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Pac-12 Tournament Day One: Higher Seeds Sweep, Blowouts Galore

By Sean Bialaszek

Mar 5, 2016; Seattle , WA, USA; General view of a NCAA Wilson basketball with the 100th anniversary Pac-12 logo during a womens semifinal in the Pac-12 Conference tournament at KeyArena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 5, 2016; Seattle , WA, USA; General view of a NCAA Wilson basketball with the 100th anniversary Pac-12 logo during a womens semifinal in the Pac-12 Conference tournament at KeyArena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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March 9, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Washington Huskies guard Dejounte Murray (5) shoots the basketball against Stanford Cardinal forward Cameron Walker (21) during the first half of the Pac-12 Conference tournament at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

Game 1: #8 Washington Huskies vs. #9 Stanford Cardinal

The festivities kicked off early as the eighth-seeded Washington Huskies matched up with the number-nine Stanford Cardinal. The Huskies wasted little time taking control of this game, jumping out to a 10-0 lead in the first three minutes, and a 20-3 lead after six minutes. The Cardinal didn’t break double-digits in scoring until 10 minutes had already passed in the game. A three-point play from junior guard Marcus Allen made it 24-12 in the Huskies’ favor, but that was as close as the game would get the rest of the way.

Led by freshman forward Marquese Chriss’ eight points and freshman guard Dejounte Murray’s seven, the Huskies ended the first half on a 26-10 run, and led 50-22 after the first 20 minutes. The second 20 minutes was more of the same, as Washington dominated the entire way. The deficit didn’t get under 20, and the Huskies were able to cruise to a 91-68 win, avenging their 71-69 Tournament first-round loss to Stanford from last year.

Huskies’ freshman guard Dejounte Murray led all scorers with 25 points. Senior Andrew Andrews, the Pac-12’s leading scorer coming off a 47-point explosion in his final home game, added 14 points and fell just shy of a triple-double, totaling nine rebounds and nine assists. Chriss and Malik Dime also scored in double figures for Washington.

In maybe his last college game (save for an NIT tournament bid), Stanford senior Rosco Allen really struggled against the Huskies’ defense. He scored 12 points and pulled down 11 boards, but shot 2-of-11 from the field, including missing all six three-point attempts.

Washington’s reward for their first-round win is to face the Pac-12’s regular season champions, the Oregon Ducks, in Thursday’s first game. Oregon, who had a bye on Wednesday, beat Washington by 13 points on February 28th earlier this season.

Next: Game Two

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