Stanford Muscles Past Purdue

Curtis Borchardt has spent most of the last two seasons sidelined by injuries and feeling as though he wasn’t making an impact for Stanford.

Against Purdue on Saturday night, he was the difference.

Borchardt had 13 points, 20 rebounds and six blocks as No. 14 Stanford defeated the Boilermakers, 78-62, Saturday in the John Wooden Tradition at Indianapolis.

“It’s been a long time I’ve been able to go out there and compete like that,” said Borchardt, who has missed 25 games the last two seasons because of assorted injuries. “I made sure not to give up on any ball. I just boxed out and just went for it.”

Casey Jacobsen scored 26 points and had 12 rebounds and Josh Childress scored 21 as Stanford (3-0) exploited Purdue’s inside weakness and dominated the boards, holding a 53-29 rebounding edge.

Rodney Smith, who led Purdue (2-1) with 15 points, made a three-pointer to make it 63-57 with just over five minutes remaining but Stanford finished the game on a 15-5 run.

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No. 2 Illinois 75, Southern Illinois 72--Frank Williams scored 19 points and the Illini converted four consecutive free throws to hold off the Salukis and win the Las Vegas Invitational.

Sean Harrington had 14 points, Brian Cook added 12 and Cory Bradford 10 for Illinois (5-0). Kent Williams had 23 points to lead Southern Illinois (4-1).

Bradford made two free throws for a 75-72 lead with 10.1 seconds left. Kent Williams dribbled down the floor and launched an off-balance three-pointer to tie but came up short.

No. 5 Missouri 72, Xavier 60-- Kareem Rush scored 24 points and had 12 rebounds, and Wesley Stokes scored 14 as the Tigers pulled away from the Musketeers in the John Wooden Tradition at Indianapolis.

The Tigers (5-0) led 52-50 with 10 minutes left, but used a 14-2 run to quell Xavier’s hopes for an upset. The Tigers scored the final 10 points of the run.

Lionel Chalmers scored 23 and David West had 13 points and 13 rebounds for Xavier (1-1), which shot 39% from the floor.

No. 6 Maryland 77, Delaware State 53--Lonny Baxter had 18 points and 12 rebounds as the Terrapins (3-1) breezed to their nation-leading 79th consecutive nonconference home victory at College Park, Md.

It was Baxter’s first double-double of the season and the 24th of his career. Sophomore Chris Wilcox had 16 points and 10 rebounds, both career highs, and Juan Dixon scored 13 for the Terrapins.

No. 10 Kentucky 94, Morehead State 75--Tayshaun Prince scored 23 points, and Keith Bogans added 20 as the Wildcats (2-1) had no problem winning at Lexington, Ky.

Marquis Estill added 10 points for Kentucky, which had 25 assists and outrebounded the Eagles, 48-30. Ricky Minard, the Ohio Valley Conference freshman of the year last season, scored 23 points and Chez Marks added 21 for the Eagles (2-1), who are coached by former Kentucky All-American Kyle Macy.

No. 12 Memphis 65, Southeastern Louisiana 46--Kelly Wise scored 14 points and the Tigers (4-2) overcame a sloppy performance to win at Memphis, Tenn.

Freshman Dajuan Wagner, who entered averaging 24.6 points a game for the Tigers, was held to 11 and took only six shots.

No. 15 Oklahoma State 77, North Texas 58--Melvin Sanders and Victor Williams keyed a 25-5 run at the start of the second half to help lead the Cowboys (6-0) to a nonconference victory at Stillwater, Okla.

No. 16 Georgetown 91, Towson 40--Kevin Braswell scored 21 points to lead the Hoyas (3-1) to an easy victory over the outmanned Tigers (1-2) in the John Thompson Classic at Washington.

No. 17 Boston College 88, Penn State 65--Kenny Walls scored a career-high 26 points, making five of six three-pointers in the first half and the Eagles (3-0) won their 21st consecutive home game in defeating the Nittany Lions (1-2) at Boston.

No. 20 Indiana 77, Texas 71-- Dane Fife scored seven points in the last four minutes as the Hoosiers (3-1) defeated the Longhorns (1-3) in the third-place game of the Great Alaska Shootout at Anchorage.

No. 21 Western Kentucky 101, Murray State 77--Mike Wells scored 16 points in leading the Hilltoppers (4-0) to a nonconference victory at Bowling Green, Ky. Derek Robinson scored 14, and Todor Pandov added 13 for the Hilltoppers.

OTHER GAMES

Freddie Jones scored 20 points, and Oregon (4-0) dominated Louisville (1-1), 90-63, at Portland, handing Rick Pitino his first loss in his return to the college game. ... Doug Wrenn scored 22 points to lead Washington (3-1) to a 69-49 victory over Santa Clara (0-3) at Seattle....Mark Bigelow scored 31 points and Travis Hansen added 18 points and 15 rebounds as Brigham Young (2-0) defeated Arizona State (1-2), 82-70, at Provo, Utah....Steve Logan scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half and Cincinnati (2-1) pulled away to a 74-61 victory over visiting Nevada Las Vegas (2-1).