Dec. 28, 1996
Young's 25 Points, 15 Rebounds Sinks Navy, 85-68
STANFORD, Calif. -- Tim Young scored 25 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and Arthur Lee added 18 points as 23rd-ranked Stanford defeated Navy, 85-68, for its sixth straight win.
Kris Weems had 13 points for Stanford (7-1), which has won all three meetings with Navy. Young and Lee each had 10 points as the Cardinal built a 38-30 halftime lead.
"Navy showed the same aggressiveness they showed us last season," Stanford coach Mike Montgomery said. "With (Brevin) Knight out with the flu, we did a good job in maintaining our offense, particularly in the second half."
Michael Heary scored 25 points and Terrell Hickmon added 13 for the Midshipmen (6-5), who were playing their first game against a ranked opponent since losing to Missouri in the 1994 NCAA Tournament.
"Stanford exercised their inside game whe it really counted," Navy coach Don DeVoe said. "They did a nice job. They forced us into making a lot of mistakes, especially in the second half."
Navy has not beaten a ranked foe since edging Michigan State, 91-90, in 1986-87.
After Navy's Matt Sladky hit a three-pointer to tie the game, 54-54, Weems was fouled and hit three free throws to ignite a 16-4 run. He added a three-pointer during that span and Young's layup capped the burst, giving the Cardinal a 70-58 lead with 4:56 to go.
Peter Sauer had nine points and seven rebounds for Stanford, which shot 54.5 percent (24-of-44) from the floor.
NAVY (68) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Booker 34 5-12 0-0 6-9 3 4 10 Green 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 J Williams 5 1-3 0-0 0-2 0 3 2 B Walker 28 1-6 0-0 3-6 7 4 2 Heary 36 9-19 3-3 2-3 2 0 25 Hickmon 33 5-13 0-0 2-5 1 5 13 Sladky 21 4-7 0-0 0-2 0 5 9 Schuknecht 22 1-5 0-0 1-1 1 2 2 A Smith 12 0-3 2-2 0-0 1 2 2 Height 3 0-0 1-2 0-0 1 1 1 Lookabill 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Victor 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 C Fletcher 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 _______________________________________________ TOTALS 200 27-70 6-7 14-28 16 28 68 _______________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.386, FT-.857. 3-Point Goals: 8-20, .400 (B Walker 0-1, Heary 4-8, Hickmon 3-6, Sladky 1-3, Schuknecht 0-2). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 2 (Sladky, Height). Turnovers: 16 (A Smith 3, Booker 3, Hickmon 3, B Walker 2, Schuknecht 2, Sladky 2). Steals: 6 (B Walker 2, A Smith, Booker, Schuknecht, Sladky). STANFORD (85) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Sauer 25 3-3 3-6 2-7 2 0 9 Jackson 20 2-2 1-2 2-2 2 1 5 Young 33 9-19 7-11 4-15 0 0 25 Weems 31 2-4 8-9 0-4 2 3 13 Lee 33 6-8 4-4 0-2 2 1 18 Seaton 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Van Elswyk 10 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 2 2 Mendez 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Madsen 9 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 Moseley 18 1-2 3-4 0-0 1 2 6 Knight 12 0-2 6-7 2-2 2 0 6 _______________________________________________ TOTALS 200 24-44 33-45 10-35 13 9 85 _______________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.545, FT-.733. 3-Point Goals: 4-7, .571 (Weems 1-1, Lee 2-3, Mendez 0-1, Moseley 1-2). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 4 (Young 2, Lee 2). Turnovers: 17 (Lee 5, Knight 4, Young 3, Sauer 2, Jackson, Moseley, Weems). Steals: 7 (Mendez 2, Van Elswyk 2, Knight, Moseley, Weems). __________________________________ Navy 30 38 - 68 Stanford 38 47 - 85 __________________________________ Technical fouls: None. A: 7,149. Officials: Mark Reischling, Daniel Wax, Craig Grismore.