Feb. 17, 2001

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Box Score

By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer

BERKELEY, Calif. - California still can't stay with Stanford.

Casey Jacobsen scored 18 points, and Jason Collins had 13 points and eight rebounds as second-ranked Stanford beat Cal 88-56 on Saturday in the 234th meeting between the archrivals.

The Cardinal (23-1, 11-1 Pac-10) improved the nation's best record while beating Cal for the ninth straight time - Stanford's longest winning streak in the rivalry's history.

Stanford struggled to put away its opponents in recent weeks, but the Cardinal silenced a hostile crowd at Haas Pavilion with methodical, efficient play on both ends.

Jacobsen shot 7-for-11 and got seven rebounds, while Collins and his twin brother Jarron combined for 25 points and 16 rebounds.

Stanford, which has won the last three in the matchup by a combined 109 points, won its 11th straight road game and won on Cal's home court for the fourth straight time. The Cardinal beat the Bears 84-58 at Maples Pavilion last month, and the rematch in Berkeley wasn't any closer.

With the win, Stanford maintained its one-game lead over UCLA in the Pac-10. Cal (17-7, 8-4) stayed in fourth place, a game ahead of Southern California.

Ryan Mendez had 12 points and seldom-used reserve Teyo Johnson had nine in the first half for Stanford, which led by 11 points after 10 minutes, 20 at halftime and 30 with seven minutes to play.

The pounding continued in the second half, when Matt Lottich hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give Stanford a 32-point lead with two minutes left.

Cal lost at Haas Pavilion for just the second time this season. For the second time in four weeks, the Golden Bears appeared physically capable of matching Stanford but mentally unable to overcome the pressure of facing their archrivals.

Cal shot poorly throughout, finishing at 39 percent, and was prone to crucial defensive lapses, particularly against the slippery Jacobsen. In a reflection of Cal's nervous play, Nick Vander Laan airballed two free throws while missing four straight in the second half.

Sean Lampley, the Bears' leading scorer and rebounder, missed seven of his first nine shots before finishing with 15 points and just three rebounds. Vander Laan had 12 points and six rebounds inside against Stanford, which found out Saturday that backup center Curtis Borchardt is out for the year with a broken foot.

In Borchardt's absence, the Collins twins played extra minutes and Stanford got a lift from Johnson, a backup quarterback on Stanford's football team who has played sporadically this season. His 3-pointer late in the first half capped a Stanford rally and gave the Cardinal a 15-point lead.

Many Cal students began waiting outside Haas Pavilion on Friday night for the game, and they stayed even when a steady rain began to fall Saturday. Inside, the students jeered Stanford forward Mendez, who playfully questioned their intelligence earlier this week, and Mike McDonald, who accused the Bears of excessive whining when the teams met last month.

In the second half, the roof on the 2-year-old facility began to leak, with drips falling directly into the Cal student section.

Postgame Quotes

California Head Coach Ben Braun ~

"I've been impressed with Stanford all year long. They did a great job getting the ball down low and getting the blocks they needed to. I'm a little disappointed with our effort. I didn't think we got solid defensive pressure until late in the game."

"It seemed like every offensive rebound hurt us, especially in the first half when they were building their lead."

"We've got to be more concerted with our effort. I never felt our pressure on the ball was consistent. If you're not consistent against Stanford, they'll find the open shots and they did tonight."

"I don't believe it's a game that gets you in or out of the tournament. I really believe our team is a better team than the one that played tonight and a lot of that was due to Stanford's play. We needed to put better overall effort out there."

"The pressure has to be solid. They are blessed to have three solid point guards and they really played well today."

Stanford Head Coach Mike Montgomery ~

"We played pretty good. Bottom line, we played well. You can find fault with Cal, but really, we played well. We came out and we were hitting on all cylinders. Everybody was defending, everybody was working to get loose balls, and loose boards."

"In terms of everybody knowing what was going on, that was the case. The big guys inside were very good. We made an effort to keep the ball out of Lampley's hands, and that was something that we wanted to try to do, but we also made a concerted effort to pressure the ball so that we weren't just playing soft and allowing them to kick out to shooters and hit uncontested three's. And I think the perimeter guys did a fabulous job."

"The fact that Jason Collins was able to get over to the other side of the key and give us help when (Cal) got the ball into Lampley, I thought was really good. We just really played well. Everyone came out and was clicking."