National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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
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