The Stanford Cardinal fell to the Oregon Ducks 67-59 in an historic victory for Oregon. It marks Oregon’s first victory over Stanford at Palo Alto since 1986. The loss comes at a bad time for the Cardinal as they were looking to get back into the top half of the Pac-10 standings. The loss drops Stanford into a three-way tie for seventh place with Oregon and Oregon State. The Cardinal don’t travel to Eugene until February 26 so it remains to be seen what value that game will hold.
Stanford, CA (Sports Network) – Joevan Catron scored a game-high 15 points to lead the Oregon Ducks to a 67-59 victory over the Stanford Cardinal in a Pac-10 Conference bout at Maples Pavilion. Jay-R Strowbridge added 13 points off the bench in the win for Oregon (10-10, 3-5 Pac-10), which also got 10 points each from Garrett Sim and Malcolm Armstead. Dwight Powell tallied 14 points to lead the way for Stanford (10-9, 3-5), while Jeremy Green and Anthony Brown notched 13 and 12 points, respectively, in a losing effort.
The squads found themselves locked in a 29-29 tie heading into the break even as Oregon knocked down 5-of-9 shots behind the three-point line. But the Ducks broke the contest open during the second stanza, hitting 12- of-13 at the foul line to go with a 44.0 percent shooting effort from the field over the final 20 minutes. Stanford, which shot only 13-of-21 at the charity stripe, was guilty of a game-high 18 turnovers in the loss.