Portland State 79, at Stanford 89

PALO ALTO, Calif. (Interstat) — In a season-opening men’s NCAA Division I basketball game on Tuesday, the Stanford Cardinal used a dominant second-half performance and a significant advantage at the free-throw line to pull away from the Portland State Vikings for an 89-79 victory at Maples Pavilion. A crowd of 2,300 saw the Cardinal overcome a hot-shooting Portland State team by controlling the paint and capitalizing on Viking mistakes. Stanford outscored Portland State 52-49 after halftime to turn a narrow 37-30 halftime lead into a double-digit win. The game was ultimately decided at the charity stripe, where Stanford attempted more… Read more...