Huskies Have No Defense For Winning Shot

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Kris Weems was surprised to find himself without a defender as he launched his game-winning jump shot.

“I don’t know where my man was,” Weems said. “He must have been way behind me.”

Weems took an inbounds pass in the backcourt with 5.1 seconds left, dribbled untouched to the top of the key and hit a wide-open 3-pointer as time expired to give No. 5 Stanford a 74-72 victory over Washington in Seattle.

Teammate Pete Van Elswyk made sure that neither his man nor Washington’s Deon Luton, who was guarding Weems, had a chance to make a play.

“I got a good little screen,” Van Elswyk said. “I grabbed them both.”

Luton never knew what happened.

“As I moved toward him (Weems) I was bumped off,” Luton said.

Though Washington had two fouls to give, no one touched Weems as he made his way down court.

Donald Watts had hit a running 5-footer with 5.1 seconds left to give Washington a 72-71 lead.

Arthur Lee scored 17 points for Stanford (18-0, 7-0 Pac-10), while Weems and Tim Young each had 14 points. Young grabbed 12 rebounds and Lee dished out 10 assists.

The 18-game winning streak is the nation’s longest and a school record. Stanford and No. 4 Utah are the only undefeated teams in the country.

Watts led the Huskies (12-4, 5-2) with 21 points, while Luton and Jan Wooten each scored 12. Patrick Femerling had 10 rebounds.

Only 17 fouls were called and 12 free throws attempted as the referees let both teams play aggressive defense.

“We were fortunate to get that shot off when they had fouls to give,” Stanford coach Mike Montgomery said.

“We had a little confusion off the screen and consequently didn’t really even have anybody on Weems as he brought the ball up court,” Washington coach Bob Bender said.

“The initial plan was to foul but that didn’t happen,” Watts said.

Young, a 7-1 junior, had three blocks and became Stanford’s career leader in blocked shots with 122. He twisted an ankle in Thursday’s 82-72 win at Washington State and was expected to play sparingly.

Young dominated Todd MacCulloch, a 7-footer who is Washington’s leading scorer and rebounder. MacCulloch managed only five points and three rebounds Saturday.

Stanford 74, Washington 72

Stanford (18-0) - Sauer 5-10 0-0 11, Van Elswyk 5-11 0-0 10, Young 7-10 0-0 14, Weems 6-13 0-0 14, Lee 7-13 2-3 17, McDonald 0-0 0-0 0, Moseley 1-4 0-0 2, Collins 0-0 0-0 0, Mendez 2-3 0-0 4, Tshionyi 0-1 0-0 0, Seaton 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 34-66 2-3 74.

Washington (12-4) - Luton 5-16 0-0 12, Femerling 3-7 3-4 9, MacCulloch 2-7 1-1 5, Wooten 5-7 1-2 12, Watts 10-17 0-0 21, Thompson 2-2 0-0 4, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Green 4-6 1-2 9. Totals 31-62 6-9 72.

Halftime-Stanford 37, Washington 34. 3-Point goals-Stanford 4-13 (Weems 2-5, Lee 1-2, Sauer 1-3, Van Elswyk 0-1, Moseley 0-2), Washington 4-12 (Luton 2-8, Wooten 1-2, Watts 1-2). Rebounds-Stanford 40 (Young 12), Washington 24 (Femerling 11). Assists-Stanford 17 (Lee 10), Washington 18 (Wooten 8). Total Fouls-Stanford 10, Washington 7. A-6,560.

Arizona State 67, Oregon 51

Jeremy Veal had a game-high 20 points and became the eighth player in Pac-10 history with 1,700 points in the Sun Devils’ win over the Ducks in Tempe.

Veal has 1,717 career points and 379 assists, joining Ron Lee, Sean Elliott, Gary Payton, Eldridge Recasner, Khalid Reeves, Damon Stoudamire and Brevin Knight in the exclusive club.

Veal’s 18-foot jump shot broke a tie at 39 with 12:55 remaining to key a 22-2 run as Arizona State (13-7, 3-4) broke a twogame losing streak.

Veal had seven points in that run, including the last of his two threepointers.

Oregon (7-10, 2-6) had a season-high 23 turnovers and a season-low in points while losing for the sixth time in seven games.

The Ducks had only one basket, Henry Madden’s 13-foot jumper, in a 10-minute, 26-second span after Terik Brown tied the game at 39.

Oregon (7-10, 2-6) - Madden 2-8 0-0 4, Curry 4-9 0-0 9, Nelson 3-8 2-2 8, Rosemond 0-3 0-0 0, Brown 3-11 0-0 6, A. D. Smith 4-7 2-4 10, Quinine, 0-0 0-0 0, Christensen 0-0 0-0 0, McShane 0-4 0-0 0, Olsson 1-3 0-0 2, Hartenstein 5-7 2-3 12. Totals 22-60 6-9 51.

Arizona State (13-7, 3-4) - Lazor 5-11 1-1 11, Veal 9-17 0-0 20, Batiste 7-11 1-4 16, House 2-7 4-4 8, Lewis 1-8 0-1 2, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, DuBois 1-1 0-0 2, Patton 2-3 0-0 4, D. Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Kelly 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 29-66 6-10 67.

Halftime - Arizona State 31, Oregon 25. 3-point goals - Oregon 1-17 (Curry 1-1, Olsson 0-1, Rosemond 0-2, Madden 0-3, McShane 0-3, Brown 0-7), Arizona State 3-11 (Veal 2-3, Batiste 1-1, Jones 0-1, Lewis 0-2, House 0-4). Rebounds - Oregon 32 (Madden 5, Brown 5), Arizona State 48 (Batiste 12). Assists - Oregon 14 (McShane 5), Arizona State 17 (Lewis 10). Total fouls - Oregon 12, Arizona State 12. A- 4,236.