LOS ANGELES -- Stanford almost spoiled Washington's hopes for the second time in six days. But the Huskies had enough energy down the stretch to put the undermanned Cardinal away.
Bobby Jones scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half, Nate Robinson also had 14 points, and No. 14 Washington overcame a poor shooting performance to beat Stanford 66-63 Friday night in the semifinals of the Pac-10 Tournament.
"At the end, we were able to scrap and get those loose balls, and it looked like they got a little fatigued," Jones said.
First-year Stanford coach Trent Johnson, an assistant at Washington from 1989-92, agreed with that assessment.
"We just basically ran out of gas," he said.
Stanford is 5-3 since leading scorer Dan Grunfeld sustained a season-ending knee injury last month.
"We definitely could have used him tonight," said Chris Hernandez, who played 39 minutes.
The second-seeded Huskies (26-5), who have won six of their last seven games, face No. 8 Arizona (27-5) in Saturday's championship game.
The top-seeded Wildcats routed fifth-seeded Oregon State 90-59 earlier Friday night and have won their two tournament games by a total of 56 points. The Huskies have won their two by a total of eight.
"I know Arizona has been a team that has been at the top or near the top of this conference for a long, long time," Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said. "You aspire to be the best. We've had some good battles in the last few years. Hopefully we can have another good one tomorrow."
Washington gained a measure of revenge against Stanford, which beat the Huskies 77-67 last Saturday to spoil their opportunity to earn a share of the regular-season conference championship for the first time in 20 years.
"We knew they took something from us last week," Jones said. "We can make up for it tomorrow by winning the championship."
Washington's win total is its highest since the 1953 team finished 28-3 after making the school's only Final Four appearance.
The Huskies, averaging 87.2 points and shooting 48.7 percent on the season, shot 40.6 percent (26-of-64) and were just 6-of-25 from 3-point range.
Stanford shot 23-of-54 (42.6 percent) including 6-of-16 from beyond the arc.
Matt Haryasz led Stanford (18-12) with 15 points and seven rebounds. Hernandez had 13 points and six assists, and Rob Little and Jason Haas added 11 points each for the Cardinal.
Robinson scored five straight points to give the Huskies a 58-52 lead with 6½ minutes left. But a 3-pointer by Haas and two free throws by Haryasz cut Washington's lead to one with 2:22 to play.
But that was as close as the Cardinal would get.
Brandon Roy made a basket to make it 64-61, and tipped in a missed shot by Robinson with 15.7 seconds left to give Washington a five-point lead.
Little made a basket with 9.8 seconds to play to complete the scoring. Robinson missed a free throw a second later, and a 3-point attempt by Haas from the right corner that could have tied the game went in-and-out.
Hernandez made two 3-pointers during an 11-3 run that gave Stanford a 42-37 lead -- its largest of the game.
The Huskies responded by outscoring the Cardinal 15-6 for a 52-48 lead with eight minutes remaining, and they were on top the rest of the way. Jones had eight points during the spurt after scoring only three beforehand.
The teams combined to commit 15 turnovers in the first 10 minutes -- nine by Stanford -- before settling down. The Cardinal finished with 15 turnovers and the Huskies 16.
Washington scored the game's first six points, Stanford the next nine, and neither team led by more than five points during the rest of the first half, which ended with the Huskies on top 30-27.
Little, who made the winning basket in Stanford's 60-58 first-round victory over Washington State, sustained a cut above his right eye five minutes into the game that required three stitches. He sat out nearly nine minutes.
Robinson, who scored 29 points in Washington's 95-90 overtime win over Arizona State in the first round, was held scoreless until making a 3-pointer with 6:48 left before halftime.
Johnson said he'd be shocked if his team isn't selected to play in the NCAA Tournament.
"I don't make those decisions," he said. "If our body of work isn't enough to play in the NCAA, we'll go somewhere else and play."
He referred to the NIT.
