Cougs Lose To Stanford Despite Motums Season High 29 Points

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Bright scored a season-high 19 points, Dwight Powell added 16 and Stanford earned its first Pac-12 Conference victory, beating Washington State 78-67 Wednesday night. Chasson Randle added 16 points for the Cardinal (10-6, 1-2 Pac-12), who ended a two-game slide. Brock Motum matched his season-high with 29 points to lead the Cougars (9-6, 0-2). Mike Ladd added 15 points. The largest lead for either team was six points until Stanford began pulling away in the final minutes. D.J. Shelton hit consecutive 3-pointers for Washington State to tie the game at 37 with just under 13 minutes to play. The lead changed hands six times afterward. Stanford led 27-23 at halftime after Randle and Bright each hit a 3-pointer in the last five minutes. This was the fifth game involving the Cougars that neither team scored more than 27 points in the first half.

Associated Press