Jan. 29, 1997
No. 15 Stanford Falls to Archrival California, 70-64
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Ed Gray scored 16 of his 27 points in the second half asCalifornia upset 15th-ranked Stanford, 70-64 in a Pac-10Conference matchup.
California (15-5, 6-3 Pac-10) used a 14-0 run early in thesecond half to build a 45-29 lead with 9:51 to go. Gray had sixpoints in the run and Kenyon Jones added four. The Golden Bearsshot 50 percent (13-of-26) from the field in the second half and45 percent (23-of-51) overall.
Gray has scored at least 27 points in each of his last sevengames and has led California in scoring in 18 games this season.
"You can't stop a train, you can only try to slow it down,"California coach Ben Braun said. "That's Ed. That's also likeTim Young and Brevin Knight -- you can't really stop them."
Randy Duck had 16 points and five assists and Alfred Grigsbyadded eight points and 12 rebounds for the Golden Bears, whoextended their winning streak to five games, tying a seasonhigh.
Brevin Knight had 15 points and Arthur Lee and Peter Sauer added13 apiece for Stanford (13-4, 6-3), which lost for just thesecond time in its last seven games. The Cardinal trailed byfive points at halftime.
Stanford got as close as four after Lee converted a three-pointplay with 40 seconds remaining.
"Our defense kept us in it," Braun added. "The fans willremember the offense, but I think the defense won the game forus."
"Cal is a very aggressive, confident, veteran team that's playeda lot together," Stanford coach Mike Montgomery said. "You lookat the loose rebounds. Cal got them. You look at the looseballs. Cal got them. You add all that up and you lose thegame."
STANFORD (64) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpSauer 24 6-12 1-3 1-4 2 2 13Jackson 20 0-1 0-2 0-0 0 2 0Young 25 2-9 2-2 2-6 2 4 6Weems 35 3-10 1-2 2-3 2 4 7Knight 40 3-12 6-6 2-7 5 3 15Madsen 15 1-2 0-0 1-3 0 5 2Van Elswyk 9 0-2 0-0 2-3 0 0 0Lee 15 3-5 5-5 1-3 0 1 13Moseley 10 1-2 1-2 0-2 1 1 4Seaton 7 2-3 0-0 1-1 0 0 4_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 21-58 16-22 12-32 12 22 64_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.362, FT-.727. 3-Point Goals:6-20, .300 (Sauer 0-2, Jackson 0-1, Weems 0-6,Knight 3-7, Lee 2-2, Moseley 1-2). Team rebounds:None. Blocked shots: 2 (Young, Madsen).Turnovers: 19 (Knight 7, Jackson 2, Madsen 2,Sauer 2, Weems 2, Lee, Moseley, Seaton, VanElswyk). Steals: 8 (Knight 4, Jackson, Madsen,Sauer, Young).CALIFORNIA (70) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpGrigsby 21 3-6 2-4 3-12 0 3 8Duck 32 5-8 2-4 1-2 5 2 16Stewart 19 1-5 0-0 0-1 0 2 2Gray 34 8-21 11-11 1-7 1 5 27Mcgruder 35 0-1 2-2 1-4 8 3 2Marks 13 1-2 0-1 2-4 1 1 2Jones 11 3-3 2-2 0-0 0 3 8Gonzalez 22 2-4 1-3 1-5 0 1 5Mcqueen 13 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 1 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 23-51 20-27 9-37 17 21 70_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.451, FT-.741. 3-Point Goals:4-10, .400 (Duck 4-6, Gray 0-3, Mcqueen 0-1).Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: 5 (Stewart 2,Grigsby, Marks, Jones). Turnovers: 21 (Mcgruder6, Stewart 4, Gray 3, Jones 3, Grigsby 2, Duck,Gonzalez, Marks). Steals: 5 (Duck 3, Mcgruder,Mcqueen).__________________________________Stanford 23 41 - 64California 28 42 - 70__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 6,578. Officials:Scott Thornley, Dave Libby.