Filed under: Stanford, Washington, Pac-10
STANFORD, Calif. -- Adversity is taking many forms for the University of Washington basketball team these days.Pick your problem, really. Starting point guard Abdul Gaddy is out for the year after sustaining a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in practice last week.
The program is awaiting the results of a criminal investigation of one of its players, who has not been charged and remains unnamed. Reports indicate it is an allegation of sexual assault -- the player has not been identified -- and coach Lorenzo Romar acknowledged the investigation earlier this week.
And perhaps lastly, but not really least, the 17th-ranked Huskies were playing on the road in the Pac-10 Thursday night, which can be an experience fraught with peril.
Washington, the only remaining unbeaten team in the Pac-10 heading into the weekend, isn't unbeaten anymore. Stanford rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit to pull off a 58-56 upset at Maples Pavilion.
It was the Huskies' first loss to an unranked team this season. They fell to 12-4, and 4-1.
Stanford outscored Washington 17-5 down the stretch, held the Huskies well below their scoring average (88.9 ppg) and gave coach Johnny Dawkins perhaps his biggest win in his third season with the Cardinal.
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Source: http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2011/01/14/stanford-halts-no-17-washington/
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