Stanford 81, Gonzaga 71

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)—Justin Davis had 24 points and Stanford went on a 14-0 second-half run to rally for an 81-71 win over Gonzaga in Saturday’s second game of the Pete Newell Challenge.

Trailing 49-37, the Cardinal (8-3) took control during the run that included a pair of 3-pointers by Josh Childress and a steal and breakaway layup by Davis.

Gonzaga (8-4), which led by nine points at halftime, tied the game at 51-51 to stop the Stanford run, but trailed the rest of the way as the Cardinal got hot from outside the 3-point line.

Childress had 18 points and Julius Barnes had 13 for Stanford, while freshman Dan Grunfeld—the son of former NBA player and general manager Ernie Grunfeld—added nine points off the bench.

Cory Violette had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Gonzaga, while Kyle Bankhead and Richard Fox each added 12, though Fox was held to just two points in the second half.

Fox had 10 points in the first half as Gonzaga, which had a 13-0 run midway through the half, took a 41-32 lead. Davis had 12 points and Childress had 10 for Stanford, accounting for all but 10 of the Cardinal’s points in the half.

It was the first time the teams had met during the regular season, and the first time Stanford had defeated Gonzaga. The Bulldogs won at Stanford in the 1994 NIT first round, and stunned highly favored Stanford in the second round of the 1999 NCAA tournament.

The victory was the 1,200th for the 88-year-old Stanford basketball program.

In the first game of the tournament named for former California coach Pete Newell, No. 19 Kansas defeated Cal 80-67.