STANFORD, Calif. — This time, it was Robin Lopez’s turn to shine. And it never hurts his chances when opponents pay more attention to his 7-foot twin brother in the paint.
Robin Lopez had 15 points, six rebounds and two blocks and No. 9 Stanford jumped to an early lead on the way to winning its sixth straight game, 72-43 over Oregon on Thursday night.
Lawrence Hill had his second straight productive outing with 13 points, including four 3-pointers, after a slow start this season. Robin Lopez led the team in scoring this time instead of his twin brother, Brook.
“A lot of teams, rightfully so, are starting to pay a lot of attention to Brook,” Robin said. “He’s had a great first half of Pac-10 play. He’s opening the lane for me.”
Brook Lopez, swarmed each time he touched the ball, still had 12 points, seven rebounds and five blocked shots. The sophomore 7-footer had been the top scorer in Stanford’s previous seven games and came in having shot 23-for-41 — 56 percent — in his first three meetings against Oregon.
Hill followed an 18-point performance Saturday at Washington State with another solid outing as Stanford (19-3, 8-2 Pac-10) produced a methodical win at Maples Pavilion to kick off the start of the second half of conference play and avenge a loss last month at Oregon. The Ducks’ offense had its worst output in more than 16 years.
“We played real well,” Stanford coach Trent Johnson said. “Our offensive execution was probably as good as it’s been all year. We got contributions from a lot of guys.”
Hill had nearly half of Stanford’s nine 3-pointers in a rare lopsided result with the Ducks. Seven of the past 11 meetings had been decided by 10 or fewer points.
Tajuan Porter scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead cold-shooting Oregon (13-9, 4-6), which is 4-7 on the road and hasn’t won away from home since an 84-74 victory at Arizona on Jan. 5.
“That was the most embarrassing offensive show we’ve had all year,” coach Ernie Kent said.
Cal 81, Oregon State 76: At Berkeley, Calif., Ryan Anderson scored 22 points to become the first sophomore at California to reach the 1,000 mark and the Golden Bears held Oregon State scoreless for more than 4 minutes down the stretch to pull out a victory.
The win was not nearly as easy as expected for the Golden Bears (14-7, 5-5 Pac-10), who returned home fresh off a sweep at Washington State and Washington last weekend to face a Beavers team looking for its first conference win of the season. It was Cal’s third straight close win after losing three straight home games down the stretch before the trip to Washington.
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