Jan. 02, 1997
No. 21 Stanford Wins Third Straight Over Sun Devils, 81-65
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Tim Young had 21 points and 12 rebounds and Kris Weems added 14points as number 21 Stanford opened its Pac-10 Conferenceschedule with its seventh straight victory, an 81-65 triumphover Arizona State.
Mid-season transfer Mike Batiste scored 25 points and EddieHouse added 14 for Arizona State (7-5), which spoiled coach BillFrieder's 500th career game. The Sun Devils have lost three oftheir last four games.
"We got off to a good start, but towards the middle of the firsthalf, we lost our concentration and our defense broke down alittle bit," said Young. "I rushed shots early, then took a lotof high-percentage shots and made some layups."
Stanford (8-1) stormed to a 23-6 lead, as Young scored sixpoints and Ryan Mendez, who had 13 points and eight boards,capped the run with 11:27 left with the first of his threethree-pointers.
After Weems' bucket gave the Cardinal a 29-14 lead with 7:14left in the half, the Sun Devils went on a 16-6 run. Batistenetted two from three-point range and "Gee" Gervin also made athree-pointer.
The Sun Devils twice pulled within eight points in the secondhalf, but Stanford's Peter Sauer, who had 13 points and sevenrebounds, answered both times with jumpers. Arizona State nevergot any closer.
"We got off to a really good start," said Stanford coach MikeMontgomery. "Guys were ready to play and charged up about theconference opener. Road wins are going to be a real premium.This was a game we thought we could win if we played well. Youdon't want to play crummy here, then go down to Arizona."
All-American guard Brevin Knight struggled for Stanford, scoringjust nine points, including seven free throws.
Arizona State leading scorer Jeremy Veal was held to just twopoints on 1-of-9 shooting as the team continues to recover fromthe loss of Quincy Brewer, who is out with torn ligaments in histhumb after averaging 15 points and seven rebounds in his firsteight games.
"You can't spot anyone that kind of lead to start the game,"said Frieder, whose overall record fell to 320-180. "You haveto come ready to play. Our main problem is that we don't havethe competition in practice we need. We are missing some peopleand that hurts when you try to have intensity in practice. Weneed to have more guys step up and keep working."
Stanford shot 46 percent (27-for-58) from the field, including8-of-22 from three-point range, and outrebounded Arizona State,45-33. The Sun Devils made 40 percent (27-for-67) of its shotsand went 3-of-10 from the free throw line.
Stanford has won three straight against Arizona State, but theSun Devils lead all-time series, 24-18.
STANFORD (81) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpSauer 31 4-9 5-6 3-7 4 1 13Jackson 18 1-3 0-0 0-5 1 4 3Young 32 9-15 3-5 3-12 1 1 21Weems 31 5-10 0-0 0-3 2 0 14Knight 36 1-3 7-8 0-3 13 1 9Lee 11 0-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 0Mendez 22 4-8 2-2 2-8 2 2 13Van Elswyk 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2Madsen 10 2-5 0-1 4-4 0 3 4Moseley 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Seaton 3 0-0 2-4 0-0 0 1 2_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 27-58 19-26 13-44 24 13 81_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.466, FT-.731. 3-Point Goals:8-21, .381 (Sauer 0-1, Jackson 1-3, Weems 4-9,Knight 0-1, Lee 0-1, Mendez 3-6). Team rebounds:1. Blocked shots: 5 (Young 3, Sauer, Weems).Turnovers: 17 (Knight 5, Young 4, Weems 3, Madsen2, Lee, Sauer, Van Elswyk). Steals: 7 (Knight 2,Mendez 2, Jackson, Sauer, Weems).ARIZONA ST (65) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpBatiste 32 10-18 2-2 2-7 1 3 25Kelly 35 4-11 0-0 3-6 2 2 8Farrington 34 2-8 0-0 4-7 3 4 4Gervin 15 3-10 1-2 0-1 0 2 9Veal 21 1-9 0-0 0-4 5 2 2Lewis 26 1-2 0-2 0-3 3 3 3House 29 6-9 0-2 0-0 6 2 14Richardson 8 0-0 0-2 1-3 1 3 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 27-67 3-10 10-31 21 21 65_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.403, FT-.300. 3-Point Goals:8-22, .364 (Batiste 3-7, Kelly 0-1, Gervin 2-5,Veal 0-2, Lewis 1-2, House 2-5). Team rebounds:2. Blocked shots: 7 (Farrington 4, Batiste,Kelly, Gervin). Turnovers: 12 (Lewis 3, Veal 3,Batiste 2, Kelly 2, Farrington, Richardson).Steals: 9 (House 3, Kelly 3, Batiste, Farrington,Richardson).__________________________________Stanford 38 43 - 81Arizona St 30 35 - 65__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 3,872. Officials:Richard Ballesteros, Terry Christman, MarvinMoore.