Feb. 22, 1997
MacCulloch, Washington Defeat No. 23 Cardinal in the Emerald City, 73-61
SEATTLE -- Todd MacCulloch had a personal 8-0 run at the start of thesecond half and finished with 24 points as Washington upended23rd-ranked Stanford, 73-61, in a Pac-10 Conference battle.
Mark Sanford added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Huskies(15-8, 8-6 Pac-10), who helped their chances for receiving anat-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Washington also defeatedArizona at home earlier this season.
Kris Weems scored 12 points and Mark Madsen added 10 forStanford (16-7, 9-6), which had a three-game winning streaksnapped. The Cardinal, who play their final three conferencegames at home, finished 3-6 in road conference games.
Stanford point guard Brevin Knight, who averages 16.3 points pergame, was held to eight points on 3-of-16 shooting.
Washington holds a 53-51 lead in the all-time series, but wonfor just the second time in the last eight games between theschools.
With the scored tied 31-31 entering the second half, MacCullochgot things going with a layup and 10-footer in the first 66seconds. He added another layup and a putback that gaveWashington a 39-31 lead with 17:45 to play, forcing Stanford tocall timeout.
"We wanted to establish ourselves inside, and we were going tokeep the floor spread and let him (MacCulloch) work," saidWashington coach Bob Bender. "Our guys passed him the ball ingood position and he went and finished."
"Todd needed a game that he could go out and make a statement,also just confidence-wise, against a guy like Tim Young, becausehe's played against him for so long," added Bender.
Jan Wooten extended the run to 11-0 with a three-pointer beforeclosing it with a free throw to give the Huskies a 43-31 edgewith 15:21 to play. Stanford responded with a 9-3 burst,drawing within 46-40 on Mark Seaton's free throw with 12:03remaining.
But the Huskies put the game out of reach with a 9-1 tear oftheir own. Jamie Booker had two layups around a free throw byPeter Sauer. MacCulloch had a follow shot before Sanford canneda three-pointer to make it 55-41 with 8:20 left. The Cardinalwere unable to draw within single digits down the stretch.
Washington shot 47 percent (26-of-55) from the field and held a17-8 edge at the foul line. Wooten finished with 14 points andBooker added 10 and eight rebounds.
"For the third straight game, Jamie's done an unbelievable jobdefensively on the key on the (defensive) end and that wascertainly big tonight," said Bender.
Stanford shot just 31 percent (11-of-36) in the second half and36 percent (25-of-69) overall. The Cardinal were outrebounded49-33 and made just 3-of-19 three-point shots.
Stanford coach Mike Montgomery opted to bench Young after just13 minutes. Young, who is averaging 14.1 points and 8.1rebounds, had six points and three rebounds.
"He was obviously struggling on offense, and having a tough timeon MacCulloch," said Stanford coach Mike Montgomery. "To behonest with you, I felt at that point that we needed to come outand try something else."
STANFORD (61) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpSauer 24 3-6 1-2 0-5 2 5 7Weems 33 5-14 0-0 1-2 2 0 12Young 13 2-4 2-2 1-3 0 3 6Lee 28 3-12 0-0 0-3 2 4 6Knight 36 3-16 2-3 2-5 6 2 8Madsen 22 4-5 2-5 3-7 0 4 10Moseley 18 2-6 0-0 0-1 2 3 5Van Elswyk 9 2-4 0-0 2-2 0 3 4Seaton 12 1-1 1-2 2-3 0 0 3Tshionyi 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Jackson 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 25-69 8-14 11-31 14 24 61_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.362, FT-.571. 3-Point Goals:3-19, .158 (Sauer 0-2, Weems 2-5, Lee 0-5, Knight0-4, Moseley 1-3). Team rebounds: 2. Blockedshots: 4 (Young 2, Weems, Moseley). Turnovers: 11(Lee 4, Madsen 2, Van Elswyk 2, Knight, Seaton,Young). Steals: 6 (Moseley 2, Knight, Lee,Madsen, Weems).WASHINGTON (75) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpSanford 38 7-10 3-4 4-11 1 1 19Booker 36 3-10 4-7 1-8 1 2 10Macculloch 26 10-16 4-8 3-11 0 3 24Wooten 25 3-8 6-8 1-5 2 3 14Luton 36 2-6 0-2 1-4 5 2 6Femerling 14 1-3 0-0 0-2 0 2 2Moritz 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Thompson 17 0-1 0-0 0-1 5 1 0Walcott 7 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 26-55 17-29 10-43 14 16 75_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.473, FT-.586. 3-Point Goals:6-14, .429 (Sanford 2-2, Booker 0-3, Wooten 2-4,Luton 2-4, Walcott 0-1). Team rebounds: 6.Blocked shots: 3 (Macculloch 2, Femerling).Turnovers: 18 (Booker 5, Luton 4, Macculloch 2,Sanford 2, Thompson 2, Femerling, Wooten).Steals: 7 (Booker 3, Luton 2, Femerling, Sanford).__________________________________Stanford 31 30 - 61Washington 31 44 - 75__________________________________Technical fouls: Stanford 1 (Bench). A: 5,985.Officials: Scott Garibaldi, Bill Kennedy, RichardBallesteros.