Childress Steps Upfor Stanford

Casey Jacobsen was on his way toward another horrible game, and Stanford was staring at a possible second consecutive road loss.

In came freshman Josh Childress to cover Jacobsen’s back and help the Cardinal pull away for a victory.

Childress scored 19 points, including seven in a row during a second-half run, and Jacobsen recovered his shot after that to lift the 14th-ranked Cardinal past Oregon State, 67-50, Thursday night.

“We need him every night,” said Jacobsen, who scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half. “We don’t need him just once every while.”

Childress came off the bench in the first half to spell Jacobsen, who picked up his third foul with 12:52 left. Childress endured his own jittery start, missing six of his first seven shots, but he shot seven of eight after that.

“He missed a couple shots and looked nervous,” Stanford Coach Mike Montgomery said. “Once he found out he was going to stay in ... he found a way to get more aggressive and made some plays.”

Chris Borchardt had 17 points and 18 rebounds for Stanford (9-3, 2-1), which trailed by four with 14:18 left before going on a 23-5 run. Childress and Jacobsen each scored nine points during the spurt.

Philip Ricci scored 14 points and Brian Jackson had 12 to lead the Beavers (8-7, 1-4), who have lost nine of 10 to Stanford.

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No. 20 Arizona 92, Washington State 85--Jason Gardner scored 23 points and the Wildcats (10-4, 3-2) held off the Cougars (4-9, 0-5) at Pullman, Wash.

Arizona has won 33 consecutive against Washington State, dating to 1986. Washington State lost its seventh in a row, despite a career-high 27 points from J Locklier. He also had 11 rebounds.

Arizona’s Luke Walton, back after missing three games, scored 15 points and had 11 assists. The Wildcats shot 55.7% from the floor.

Oregon 76, California 72--Frederick Jones scored 22 points and Anthony Lever had 12 as the Ducks (11-4, 4-1) came from behind to defeat the Golden Bears (10-3, 1-2) at Eugene, Ore.

Chris Christoffersen and Luke Ridnour had 11 each for Oregon and Luke Jackson scored 10 for the Ducks, who are 9-0 at home.

California was led by Joe Shipp, who scored 24 points.

Washington 81, Arizona State 68--Doug Wrenn scored 23 points as the Huskies (7-8, 1-4) ended a losing streak at six games with a victory over the Sun Devils (9-5, 2-3) at Seattle.

Wrenn missed his first shot, but ended up making nine of 14.

Arizona State saw its winning streak end at four. Chad Prewitt led the Sun Devils with 24 points.