National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington St. 81, Stanford 69
When: 10:05 PM ET, Thursday, January 19, 2012
Where: Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, Pullman, Washington
Officials: # Dick Cartmell, # Ken Ditty, # Mike Greenstein
Attendance: 3119
Faisal Aden scored 23 of his career-high 33 points in the second half as Washington State snapped its three-game losing streak with an 81-69 Pacific-12 win over visiting Stanford Thursday.

Playing its first home game since Dec. 18, Washington State (10-8, 2-4 Pac-12) held Stanford (15-4, 5-2 Pac-12) without a field goal for more than eight minutes midway through the second half.

While Stanford’s offense stalled, the Cougars went on a 12-3 run keyed by DaVonte Lacy and Reggie Moore’s back-to-back 3-pointers. Washington State outscored Stanford 54-40 in the second half.

Josh Owens had 19 points and seven rebounds for Stanford, which entered the game tied with California for first in the Pac-12. Chasson Randle added 15 points.

After being dominated on the boards against Washington last Sunday, the Cougars outrebounded the Cardinal 29-27. Stanford entered the game leading the Pac-12 in rebounding margin.

Stanford, which shot 40.7 percent from the field and 8-of-33 (24.2 percent) from beyond the arc, fell to 7-23 on the road in conference play since 2008-09.

Brock Motum had 16 points and six rebounds, and Moore finished with 14 points for Washington State, which shot 27-of-29 (91 percent) from the free-throw line.
Top Game Performances
 
Stanford   Washington St.
Josh Owens 19 Scoring Faisal Aden 33
Aaron Bright 4 Assists Reggie Moore 4
Jarrett Mann 7 Rebounds Brock Motum 6
Aaron Bright 3 Free Throws Made Faisal Aden 13
Anthony Brown 1 Steals Faisal Aden 1
Anthony Brown 1 Blocks D.J. Shelton 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Stanford 69 40.7 8-33 13-19 12 27 4 2 9
Washington St. 81 52.1 4-13 27-29 12 29 1 2 7