Dec. 22, 1996
Knight Shows You Can Go Home Again, As No. 22 Stanford Defeats Seton Hall, 83-81
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New Jersey native Brevin Knight scored six of his 14 points inovertime, including a pair of free throws with 3.6 secondsremaining that gave 22nd-ranked Stanford an 83-81 triumph overSeton Hall at East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Tim Young scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 16rebounds, while Kris Weems added 17 points for the Cardinal(6-1), which has won five straight.
"Any win on the road in overtime is a good win," said Stanfordcoach Mike Montgomery. "We feel pretty fortunate with the win,but there's a lot of work to be done. ... Tim Young reallyplayed a big game for us."
Levell Sanders had 17 of his 21 points in the second half forSeton Hall (3-4), which has lost its last two games following athree-game winning streak.
"We played a terrific game. Our defense played outstanding,despite the 83-81 score. But the difference in the game wasYoung. He had a monster game. We couldn't contain him," saidPirates coach George Blaney.
Sanders' three-pointer with 22 seconds to go in the extra periodlifted the Pirates into an 81-81 tie. But Knight, who grew up afew miles from the Seton Hall campus in East Orange, New Jersey,was fouled while driving to the basket and sank both free throwsto put Stanford ahead.
Freshman Shaheen Holloway's three-point attempt bounced out atthe buzzer. He finished with 20 points.
"It went down, but I don't know how it didn't go in," Blaneysaid. "We kept coming back. We had a lot of opportunities. I'm proud of the way they played, but we need to come backtomorrow against Wagner."
Despite making the winning free throws, Knight had a tough game.He scored 12 points from the foul line and did not collect hisonly field goal until overtime.
Both teams shot 35 percent from the field in the first half asStanford grabbed a 35-33 lead. The Cardinal ended up hitting 41percent of their shots (25-for-61), while Seton Hall connectedon 37 percent (29-for-78).
"We did everything we wanted to, but we still cannot shoot wellfrom the field, percentage-wise," Blaney said.
STANFORD (83) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpJackson 24 1-2 0-0 0-5 1 1 2Sauer 20 2-4 0-0 1-4 1 1 4Young 38 10-18 11-15 5-16 1 2 31Knight 34 1-9 12-14 0-5 7 4 14Weems 43 6-12 1-2 0-3 1 4 17Lee 21 2-5 1-3 0-2 1 3 5Mendez 10 1-4 0-0 1-3 0 1 2Van Elswyk 26 2-5 4-6 2-4 1 2 8Seaton 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Madsen 7 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 225 25-61 29-40 10-44 13 18 83_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.410, FT-.725. 3-Point Goals:4-14, .286 (Sauer 0-1, Knight 0-1, Weems 4-8, Lee0-1, Mendez 0-3). Team rebounds: 9. Blockedshots: 10 (Young 3, Van Elswyk 3, Lee 2, Jackson2). Turnovers: 18 (Knight 5, Young 4, Mendez 2,Van Elswyk 2, Weems 2, Lee, Madsen, Sauer).Steals: 5 (Weems 3, Knight, Young).SETON HALL (81) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpWilliams 36 5-13 0-0 1-2 3 5 12Taty 41 4-8 1-2 4-9 0 4 9Kaba 18 1-3 1-2 1-5 0 4 3Holloway 42 6-24 5-8 2-11 7 3 20Sanders 30 8-17 2-2 1-2 2 4 21Yablonski 3 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 3Kaukenas 17 2-6 2-4 1-1 0 0 7Leath 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Payton 13 1-2 2-3 0-2 0 4 4Jordan 22 1-2 0-1 2-6 0 3 2_______________________________________________TOTALS 225 29-78 13-22 13-40 12 27 81_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.372, FT-.591. 3-Point Goals:10-29, .345 (Williams 2-3, Holloway 3-12, Sanders3-8, Yablonski 1-1, Kaukenas 1-3, Leath 0-2).Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 7 (Jordan 3,Taty 2, Holloway, Payton). Turnovers: 13(Holloway 6, Williams 4, Kaba, Sanders, Taty).Steals: 13 (Holloway 4, Jordan 2, Sanders 2,Williams 2, Kaba, Payton, Taty)._______________________________________Stanford 35 36 12 - 83Seton Hall 33 38 10 - 81_______________________________________Technical fouls: Seton Hall 1 (Jordan). A:9,489. Officials: Bob Garabaldi, Charles Range,Daniel Chrisman.