STANFORD, Calif. — Robert Cartwright set a career-high for the second straight game, scoring 21 points in Stanford’s convincing 84-54 victory over Washington State on Thursday night.
Dorian Pickens added 18 points and Reid Travis had 17 for the Cardinal (9-8, 1-4 Pac-12), who stopped a four-game losing streak.
Conor Clifford scored 15 points to lead the Cougars (9-7, 2-2), who lost their second straight after a four-game winning streak. Josh Hawkinson added 14 and Ike Iroegbu had 13.
Cartwright, who matched his previous career-high, against UCLA, in the first half, sank a long 3-pointer with 13:53 remaining to play to put the Cardinal ahead 63-33.
The Cougars missed eight consecutive shots during an 11-0 Cardinal run.
Stanford scored 20 of the game’s first 23 points and opened a 20-point lead less than 10 minutes into the contest.
The Cardinal, who never trailed, shot nearly 56 percent from the floor in the first half and limited the Cougars to 28 percent shooting. Stanford also held advantages in points off turnovers, 13-2, and second-chance points, 10-4.
Stanford took a 48-23 edge into halftime.
BIG PICTURE
Washington State: The Cougars were on a four-game winning streak before losing at home to Oregon last Saturday. They’re still in good shape, but it’s tough going the rest of the way. These are the only games WSU plays against the Bay Area schools. Josh Hawkinson is a nice story. He’s 127 rebounds shy of the school record and 138 short of 1,000. He needs four double-doubles to match the school mark.
Stanford: The Cardinal entered conference play with an 8-4 record and then lost their first four Pac-12 games. Stanford’s top scorer and rebounds leader returned to the lineup after missing the past two games and sparked the Cardinal. Travis ranks fourth in the Pac-12 with 9.7 boards a game and third in scoring at 17.5.
UP NEXT
Washington State travels to play at California on Saturday.
Stanford remains at home to host Washington on Saturday.
