Dec. 18, 1996
Weems Career-High 21 Points Paces No. 22 Cardinal Over Alaska-Anchorage in Home Debut
STANFORD, Calif. -- Kris Weems scored a career-high 21 points, all onthree-pointers, as 22nd-ranked Stanford opened a 28-pointhalftime lead and cruised to a 105-70 rout of Division IIAlaska-Anchorage in its home opener.
Weems was 7-for-9 from three-point range and Tim Young added 18points and nine rebounds for Stanford (5-1), which also beat theSeawolves, 91-69, in the third-place game at the Great AlaskaShootout last month. The Cardinal played its first five games onthe road.
Jim Hajdukovich led all scorers with 22 points forAlaska-Anchorage (7-3), which is ranked fourth in the latestDivision II poll.
Stanford never trailed after Weems hit a pair of three-pointersin an 8-0 run to open the game. The Seawolves cut the margin to15-8 on Ryan Williams' layup with 14:17 left in the half, butthe Cardinal scored the next 12 points to take control. Weemshad three more three-pointers, including one with 10:39 to gothat put Stanford ahead, 29-8.
Alaska-Anchorage shot 29 percent from the field in the firsthalf, while the Cardinal hit 64.5 percent of their shots.
The Seawolves twice got within 27 points early in the secondhalf, but Weems' sixth three-pointer gave Stanford a 67-31 leadwith just over 16 minutes remaining. The Cardinal led by asmany as 38 before settling for the final margin.
Ryan Mendez added 15 points off the bench and Brevin Knightscored 12 for Stanford, which topped the 100-point mark for thefirst time since a 117-87 triumph over UC-Irvine in 1990.
Burt Wallace was the only other player in double figures forAlaska-Anchorage with 13 points.
ALA ANCHORAGE (70) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpStafford 35 4-16 0-0 4-7 5 4 9Carlisle 26 2-6 0-2 0-0 0 1 4Williams 19 4-7 0-0 1-2 0 5 8Lincoln 20 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 3Hajdukovich 32 8-21 3-4 2-4 4 3 22Larrabee 20 0-2 1-2 1-2 3 3 1Hamey 13 2-8 0-0 1-2 1 1 5Wallace 24 4-9 3-4 4-8 1 1 13Meckel 11 1-2 2-2 1-3 1 1 5_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 26-73 9-14 14-30 17 19 70_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.356, FT-.643. 3-Point Goals:9-29, .310 (Stafford 1-6, Lincoln 1-2,Hajdukovich 3-10, Larrabee 0-2, Hamey 1-3,Wallace 2-5, Meckel 1-1). Team rebounds: 6.Blocked shots: 4 (Hajdukovich 2, Wallace 2).Turnovers: 14 (Hajdukovich 4, Stafford 4, Hamey2, Wallace 2, Lincoln, Williams). Steals: 5(Hajdukovich 2, Lincoln, Stafford, Wallace).STANFORD (105) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpSauer 19 4-8 2-2 1-4 0 1 11Jackson 14 1-2 0-1 2-4 1 0 2Young 21 5-7 8-10 3-9 2 4 18Weems 21 7-11 0-0 0-1 0 0 21Knight 19 4-8 3-4 0-1 9 0 12Mendez 19 6-9 1-2 3-3 2 0 15Van Elswyk 17 1-3 0-0 0-9 1 5 2Seaton 17 2-2 0-0 0-4 0 2 4Lee 17 2-3 4-4 0-1 5 1 8Moseley 15 2-6 0-0 0-0 1 2 5Tshionyi 11 1-3 1-2 1-3 2 0 4Wente 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0Mathieson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Burge 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 3Thompson 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 36-65 19-25 10-39 25 15 105_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.554, FT-.760. 3-Point Goals:14-24, .583 (Sauer 1-2, Weems 7-9, Knight 1-3,Mendez 2-3, Moseley 1-2, Tshionyi 1-3, Burge 1-1,Thompson 0-1). Team rebounds: 6. Blocked shots: 6(Van Elswyk 2, Young, Seaton, Lee, Moseley).Turnovers: 11 (Young 3, Seaton 2, Tshionyi 2,Jackson, Lee, Moseley, Van Elswyk). Steals: 5(Lee 2, Jackson, Tshionyi, Young).__________________________________Ala Anchorage 26 44 - 70Stanford 54 51 - 105__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 3,489. Officials:Richard Ballesteros, Tom Wood, Jon Lee.