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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Stanford's 7-foot Collins twins were too
much for Cincinnati.
|  | | Jarron Collins, right, hauls down one of his seven boards for Stanford, which outrebounded the Bearcats 35-22. |
Top-seeded Stanford flexed its muscle inside to pull away in the second half and beat the Bearcats 78-65 Thursday night in the NCAA West Regional semifinals.
"We worked so hard for this. It's been a long way coming for us," Stanford's Casey Jacobsen said.
Setting a school record with its 31st victory against two
losses, Stanford advanced to Saturday's regional final against
third-seeded Maryland, a 76-66 winner over 10th-seeded Georgetown.
"Thirty-one and two sounds pretty good to me," coach Mike Montgomery said.
Jacobsen, playing 30 minutes down the freeway from his hometown
of Glendora, scored a career-high 27 points and hit two 3-pointers
to tie the single-season Stanford record of 82.
Jason and Jarron Collins dominated inside with their size and strength. Jason had 15 points, eight rebounds and blocked five shots, and Jarron added 14 points and seven rebounds.
"I haven't seen two big men like that all year," said Kenny
Satterfield, who led the Bearcats (25-10) with 24 points. "They
can win it all because they play so well together."
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The Bearcats gave it their all and kept up with Stanford for more than half, but in the end it was too much Casey Jacobsen, who had 27 big points. Ryan Mendez, who had only two points in the first half, also came through big-time in the second, hitting threes and crucial free throws.
Cincinnati got a game effort from Kenny Satterfield, who had 24 points. But Stanford wore down the Bearcats inside and Jacobsen hit clutch
shots. It was too much for a Cincinnati team that had been so exceptional
defensively in the first two games of the tournament.
Now Stanford marches on to take on Maryland in what should be a thrilling contest.
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The Cardinal controlled the boards 36-25 – including a whopping
31-14 defensive edge – and forced Cincinnati into 39 percent
field-goal shooting.
"We tried to get the ball inside," Jason Collins said. "We knew we had an advantage. It's very difficult to guard us one-on-one."
In the first half, however, Cincinnati had Stanford off balance.
Using their quickness, the Bearcats fearlessly drove inside for
baskets against Stanford's big men to take a 38-34 halftime lead.
The Cardinal committed 12 of their 17 turnovers in the first half and saw Cincinnati close the half with a 21-10 run after trailing 24-17.
"Cincinnati was as advertised: very physical and a very good half-court defensive team. They disrupted us in the first half," Montgomery said.
Ryan Mendez, who added 16 points, hit a 3-pointer to start the
second half for Stanford. Jacobsen and the Collins twins combined
for Stanford's next 10 points and a 47-42 lead, but the Cardinal
were not yet in control.
Mendez became the 31st Stanford player to go over 1,000 career
points, finishing the night with 1,014.
Cincinnati got four straight points from Leonard Stokes on a jumper and driving basket to cut its deficit to 47-46 with 13:32 remaining.
Just when the Bearcats were poised to regain the lead, they lost one of their tallest defenders, 6-11 Donald Little, to his fourth foul, and guard Steve Logan picked up his third. Logan finished with 11 points.
"We got in some foul trouble and we just couldn't score
enough," Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins said.
With no one stopping him inside, Jason Collins helped Stanford
go on a 15-4 run that broke the game open. He had five points,
Mendez added six and Jacobsen scored on a wide-open layin to give
the Cardinal a 62-50 lead with 7:50 remaining.
"In the first half, I didn't get a lot of touches inside," Jason Collins said. "In the second half, we ran the same play every third time down the court and they had trouble stopping it."
The Bearcats missed their first six shots of the game while
Stanford quickly went inside to the Collins twins, who combined for
14 of the Cardinal's first 24 points.
Jacobsen had all 10 of Stanford's final points of the half after
being held to three in the first 14 minutes. The Bearcats' press
prevented Stanford from getting off a shot before the halftime
buzzer.
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Jason Collins knows Stanford made the right moves at halftime to win the game. (Courtesy: NCAA Prod.)
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