard on defense."
Tarik Thacker netted 13 points and Jeronimo Bucero had 12 for Manhattan (2-1), which has dropped both meetings with the Cardinal. The previous encounter was a 73-60 decision in 1993.
Knight also recorded seven assists and six steals for the Cardinal, who made 30-of-35 free throws (86 percent) and forced 31 turnovers.
"They definitely made it a big priority to double and triple team (center) Tim (Young), so someone else had to step up," said Sauer. "There was a lot of openings and I was in the right place at the right time a lot of the time when they had more than one guy on Tim."
MANHATTAN (59) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Hoover 29 2-2 0-0 1-3 1 5 4 Bucero 34 4-9 2-3 0-1 1 2 12 Springer 16 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 4 0 Mcdowell 22 2-5 0-0 1-2 0 1 5 Thacker 25 5-8 0-0 0-0 1 4 13 Lane 12 1-5 0-0 1-1 1 0 2 Noone 3 0-0 2-2 0-1 0 0 2 Lyons 19 2-3 0-0 1-5 1 2 4 Obrien 19 4-5 0-0 2-3 2 4 10 Dye 9 0-2 1-2 0-2 0 0 1 Kane 10 2-3 2-2 1-4 0 3 6 Ferrara 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 _______________________________________________ TOTALS 200 22-43 7-9 8-24 7 25 59 _______________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.512, FT-.778. 3-Point Goals: 8-21, .381 (Bucero 2-6, Mcdowell 1-4, Thacker 3-5, Lane 0-2, Lyons 0-1, Obrien 2-3). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 4 (Hoover 2, Bucero, Dye). Turnovers: 31 (Hoover 7, Bucero 5, Lyons 4, Lane 3, Mcdowell 3, Thacker 3, Kane 2, Springer 2, Obrien). Steals: 8 (Bucero 2, Hoover 2, Kane, Lyons, Mcdowell, Thacker). STANFORD (81) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Jackson 18 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 Sauer 23 7-9 5-5 3-5 0 0 19 Young 25 2-7 2-2 2-2 2 0 6 Weems 18 3-4 2-2 0-0 2 2 10 Knight 25 4-8 6-7 0-1 7 2 14 Thompson 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Lee 11 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 Moseley 19 1-3 0-0 2-3 1 1 3 Burge 2 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 Mendez 17 2-5 8-9 2-2 1 2 13 Wente 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Tshionyi 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 Van Elswyk 12 3-3 3-4 0-2 0 1 9 Seaton 15 0-0 4-6 0-3 0 0 4 Mathieson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 _______________________________________________ TOTALS 200 23-48 30-35 10-22 17 10 81 _______________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.479, FT-.857. 3-Point Goals: 5-12, .417 (Jackson 0-1, Weems 2-2, Knight 0-2, Lee 0-1, Moseley 1-2, Mendez 1-3, Tshionyi 1-1). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: 1 (Sauer). Turnovers: 14 (Young 3, Knight 2, Sauer 2, Weems 2, Jackson, Mendez, Moseley, Thompson, Wente). Steals: 14 (Knight 6, Weems 3, Moseley 2, Jackson, Mendez, Thompson). __________________________________ Manhattan 35 24 - 59 Stanford 44 37 - 81 __________________________________ Technical fouls: None. A: 2,194. Officials: Dan Crisman, Filippetti, Michael Wilde.