LAS VEGAS - Chasson Randle hit a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds left, lifting Stanford to a 71-69 win over Washington in the opening round of the Pac-12 Championship Wednesday night.
Washington (16-15) shot at a blistering pace to start the second half and led 69-68, but Dan Kingma missed a free throw with 29 seconds left to give Stanford a shot.
The sixth-seeded Cardinal (19-12) ended up getting two.
Rosco Allen missed a jumper, but Marcus Allen fought to get the rebound and kicked it out to Randle. He fired without hesitation and Washington's Andrew Andrews missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer, sending the Cardinal in the quarterfinals against third-seeded Utah.
Stefan Nastic had 21 points, Brown added 16 and Randle 10.
Andrews scored 22 points and Nigel Williams-Goss added 16 for the Huskies, who made 15 of 25 shots in the second half.
Washington went 0-for-3 on free throws to become the first team in tournament history to not make one from the line.
Stanford was in good shape for an NCAA Tournament berth after opening 7-2 in the Pac-12. The Cardinal left themselves pretty much needing an automatic bid after stumbling down the stretch.
Stanford closed the season with seven losses in nine games, dropping them to the sixth seed.
Washington had a more acute fall.
The Huskies started the season with 11 straight win, then had four stretches of four straight losses after that.
Stanford won the two meetings this season -- one in overtime -- but Washington is coming off one of its best games of the season after knocking off Utah in its season finale.
The Huskies got a big lift from an unexpected place in the first half. Kingma, a 5-foot-10 walk-on, hit three 3-pointers and had nine points in the first half to help Washington tie the Cardinal at 32.
Stanford established Nastic in the post early, setting him up for shots in the lane and opening things up for the Cardinal perimeter shooters.
Nastic had 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting, though Randle missed all three of his shots and had two points at halftime.
Washington couldn't seem to miss to start the second half, hitting 10 of its first 12 shots, including all four of its 3-point attempts. Andrews was feeling it, too, hitting a series of midrange jumpers while scoring 15 points in the second half.
The Cardinal hung with the Huskies by getting the ball inside to Nastic and Travis, setting up a back and forth finish.