No. 1 Stanford Rolls On, 94-63

Stanford, as the nation’s No. 1-ranked and only unbeaten team, expects the best shot from every opponent.

Washington did that for the first four minutes of Thursday’s game at Seattle. Then the Cardinal went on a 17-0 run and cruised to a 94-63 victory.

Stanford, 18-0 overall and 6-0 in the Pacific 10, matched the best start in school history, also accomplished by the 1997-98 team that reached the Final Four.

Washington (8-11, 2-5) made five of its first six shots to take a 12-11 lead at 15:40. Then Stanford responded with a barrage of three-point baskets, getting four in the game-breaking run. Guards Michael McDonald and Ryan Mendez combined to make six of seven three-point shots in the first half to help the Cardinal take a 53-27 halftime lead. After their early accuracy, the Huskies missed 18 of their next 23 shots in the half.

“They came out tough, but we started hitting our shots from the outside and put the game away early,” said McDonald, who made all four of his three-point shots and finished with 14 points.

Said Mendez, who had also had 14 points: “It seemed like everything we tried worked. You’d think they would pick up on some of the things we were doing, but they didn’t.”

It was Stanford’s 12th victory of the season by more than 20 points. The Cardinal shot 56.9%, surpassing its conference-leading 50.1%.

Washington’s leading scorer, forward Will Perkins, had his conference-leading eighth double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

California 75, Washington 71--Sean Lampley and Shantay Legans scored all of the Golden Bears’ 10 points in overtime at Pullman, Wash.

Lampley had 27 points and 12 rebounds as California (13-5, 4-2) won for the 12th time in 14 games. Legans had 12 points.

Mike Bush had 22 points for Washington State (7-9, 1-6), including a three-point basket that closed out the scoring in regulation with 23 seconds left.

Washington State was playing without second-leading scorer Eddie Miller, who was dismissed from the team earlier in the week by Coach Paul Graham.

Miller was one of six players suspended for a game last weekend for breaking curfew by going to a Eugene, Ore., bar. The other five players were reinstated for the California game.

Graham said it was Miller’s idea to go the bar, and that he was the only player who showed no remorse over the incident.