Stanford Cruises Past Washington, 99-79

Jason Collins got riled up early in Stanford’s game against Washington. Turns out that’s good for him.

Collins scored a career-high 33 points as No. 1-ranked Stanford easily defeated Washington, 99-79, Saturday at Palo Alto, handing the Huskies their sixth loss in a row.

Collins, who also had eight rebounds, went on a personal 10-0 run to put the Cardinal up, 92-62, with 3:57 left for their biggest lead of the game.

“I think Jason got excited because he got fouled hard early, and that gets him turned up,” Coach Mike Montgomery said.

A more relaxed Collins, who signed autographs and posed for pictures with young fans after the game, said Washington didn’t play dirty, he just got knocked around.

“I’ve always felt that when you get played hard, you need to try to get back in there,” he said.

It was the first time a Stanford player has scored 30 or more points in a game since Chris Weems had 32 against Washington in the 1997-98 season. Weems also had 34 against Oregon that season.

Casey Jacobsen added 21 points for Stanford, 25-1 overall and 13-1 in the Pacific 10. The Cardinal shot 62% for the game.

The Huskies (9-18, 3-12) were led by Michael Johnson, Will Perkins and Curtis Allen, all with 14 points. Stanford held Allen, Washington’s top scorer, to three points in the first half.

“You’ve got to play hard-nosed defense against these guys for 40 minutes,” Washington Coach Bob Bender said. “We didn’t do that tonight.”

Collins and his twin brother, Jarron, went on a 12-0 run themselves early in the second half to stretch the Cardinal lead to 67-42.

Jarron Collins finished with 12 points.

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California 84, Washington State 65--Sean Lampley scored 29 points as the Bears pulled away in the second half at Berkeley.

Lampley, one of only two seniors on California’s team, moved past Lamond Murray into the Bear record books as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,693 points. Murray scored 1,688 points from 1992-94.

Milton Riley led Washington State (11-14, 4-11) with a career-high 21 points and seven rebounds.

Lampley scored seven points and had a long assist to teammate Joe Shipp for a dunk in the first 4:30. Lampley had 14 points in the first half and made four of his first five shots.

California (19-7, 10-4) made nine of its first 13 shots against Washington State yet only led 21-17 midway through the first half. With guard Jerry McNair scoring 13 of his 15 points early, the Cougars were able to offset the Bears’ early hot streak and trailed only 45-42 at halftime.

It was Lampley who broke the game open for California in the second half, scoring 10 points during a 13-6 run. It was in that stretch that Lampley scored from three feet out along the baseline to move past Murray into the California record books.

Solomon Hughes added 12 points and four rebounds for California.

David Adams added 12 for Washington State.