Dec. 14, 1996
No. 21 Cardinal Holds Off Late Rally to Defeat San Diego, 72-70
SAN DIEGO -- Kris Weems scored a career-high 18 points as number 21 Stanfordsurvived a scare and held off San Diego, 72-70.
Weems, a sophomore guard, had to pick up the slack for backcourtmate Brevin Knight, who was limited to 20 minutes because offoul trouble. Knight had 15 points and six assists.
Stanford (4-1) had a 10-point lead in the final two minutes, butSan Diego (3-4) scored 10 of the game's final 12 points as theCardinal faltered from the foul line down the stretch.
Sean Flannery scored 19 points for the Toreros, who were lookingfor their second win in as many all-time meetings with Stanford.San Diego beat the Cardinal, 79-70, in overtime in 1980.
The Toreros suffered their fourth loss in five games due mainlyto a 2-for-19 (11 percent) effort from three-point range. SanDiego shot 54 percent (21-of-39) from inside the arc.
In addition to Knight, the Cardinal played most of the gamewithout center Tim Young, who was limited to 12 minutes beforefouling out with two points and three rebounds.
Stanford missed 10 of 28 foul shots after entering the gamehitting 83 percent of its free throws.
STANFORD (72) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpSauer 19 2-6 3-5 3-3 2 2 7Jackson 22 2-4 0-0 0-3 3 0 5Young 12 0-3 2-2 0-3 0 5 2Weems 30 5-9 3-5 1-3 2 2 18Knight 20 3-7 7-9 2-4 6 4 15Lee 20 2-7 1-3 0-3 2 1 5Moseley 10 1-2 0-0 1-5 0 2 3Mendez 18 3-8 0-0 1-2 0 1 9Wente 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Van Elswyk 17 1-2 0-0 2-3 1 3 2Seaton 26 1-5 1-2 2-9 0 2 3Mathieson 5 1-1 1-2 1-2 0 1 3_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 21-54 18-28 13-40 16 23 72_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.389, FT-.643. 3-Point Goals:12-20, .600 (Jackson 1-1, Weems 5-6, Knight 2-3,Lee 0-2, Moseley 1-1, Mendez 3-7). Team rebounds:3. Blocked shots: 2 (Lee, Seaton). Turnovers: 21(Seaton 6, Knight 4, Mendez 2, Moseley 2, Young2, Mathieson, Sauer, Van Elswyk). Steals: 7(Knight 4, Weems 2, Lee).SAN DIEGO (70) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpFlannery 29 5-10 8-9 1-3 0 5 19Miles 29 4-12 4-5 1-3 1 4 13Bruso 27 2-3 3-6 2-5 0 4 7Jacobsen 28 2-6 2-2 0-3 2 1 6Davis 28 2-10 2-2 1-5 3 3 6B Smith 8 1-2 0-0 1-3 0 1 2L Smith 14 1-2 0-2 0-1 1 2 2Sheahan 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0Speech 14 2-6 2-2 2-4 1 2 6Black 16 4-7 1-1 2-3 0 1 9_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 23-58 22-29 10-30 8 25 70_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.397, FT-.759. 3-Point Goals:2-19, .105 (Flannery 1-5, Miles 1-3, Jacobsen0-3, Davis 0-4, L Smith 0-1, Speech 0-3). Teamrebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 2 (Flannery, LSmith). Turnovers: 15 (Davis 3, B Smith 2, Black2, Bruso 2, Flannery, Jacobsen, Sheahan, Speech).Steals: 6 (Davis 2, Bruso, Flannery, L Smith,Miles).__________________________________Stanford 45 27 - 72San Diego 35 35 - 70__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 3,588. Officials: FredCarbone, Dave Libby, Steve Wolmer.