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Men's Basketball

Card Outlasted in Triple OT Marathon

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -- Washington State outlasted Stanford 85-76 in a triple overtime thriller on Saturday in Pullman.

Michael O'Connell scored 17 points to go with six rebounds and seven assists, and set the program record for minutes played in a game with 52. Jaiden Delaire finished with 15 points, while Spencer Jones and Daejon Davis scored 10 each. Oscar Da Silva, the Pac-12's second-leading scorer coming in at 19.1 points per game, finished with 11 in 28 minutes of play before fouling out in the second overtime.

Noah Williams, who scored his previous career high of 32 in the Cougars' win over Cal on Thursday, made 12 of 35 shots, including 8 of 18 from the arc, and 8 of 10 free throws with nine turnovers. His 40 points were the most for WSU since Klay Thompson scored 43 in 2011. 

Efe Abogidi scored five points, Aljaz Kunc added a bucket and Williams scored the game's final points on a floater as Washington State (14-10, 7-10 Pac-12) blanked Stanford 9-0 in the final overtime.

The Cougars were outshot 52% to 36% but had 12 more rebounds, six more 3-pointers and made 18 of 23 at the line to Stanford's 9 of 18. They ended a nine-game losing streak to Stanford (14-9, 10-7).

Noah Williams hit a 3-pointer with six seconds left to send the game into overtime. Stanford had the ball with 25 seconds left in the first OT but was harassed into a shot-clock violation to send it into a second extra period tied at 68-all. The second OT ended up at 76-all after Stanford's Delaire drove and scored with 22 seconds left and Williams missed at the rim.

Stanford returns home to host Oregon on Thursday at Maples Pavilion.