Stanford tops Cal for 9th consecutive time;
As a player, Jerod Haase went 42-0 in Allen Fieldhouse, home of the Kansas Jayhawks. The 1997 KU grad is now 0-2 as a head coach in the tradition-rich building in Lawrence.
Yes 0-and-2, because of another highly-regarded guard, KU senior Lagerald Vick.
Vick forced overtime with a 3-pointer, then scored eight straight points to open the extra session and help the No. 2-ranked Jayhawks to a 90-84 OT win over the unranked Stanford Cardinal (4-4) on Saturday before a crowd of 16,300 that saw KU erase a 12-point deficit with 12 minutes left.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been back, certainly emotional, but I think once we got into the game I was certainly locked in,” Haase said.
Haase’s Cardinal led by six points at halftime and 12 points with 12:15 left.
Stanford was led by KZ Okpala, who scored 22 points. Daejon Davis had 19 and Isaac White 15.
Dedric Lawson scored 24 points and grabbed 15 boards for the resilient Jayhawks (6-0). Vick, who hit a 3-point shot with 6.8 seconds left to erase a threepoint deficit and force overtime, hit 10 of 17 shots overall (7 of 11 from 3) and scored 27 points. Vick hit a 3 to open the overtime session and dunked to make it 80-75 at 2:40. And he canned another 3 to make it 83-75 at 2:22.
In his three years with the Jayhawks, Haase started 99 of 101 games and helped lead them to three straight conference championships. He currently sits at No. 33 all-time in scoring with 1,264 points, and is No. 11 all-time in both 3’s (156) and steals (174).
The four-year, four-game series concludes next December at Stanford.
Stanford, which went 5 of 15 from 3 the first half, was led by in the first half by White, who had 12 points and Davis, who netted 10.
SAINT MARY’S 84, CAL 71 >> Malik Fitts scored 19 points, and the Gaels (4-4) emphatically halted their fourgame losing streak, shooting 60 percent from the field and dominating their neighbors from the Pac-12. It was the first time in three decades that Cal (2-4) made the 14-mile trip to Moraga. Justice Sueing led Cal with 16 points. Saint Mary’s took control in the first 20 minutes, nailing six 3-pointers and entering the break with a 45-30 lead.
NO. 21 BUFFALO 85, USF 81 >> Frankie Ferrari scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half, but the Dons (71) lost their first game this season in the title game of the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic in Northern Ireland. Nick Perkins scored 22 points, and Jeremy Harris added 15 with eight rebounds to lead Buffalo (7-0). C.J. Massinburg scored 15 points, making 5 of 6 free throws in the final 20 seconds to close out the win.
SANTA CLARA 81, NORTHERN ARIZONA 74 >> Tahj Eaddy had 22 points, and Trey Wertz added 17 as the host Broncos rallied in the final seven minutes to beat the
visiting Lumberjacks (2-4). Josip Vrankic also scored 17 for Santa Clara (3-5) and grabbed 14 rebounds. The Lumberjacks led by seven with nine minutes left in the game, but Santa Clara held NAU scoreless for more than two minutes, catching up at 62-62 when Wertz drove for a floater.
NO. 1 GONZAGA 103, CREIGHTON 92 >> Zach Norvell Jr. scored 23 of his career-high 28 points in the second half, and the top-ranked Bulldogs (8-0) wiped out an early double-digit deficit on the road. The Bulldogs overcame a boisterous crowd of more than 18,000 to win in their first true road game. The Bulldogs held Creighton (6-2) scoreless for nearly four minutes in the middle of the second half while going on a 12-0 run to go up 84-73.
Brandon Clarke added 27 points and 10 rebounds, and Rui Hachimura added 22 and 11 boards for the Bulldogs.
NO. 5 NEVADA 73, USC 61 >> Jordan Caroline scored 22 points, and the Wolf Pack took control with a dominant second half to beat the Trojans on the road, equaling its 8-0 start of a year
ago. Nick Rakocevic had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Trojans (5-3) as their three-game winning streak ended.
NO. 7 MICHIGAN 76, NO. 19 PURDUE 57 >> Jordan Poole scored 21 points as part of a balanced offense, and the Spartans routed a third ranked team this season. The Wolverines (8-0) are off to their best start since winning the first 16 games of the 2012-13 season. The Boilermakers (5-3) have lost three of their last four. MARQUETTE 83, NO. 12 KANSAS STATE 71 >> Markus Howard scored 45 points and went 19 of 21 from the foul line, and the host Golden Eagles (6-2) used tight defense to hand the Wildcats (6-1) their first loss. HOUSTON 65, NO. 18 OREGON 61 >> Armoni Brooks had 22 points and nine rebounds, Nate Hinton added 14 points, and the Cougars (6-0) dropped the visiting Ducks to win their 20th straight home game. Bol Bol had 23 points and seven rebounds to lead the Ducks (4-3).