National Basketball Association
Stanford 79, Cal Poly SLO 62
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 29, 2013
Where: Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California
Officials:
# Eric Curry, # Keith Kimble, # Bob Staffen
Attendance:
4799
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Stanford 79, Cal Poly 62: Chasson Randle and Stefan Nastic scored 20 points apiece and the Cardinal never trailed against the visiting Mustangs.
Dwight Powell collected 15 points and eight rebounds for Stanford (9-3), which shot 58.1 percent and won for the fourth time in its last five games. Josh Huestis added 10 points and nine rebounds, and Nastic reached a career-high in points while converting all seven of his shots from the field.
Chris Eversley paced Cal Poly (4-8) with 25 points and Joel Awich added 11. The Mustangs trailed 33-20 after shooting 25.7 percent in the first half and never seriously threatened after the break.
Randle, the reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week, made back-to-back 3-pointers to put Stanford ahead 48-33 with 14 minutes left, and the lead ballooned to 23 points less than four minutes later. John Gage chipped in eight points for Stanford, which opens Pac-12 play Thursday against California.
Cal Poly, which was coming off a 17-point loss at Pittsburgh, shot 35.4 percent from the field and missed 15 of its 20 shots from 3-point range. David Nwaba missed eight of his 11 shots and finished with six points for Cal Poly, which fell to 2-7 against Pac-12 opponents under fifth-year coach Joe Callero.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Stanford F Rosco Allen made his season debut and was held scoreless after missing the first 11 games due to a stress fracture. … Stanford improved to 6-1 all-time against Cal Poly, which visits Delaware on Saturday before starting Big West play against Hawaii on Jan. 9. … Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins used the starting lineup of Randle, Huestis, Powell, Nastic and Anthony Brown in all 12 nonconference games.
Top Game Performances
Cal Poly SLO |
|
Stanford |
Chris Eversley 25 |
Scoring |
Stefan Nastic 20 |
David Nwaba 3 |
Assists |
Dwight Powell 5 |
Joel Awich 5 |
Rebounds |
Josh Huestis 9 |
Chris Eversley 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Chasson Randle 9 |
Chris Eversley 3 |
Steals |
Rosco Allen 1 |
Chris Eversley 1 |
Blocks |
Dwight Powell 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Cal Poly SLO
|
62 |
35.4 |
5-20 |
11-16 |
11 |
28 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
Stanford
|
79 |
58.1 |
5-10 |
24-31 |
13 |
32 |
6 |
3 |
10 |