Humphrey leads charge for Cardinal

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Michael Humphrey scored 21 points and Marcus Allen added a career-high 12 to lead Stanford to a 62-46 victory over Oregon State on Thursday night, keeping the Beavers winless in Pac-12 play.

It was the third straight win for the Cardinal (11-8, 3-4 Pac-12), coming off two victories at home last week against the league’s Washington schools.

Stephen Thompson Jr. led the Beavers (4-15, 0-6) with 15 points. OSU has struggled without top scorer Tres Tinkle, who was averaging 20.2 points in six games before he broke his right wrist Nov. 25.

The Cardinal played without Reid Travis, the team’s top scorer and rebounder with averages of 16.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. Reid injured his right shoulder in Stanford’s 76-69 victory over Washington on Saturday. He had missed two games previous to that with a similar injury.

At least at the start, the Beavers had a spark, going up 16-7 on three consecutive threepointers — two by Thompson and a third by JaQuori McLaughlin.

Stanford closed the gap, pulling to 20-17 on Marcus Sheffield’s jumper with a little more than five minutes left before the break.

Humphrey’s dunk got Stanford to 25-23, and Allen’s layup tied it. Humphrey made two free throws to give the Cardinal a 27-25 halftime lead.

Sheffield’s three-pointer made it 37-32 with 12:35 left as the Cardinal began to take control. Humphrey’s layup stretched the lead to 45-36 with 8:20 left.