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No. 7 Stanford shoots for season-best eighth straight win

Feb 14, 2008 - 11:48 AM No. 7 Stanford (20-3) at Arizona St (15-7) 10:30 pm EST

TEMPE, Arizona (Ticker) - Seventh-ranked Stanford faces Pac-10 Conference foe Arizona State on Thursday, looking to win a season-high eighth consecutive game.

The streaking Cardinal (20-3, 9-2 Pac-10) are on their second seven-game winning streak this season. The first one ended with a 76-67 loss to UCLA on January 3.

Stanford is looking for a season sweep of the Sun Devils (15-7, 5-5). After a 67-52 home victory on January 19, the Cardinal have won 18 of the last 20 meetings with Arizona State overall. Stanford trailed by 10 points at the half before rallying in the first meeting this season.

Brook Lopez is averaging 18.1 points and 7.9 rebounds for the Cardinal. The 7-0 sophomore center had 14 points in Stanford's 71-56 victory over Oregon State on Saturday.

The Sun Devils snapped a five-game losing streak on Sunday with a 59-54 victory at Arizona to complete their first season sweep of the Wildcats since the 1994-95 season. Jeff Pendergraph led the way with a career-high 29 points.

Freshman guard James Harden leads Arizona State at 18.1 points per game, but he scored a season-low five against Arizona.