Jan. 6, 2011
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Josh Owens powered his way to 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Stanford earned a conference road win by beating Arizona State 55-41 Thursday night.
Coming off a resounding victory in its Pac-10 home opener, Stanford (9-4, 2-0) got the road portion of the conference schedule off to a good start after going 3-15 the previous two seasons. The Cardinal didn't shoot particularly well but took advantage of Arizona State (8-6, 1-2) not having injured point guard Jamelle McMillan, forcing 12 first-half turnovers to build an 11-point lead.
The Sun Devils, back in Tempe after playing the fewest home games of any major conference school, managed a late first-half rally but struggled offensively the rest of the time in their first conference home game.
McMillan came into the game leading the Pac-10 in assists per game with 58 in 13 games (4.5 per game).Trent Locket, Ruslan Pateev and Carrick Felix had 10 points each for Arizona State, which shot 1 of 14 from 3-point range.