STANFORD, Calif. -- Chasson Randle scored 17 points, Josh Huestis had 14 points and 13 rebounds, and Stanford stunned Oregon on the big stage again by routing the 10th-ranked Ducks 76-52 Wednesday night.
More than two months after Stanford's football team handed Oregon its only loss of the season, the Cardinal (13-8, 4-4 Pac-12) dominated the Ducks from the start for the program's first victory over a top 10 team in almost five years.
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Carlos Emory scored 12 points and Arsalan Kazemi had six points and nine rebounds in the first conference loss of the season for the Ducks (18-3, 7-1), whose nine-game winning streak also ended. Oregon had matched its highest ranking since March 2007 this week but surely will take a tumble in the AP poll now.
Dwight Powell added 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Aaron Bright finished with 12 points as Stanford built a 25-point lead early in the second half and coasted to the buzzer. Stanford outshot Oregon 52 to 35 percent from the floor. The Cardinal also went 8 of 14 from 3-point range, while the Ducks converted only 4 of 16 from beyond the arc.
Oregon's best start in conference play since finishing 10-0 in the 1925-26 season is over. Once again, the Ducks can thank Stanford for ruining an undefeated run.
The Cardinal football team also outlasted Oregon in November on the way to a Pac-12 title and Rose Bowl victory. Coincidentally, Jordan Williamson, who kicked the winning 37-yard field goal in overtime at top-ranked Oregon, and a few teammates stood in the first row of the Stanford student section.
The Cardinal men's basketball team hadn't beaten a ranked opponent since Jan. 13, 2011, when it topped Washington 58-56 at home. The last top 10 team Stanford had upset came when the Cardinal won at Washington State 67-65 in overtime on Feb. 2, 2008.
Despite Oregon's strong start, the Ducks entered the game as 2 1/2-point underdogs. In the end the only surprise was that Las Vegas bookmakers didn't make the line even higher.
Stanford followed up its 87-57 win at Utah on Sunday - its most lopsided league victory in nine years - with another runaway performance.
The only celebration Oregon enjoyed came after Kazemi's two-handed slam in the opening moments. That faded fast when the Oregon forward fell hard going for a rebound on the next defensive possession.
Kazemi, who had concussion in a win against Nevada on Dec. 31, lay on the court holding his head for more than a minute before being helped up by a team trainer. He later returned and showed no effects from the injury.
With Kazemi recovering on the bench, Stanford started its surge.
Randle, Powell, Bright and John Gage each hit a 3-pointer during an 18-2 run that brought the sparse crowd roaring to its feet. The Cardinal clamped down on defense, too, pushed the pace for quick scores to go ahead 20-8 in the first 8 minutes.
Oregon missed its first six shots from beyond the arc and committed 20 turnovers, including three egregious errors just before the break. Stanford scored after each one, part of a quick 6-0 burst capped by Anthony Brown's bank hook that helped the Cardinal carry a 35-22 lead into the locker room.
Stanford started even faster in the second half.
After E.J. Singler's 3-pointer cut the Cardinal's lead to 10, the Ducks never got closer. Powell started a three-point play with a layup over Singler, then made a runner and another from beyond the arc as the Cardinal gained control for good.
Huestis cleaned up a miss with a putback dunk, and Bright made a jumper and a 3-pointer to put the Cardinal ahead 54-29 with 12:08 remaining to put the game out of reach.
Stanford students taunted Oregon in the final minutes with chants of "overrated."
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Oregon #10 (18-3) | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| Stanford (13-8) « | 35 | 41 | 76 |
| OREG:C. Emory 12 Pts OREG:A. Kazemi 9 Reb OREG:E. Singler 2 Ast |
STNFRD:C. Randle 17 Pts STNFRD:J. Huestis 13 Reb STNFRD:A. Bright 4 Ast |
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| PLAYERS OF THE GAME | |||||
| Oregon | Stanford | ||||
![]() Carlos Emory | ![]() Josh Huestis | ||||
| Pts | Rebs | Ast | Pts | Rebs | Ast |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
| Oregon Ducks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Dotson, G | 27 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| E. Singler, F | 26 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| A. Kazemi, F | 24 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Loyd, G | 23 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Woods, C | 16 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Emory, F | 26 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| W. Moore, G | 17 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Carter, F | 14 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| W. Austin, C | 13 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| F. Richardson III, G | 7 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| A. Kuemper, C | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Baker, G | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Lucenti, G | Did Not Play | ||||||
| A. Armstead, F | Did Not Play | ||||||
| D. Artis, G | Did Not Play | ||||||
| Totals | 18-52 | 12-21 | 31 | 4 | 19 | 52 | |
| 34.6% | 57.1% | ||||||
| Complete Box Score | |||||||
| Stanford Cardinal | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Randle, G | 36 | 5-10 | 4-4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| A. Bright, G | 31 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| D. Powell, F | 31 | 4-12 | 4-9 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| J. Huestis, F | 29 | 6-9 | 2-3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| A. Brown, F | 28 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Gage, F-C | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| R. Allen, F | 10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Sanders, G | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Harris, G | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Verhoeven, C | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Lemons, G | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| S. Nastic, C | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Bullock, F-C | Did Not Play | ||||||
| J. Ryan, G-F | Did Not Play | ||||||
| W. Morgan, G | Did Not Play | ||||||
| Totals | 27-52 | 14-22 | 34 | 13 | 20 | 76 | |
| 51.9% | 63.6% | ||||||
| Complete Box Score | |||||||
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