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STANFORD, Calif. –A 20-3 second half run started by a pair of Bolden Brace threes, and extended by the play of Donnell Gresham made it a two-point game late in the second half, but Stanford was able to hang on and take the first game of the PK80 Invitational from the Northeastern men's basketball team 73-59 on Friday afternoon.
 
During the second-half run, Brace (6) and Gresham (12) accounted for 18 of Northeastern's 20 points.
 
Brace, who got the start in his native state of California and had dozens of family and friends in the stands, finished with 13 points, 8 rebounds and three assists on the day while Gresham, who started his scoring off with a near-half court three to end the first half, finished with a team-high 15 points, going 4-of-6 from deep.
 
Stanford was led by Isaac White and Michael Humphrey who each had 17 points on the night, as Humphrey finished with a double-double adding 11 rebounds. Reid Travis, who had been averaging 23.0 ppg through the first three games, was held to his lowest total of the season with 16 points today.
 
FIRST HALF
It took the Huskies a few minutes to get on the board, but a Vasa Pusica trey broke the scoreless spell and made it a 4-3 game. After Stanford took a 9-5 lead, the Huskies rallied off five-straight points capped by a Brace three to make it a 10-9 game as the Huskies earned their first, and only, lead of the day.
 
Following the Huskies lead, Stanford went on a 17-6 run to extend its lead to 28-16 with 4:41 left in the first half. That stretch was ended by a Begley three, but Humphrey matched his effort on the other end and White added a pair of free throws to make it a 33-19 game with just over 90 seconds to go.
 
The Huskies finished out the first half strong as Murphy laid one in and, after a shot clock violation by the Cardinal to leave the Huskies with 2.5 seconds before the half, Gresham sank a shot taken from just over half court to send the Huskies to the locker room down 33-24.
 
SECOND HALF
Northeastern extended its run to 7-0 after halftime with a Brace basket to start the second half before Stanford snapped that with a Humphrey outside jumper.
 
In the midst of the second half, Stanford used a 11-0 run to jump out to a 54-35 lead with just over 10 minutes remaining in the game. The streak was halted by a Brace trey that jumpstarted a wild Northeastern run turning that 19-point deficit into just a two-point ballgame.
 
Brace hit back-to-back threes to cut the lead to 13. After a Daejon Davis layup, Gresham followed Brace's treys with one of his own, and drove to the bucket on the ensuing possession where he was fouled and completed the and-one to make it a nine-point game.
 
Gresham followed that up with a block on the next Stanford try as Maxime Boursiquot got in on the action with a layup on the other end. After a Davis turnover forced by a Gresham steal, the Minnesota native hit a three on the other end to make it a two-point game, 57-55 with 5:42 remaining.
 
But that was as close as the Huskies were able to get, as Stanford slowly built its lead back up and finished with the 73-59 victory.
 
UP NEXT
Northeastern will head back across the country for a Sunday afternoon meeting with Ohio State at 2 p.m. in Columbus that will air on Big 10 Network Plus.