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Cal Isn’t Offensive and Stanford Wins

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From Associated Press

Adam Keefe scored 20 points and Kenny Ammann added 18 to lead Stanford to a 79-58 Pacific 10 Conference victory over California on Sunday.

The Bears scored only 18 points in the second half and went nearly 12 minutes without a basket. Ryan Drew led Cal with 15 points.

Stanford (17-10, 9-9) led, 45-40, at halftime, but Brian Hendrick made a short jumper to cut the lead to 48-44 with 17:07 remaining. The Bears (21-8, 12-6) didn’t score another field goal until Drew’s layup with 5:16 left in the game. At that point, Stanford led, 71-52.

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Ammann sparked a 14-4 run that gave Stanford a 59-44 lead on a Keefe layup with 13:43 remaining. The Bears closed to within 62-48 before Stanford went on a 9-2 run.

Cal point guard Keith Smith got into early foul trouble and finished with just 11 points and four assists.

After squandering a 16-point second half lead and losing to Cal, 66-63, on Wednesday, the Cardinal wasn’t about to give in again. “We were really ready to compete,” Stanford Coach Mike Montgomery said. “That was the best 40 minutes of basketball we’ve played all year. It’s hard to believe that we won by 20 here at Cal.”

In the second half, Smith and Hendrick were saddled on the bench with foul trouble and Cal’s offense was never the same.

“Obviously, Stanford played a very fine game, but the foul trouble really hurt us,” Cal Coach Lou Campanelli said “We were tentative in the second half and we weren’t able to do the things we needed to do to win.”

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