Jan. 25, 1997
Knight Does it All In Cardinal Win Over Cougars, 81-61
STANFORD, Calif. -- Brevin Knight had 17 points, eight assists, seven rebounds andseven steals, leading 17th-ranked Stanford to an 81-61 romp overWashington State, 81-61, in a Pac-10 Conference matchup.
Tim Young led all scorers with 19 points and pulled down ninerebounds for Stanford (13-3, 6-2 Pac-10), which moved within ahalf-game of first-place UCLA.
"These were two important home wins," Stanford coach MikeMontgomery. "We need these, even if it wasn't artistic attimes. Washington State is a great team, especially (Isaac)Fontaine."
Peter Sauer scored 10 of his 14 points in the first half for theCardinal, who led at halftime, 43-31.
Carlos Daniel scored 17 points and Fontaine added 16 forWashington State (10-8, 2-5), which still leads the series,51-44.
"It is rather obvious the better team won in terms of number ofplayers and quality of players," Washington State coach KevinEastman said. "(Stanford) is better than Georgia and would beatMichigan, which we played. To this point, this is the best teamwe have played."
Mark Madsen had nine points and eight rebounds for Stanford,which outrebounded the Cougars, 46-35, and held them to 39percent shooting (23-of-59) from the field.
The Cardinal used an 11-0 run to open a commanding 60-42 leadmidway through the second half. After Fontaine made one freethrow to close WSU within 49-42 with 15:36 left to go, Youngconverted a three-point play to spark the burst. Rich Jacksonhad all five of his points in the surge and Madsen made a freethrow to give Stanford an 18-point bulge with 11:45 to go.
Stanford improved to 6-0 at home this season.
WASHINGTON ST (61) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpDaniel 36 6-11 5-5 1-6 0 3 17Johnson 21 0-2 1-2 1-2 0 3 1De La Fuente 26 2-9 3-4 5-8 3 4 7Fontaine 37 7-16 1-1 1-1 3 3 16Jackson 22 1-4 0-1 2-3 3 5 2Mack 22 2-5 0-1 2-8 0 2 4Pengelly 17 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 2 3Archibald 6 2-3 0-0 1-1 0 1 6Crosby 12 2-5 0-2 0-1 1 1 5Slotemaker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 23-59 10-16 14-32 13 24 61_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.390, FT-.625. 3-Point Goals:5-17, .294 (De La Fuente 0-2, Fontaine 1-6,Jackson 0-1, Pengelly 1-2, Archibald 2-3, Crosby1-3). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 6 (Mack 4,Daniel, Jackson). Turnovers: 17 (Daniel 4, Mack3, Crosby 2, De La Fuente 2, Fontaine 2, Jackson2, Archibald, Pengelly). Steals: 8 (Mack 3,Daniel 2, Crosby, De La Fuente, Jackson).STANFORD (81) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpJackson 21 2-3 1-1 0-2 2 2 5Sauer 20 7-11 0-1 4-4 0 1 14Young 30 8-15 3-4 4-9 4 4 19Weems 28 1-8 2-3 1-2 4 0 5Knight 37 4-9 8-10 2-7 8 3 17Lee 10 0-3 0-1 0-1 1 1 0Mendez 13 2-5 2-2 2-4 0 1 8Madsen 17 3-6 3-7 5-8 0 2 9Moseley 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2Van Elswyk 7 1-3 0-0 1-4 0 3 2Seaton 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0Tshionyi 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 29-64 19-29 19-41 20 18 81_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.453, FT-.655. 3-Point Goals:4-11, .364 (Weems 1-5, Knight 1-2, Mendez 2-4).Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 3 (Young 3).Turnovers: 15 (Knight 6, Weems 3, Mendez 2, Young2, Lee, Van Elswyk). Steals: 9 (Knight 7, Mendez,Young).__________________________________Washington St 31 30 - 61Stanford 43 38 - 81__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 7,231. Officials:Richard Ballesteros, Steve Wilson, Ren Edwards.