Travis led Stanford with 11 points and eight rebounds. He also entered the game as Stanford's most accurate scorer, making 58.2 percent of his shots. He was 5-of-12 (41.7) against the Wildcats.

"My mindset is to get two wins," Cardinal junior forward Reid Travis said. "It's a long conference season and we can't be hung up on this. We have to move forward."

But wait, it gets even tougher. The Cardinal (8-6, 0-2 Pac-12) travels to No. 22 USC for a contest on Thursday at 8 p.m. and finishes the weekend Sunday at No. 2 UCLA.

No. 18 Arizona came, saw and conquered, handing the Cardinal its fifth loss in the past seven games on Sunday. The Wildcats trailed for all of 17 seconds en route to a dominating, 91-52, victory over Stanford in a Pac-12 contest.

The new year started the way he last one ended and that's not good for the Stanford men's basketball team.

Michael Humphrey provided a spark during the first half. He finished with eight points, four rebounds and three assists in 17 minutes. Photo by Bill Dally/isiphotos.com

"It's tough. Their fans travel great," said Stanford junior forward Dorian Pickens, who hails from Phoenix. "I thought we had good support but we need to start putting wins up."

The Cardinal appeared to lack energy and the lack of support in its own gym amplified it. Without the school band, the cheerleaders, the Stanford Dolls and without the 'Sixth Man Club,' Arizona fans were free to make themselves known, which they did: loud and clear.

"The unfortunate part is I don't know if we're resilient enough," Stanford coach Jarod Haase said. "We did not play with passion. When you let them shoot over 60 percent and over 70 percent from 3-pointr range, you're not doing something right."

Arizona put a shooting clinic, especially in the first half in building a 49-30 advantage. The Wildcats made their first four 3-pointers and finished at 71.4 percent (10-of-14) for the game. They also made their first 16 free throws and went 21-of-23 overall (91.3).

"I missed some bunnies I normally make," Travis said. "I work hard to get open near the basket and when I'm that close I feel like I should make them."

It's become a trend. After allowing 70 or fewer points in its first eight games, Stanford has allowed at least 72 in each of the past six games. The Cardinal owned one of the top scoring defenses in the country (58.6) at the end of November.

"I felt like I let my defense affect my offense," Travis said. "That took me out of my game. I'm disappointed we let them score as often as they did."

Travis and Pickens both felt it was a lack of communication on defense that allowed Arizona to score easy baskets, especially during a 13-0 run to end the first half.

Added Haase: "Good teams have to have energy when things aren't going well. Practices have been consistently good but there's no carryover to the games right now. Solutions are out there."

Redshirt sophomore Paul Fox is the only other Cardinal wrestler still alive in the consolation bracket at 157 pounds. He dropped his opening match of the tournament before advancing in the consolation bracket after Edinboro's Andrew Shomers forfeited.

After a convincing 8-2 win over Northern Iowa's Carter Isley, Butler held off 12th-ranked Jared Johnson of Chattanooga, 3-2, to remain on the championship side of the bracket. Butler will meet sixth-ranked Michael Kroells of Minnesota in the semifinals on Monday morning.

Butler notched three decisions Sunday to advance to the semifinals. Ranked ninth nationally, Butler posted a 6-1 decision over Cary Miller of Appalachian State in the Round of 32.

He followed up with a 10-0 shutout of Lehigh's Ryan Pomrinca to secure a spot in the quarterfinals. There, he registered a 7-3 decision over Navy's Jared Prince to claim a spot in the semifinals where he will face third-seeded and eighth-ranked Joey Ward of North Carolina on Monday.

Stanford is one of seven teams with at least three wrestlers in the semifinals. McKenna, ranked No. 2 at 141 pounds, opened the tournament with a fall over Lyle Plummer of Air Force in 4:01. It was his team-leading fifth pin of the season.

Townsell will take on fifth-seeded Jack Mueller of Virginia in the semifinals. Mueller, who is ranked 11th nationally, will be the third-straight ranked opponent for Townsell.

Kraisser was hit with a stall warning with just six seconds remaining after failed shot attempts by Townsell. He finally caught Kraisser with three seconds left and held on as time expired.

Townsell tallied the first takedown of the match in the opening period and led 2-1 after one. The rookie trailed Kraisser, 5-4, going into the final frame and chose to start in the neutral position.

The quarterfinals proved to be just as exciting for Townsell as he took out No. 13 Nathan Kraisser of Campbell with a last second takedown that produced a 6-5 victory.

Leading 6-5 going into the final period, Townsell gave up the escape to Peters before recording his third takedown of the match for an 8-6 lead. Peters escaped to cut the lead to one, but was unable to convert any other shots before time ran out with Townsell holding 1:05 of riding time.

True freshman Gabriel Townsell knocked-off two nationally-ranked opponents to join Joey McKenna and Nathan Butler in the semifinals of the Southern Scuffle on Sunday in Chattanooga.

"It's obviously not the start we were looking for," Haase said. "Now we go on the road and we'll find out what kind of grit, toughness and resiliency we have. Right now it's not good."

Arizona's 39-point margin of victory also washed away Stanford's offensive advantage for the first time. Opponents are out-scoring the Cardinal by a 969-967 margin.

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