Stanford dominates William & Mary, 81-50

Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY SportsAfter Tuesday’s win, Coach Haase stressed that his team needed to maintain their edge for 40 minutes. They more than answered the call against William & Mary, as they put together two dominant halves en route to an 81-50 victory.

For the first time this year, Stanford looked small. The Tribe went 6’10” and 7’0” in the front court, and rather than going big to match up, Haase countered with Oscar da Silva at the 5 and Spencer Jones at the 4. The game plan out of the gate was unmistakable: clear the paint out for da Silva on offense, and use a concerted effort to bother Nathan Knight defensively.

Knight came in averaging better than 20 points for the second year…