Feb. 20, 1997
Knight's 20 Points Paces No. 20 Cardinal Past Wshington State, 76-63
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Brevin Knight scored 23 points, leading 20th-ranked Stanford toa 76-63 Pac-10 Conference victory over Washington State.
The Cardinal (16-6, 9-5 Pac-10) have won three straight andmoved into a tie for third place in the conference with SouthernCalifornia, two games behind UCLA.
Stanford, which led by seven points at halftime, opened itslargest lead at 51-38 on Tim Young's two free throws with 11:17to play. The Cardinal maintained the 13-point edge for thenext two minutes before Washington State used a 13-4 burst,caped by Isaac Fontaine's three-pointer with 5:56 to go, to getwithin 59-55.
Knight hit a free throw and Arthur Lee made a pair to re-open aseven-point bulge, but Fontaine and Steve Slotemaker each made apair of free throws to get the Cougars within three, theclosest they had been since the 4:13 mark of the first half,with 4:31 remaining.
Mark Madsen made a pair of free throws, and after Fontaine cutStanford's lead to 64-61 with a jumper with 3:45 left, theCardinal answered with a 12-2 spurt to close the game. Madsenignited the run with a dunk and Knight was 6-of-6 from the lineand had a steal as the Cardinal pulled away.
Stanford, who scored the first 12 points in the first meetingbetween the schools, raced to a 9-0 lead on Knight'sthree-pointer with 15:53 left in the first half. Blake Pengellyended the run with a three-pointer, but the Cardinal continuedbuilding their lead, opening a 21-10 bulge when Madsen converteda three-point play with 10:52 to go.
The Cougars responded with a 12-2 run, capped by Fontaine'slayup, to cut the Stanford lead to 23-22 with 5:47 to go. ButKnight had seven points as the Cardinal answered with a 12-4spurt to grab a 35-26 lead with 1:01 left in the half.
Lee and Madsen had 13 points apiece for the Cardinal, who shot47 percent (24-for-51) from the field. Pete Sauer recorded 11points and eight rebounds and Tim Young contributed 10 pointsand three blocks.
Fontaine scored 26 points to lead the Cougars (11-14, 3-10). Heneeds just nine points to break Steve Puidokas' school-scoringrecord of 1,894 points.
Carlos Daniel, who leads the conference in rebounding, tallied10 points and eight boards for Washington State, which droppedits fifth straight game and has lost eight of its last nine. Thethree other starters combined for just four points.
The Cougars shot 39.6 percent (19-for-48) and were outrebounded,36-25. They have been outrebounded in every Pac-10 loss.
Stanford swept the season series after the two teams split sixmeetings the previous three years.
STANFORD (76) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpSauer 27 4-6 1-2 1-8 2 2 11Weems 36 2-10 2-2 0-2 0 4 6Young 27 3-8 4-4 1-4 3 3 10Lee 33 4-6 4-5 1-1 3 1 13Knight 38 7-12 7-10 3-5 6 4 23Moseley 6 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 0Jackson 5 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0Mendez 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Van Elswyk 3 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 2 0Seaton 2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0Madsen 21 4-6 5-5 4-8 0 4 13_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 24-51 23-29 12-31 15 21 76_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.471, FT-.793. 3-Point Goals:5-17, .294 (Sauer 2-3, Weems 0-5, Lee 1-1, Knight2-5, Moseley 0-2, Jackson 0-1). Team rebounds: 5.Blocked shots: 5 (Young 3, Madsen 2). Turnovers:15 (Young 5, Knight 3, Lee 2, Sauer 2, Madsen,Seaton, Van Elswyk). Steals: 6 (Knight 2, Lee 2,Young 2).WASHINGTON ST (63) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpDaniel 39 4-14 2-2 1-8 1 3 10Fontaine 38 9-16 7-8 1-3 2 4 26Johnson 25 1-3 0-0 1-3 0 1 2De La Fuente 4 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 0Jackson 16 0-0 2-4 0-1 1 1 2Pengelly 24 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 6Archibald 22 3-4 0-0 1-1 2 3 8Crosby 16 0-2 4-4 2-2 2 3 4Slotemaker 16 0-2 5-6 0-1 1 5 5_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 19-48 20-24 6-20 11 22 63_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.396, FT-.833. 3-Point Goals:5-12, .417 (Fontaine 1-5, Pengelly 2-3, Archibald2-3, Crosby 0-1). Team rebounds: 5. Blockedshots: 2 (Archibald, Crosby). Turnovers: 14(Daniel 4, Pengelly 4, Johnson 2, Crosby, De LaFuente, Fontaine, Slotemaker). Steals: 6(Archibald 2, Crosby 2, Fontaine, Slotemaker).__________________________________Stanford 35 41 - 76Washington St 28 35 - 63__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 5,294. Officials:Scott Thornley, Mark Ayotte, Craig Griamore.