Stanford’s Verhoeven making most of his reserve role The 6-foot-9 redshirt junior has had to do all the dirty work — hitting the boards, setting screens, defending other post players — as a trusted reserve during his four seasons. Being a role player was a big departure from his high school days, when he averaged 23 points as a junior and 27 as a senior. The Cardinal (11-10, 4-6 Pac-12) badly need a sweep of the Oregon schools this week to keep their flagging NCAA hopes alive. “We got a lot of offensive rebounds” in the first matchup against the Beavers, Verhoeven (pronounced VER-hoov-in) said. A former Fresno State star, Pete played for four teams, including the Warriors, in a six-year NBA career (1981-87), then played a couple of years in Spain. A stress fracture in his heel set back his rehab going into this season. After not attempting a three-point shot in his first 74 career games, Verhoeven is 2-for-2 in the past four games. The Cardinal have given up 263 points (88-point average) in their past three games, all losses, so they clearly have to return to their usual stingy defense. Forward Reid Travis will sit out another week with a stress reaction in his leg, and coach Johnny Dawkins said the school might petition the NCAA for a medical redshirt year. Travis played in all eight nonconference games and was the team’s leading rebounder (7.1 per game) before his injury. Forward Michael Humphrey is expected to play after missing all but two minutes of the Cal game with a knee bruise. (10.1) and Drew Eubanks (7.5, 4.1 rebounds) to back up Pac-12 Player of the Year candidate Gary Payton II, averaging 16.5 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5.5 assists.
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By Tom FitzGerald, San Francisco Chronicle: Sports
Wed, 02/10/2016 - 5:06pm
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