STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Reid Travis made his first shot and then made another. His confidence grew and it led to a career night.
Travis matched his career-high with 29 points and had eight rebounds in helping Stanford win its third in four games, beating San Francisco 71-59 on Sunday.
"When I was able to get one early, I gained a little confidence," Travis said. "I stayed in attack mode and got some early looks."
Travis' first basket of the second half, a layup 33 seconds in, gave him 1,000 points for his career. Josh Sharma added 13 points for the Cardinal and Michael Humphrey had nine points and nine rebounds.
"Josh brings a lot of energy," Travis said. "The coach tells us when you come in, it should be like firecrackers going off and that's what he's doing. He ups the level."
With that bucket, @2ReidTravis2 just passed 1,000 points in his Stanford career!
— Stanford Men's Basketball (@StanfordMBB) December 18, 2017
He's the 45th player to reach that milestone in the program's history.#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/8sMORR7zV0
Chase Foster and Souley Boum each scored 14 points for the Dons (6-4), who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Boum, a freshman, scored all his points in the second half.
"We're learning on the fly," Dons coach Kyle Smith said. "We're playing some young ones. He was definitely impacting the game in a real positive way."
The Dons had a one-point lead with 8:23 remaining in the first half before the Cardinal slowly began to pull away.
"We got off to a really good start but they went zone and rattled us, for whatever reason," Smith said. "They're really good at the rim, so it's hard to get layups in there. They were really flying out to our shooters, and then we didn't make some, so it snowballed into us giving up transitions."
Today's win marks number ?? in @CoachJerodHaase's career!
— Stanford Men's Basketball (@StanfordMBB) December 18, 2017
Congrats, Coach.#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/OIukKp5LYL
Stanford (6-6) opened the second half with an 11-3 run and a 25-point advantage. San Francisco made one of its first 11 shots of the second half. The Dons shaved 14 points off their deficit thanks to an 11-0 run that brought them within 51-40 with 7:37 remaining to play. They didn't get any closer.
The Dons suffered through their worst shooting half of the season, scoring 21 points on 5-of-26 (19.2 percent) in the first half. They missed their last nine shots of the half.
Stanford outscored San Francisco 12-1 over the final 5:04 to take a 38-21 lead into halftime.