LAWRENCE, Kan. _ As a player, Jerod Haase went 42-0 in Allen Fieldhouse, home of the Kansas Jayhawks.
The 1997 KU grad is now 0-2 as a head coach in the tradition-rich building.
Yes 0-and-2, because of another highly-regarded guard, KU senior Lagerald Vick.
Vick forced overtime with a 3-pointer, then scored eight straight points to open the extra session and help the No. 2-ranked Jayhawks to a 90-84 OT win over the unranked Stanford Cardinal on Saturday before a crowd of 16,300 that saw KU erase a 12-point deficit with 12 minutes left.
Haase's Cardinal led by six points at halftime and 12 points with 12:15 left.
Dedric Lawson scored 24 points and grabbed 15 boards for the resilient Jayhawks.
Vick, who hit a 3-point shot with 6.8 seconds left to erase a three-point deficit and force overtime, hit 10 of 17 shots overall (7 of 11 from 3) and scored 27 points. Vick hit a 3 to open the overtime session and dunked to make it 80-75 at 2:40. And he canned another 3 to make it 83-75 at 2:22.
Udoka Azubuike had 18 points and nine boards in leading KU (6-0) past the Cardinal (4-4) for the third straight season.
Haase's first Stanford team dropped an 89-74 decision to the Jayhawks on Dec. 3, 2016 in Allen Fieldhouse, and lost again, 75-54, last Dec. 21, in Sacramento, Calif.
The four-year, four-game series will conclude next December at Stanford.
Devon Dotson added 10 points for the Jayhawks. Stanford was led by KZ Okpala, who scored 22 points. Daejon Davis had 19 and Isaac White 15.
KU was pushed to the brink.
Tied 75-75 after regulation, KU raced to the eight-point lead because of Vick and ultimately raced to victory in the extra session.
The Jayhawks trailed 54-42 at 12:14, but used a 20-6 run to finally grab a 62-60 lead on a Vick 3 at 5:31.
Tied at 62, KU grabbed the lead again at 4:49 on a dunk by Marcus Garrett, followed by a put-back by Vick. It was 66-62 KU at 4:13. And KU led 68-63 at 3:40. Stanford erased the deficit and grabbed a 69-68 lead at 2:41. KU led 70-69 at 2:10 following two free throws by Lawson.
Stanford led 71-70 on a layup by Davis at 1:52. Lawson hit 1 of 2 free throws to tie it at 71-71 at 1:46. Stanford grabbed a 73-71 lead when Oscar da Silva hit two free throws at 1:27 following a flagrant foul by Lawson.
Charlie Moore hit 1 of 2 free throws and it was 73-72 at :59.9. Stanford missed a shot but got the rebound and called timeout with 36.6 seconds left and a one-point lead.
KU trailed 35-29 at half 43-31 at 17:40, then cut the gap to 43-40 at 14:37 following a Vick-led 9-0 run. However, Stanford regained a 54-42 lead at 12:14. KU cut it to six points at 54-48 and five at 57-52.
Only junior forward Lawson could figure out the Cardinal defense the first 20 minutes. He had 13 points and nine rebounds in 17 minutes. He hit 5 of 9 shots the first half; his teammates 7 of 21 shots.
After Lawson, KU's leading scorers in the first half were Dotson and Azubuike, who had four points apiece.
Stanford, which went 5 of 15 from 3 the first half, was led by in the first half by White, who had 12 points and Davis, who netted 10. KU hit 12 of 30 shots the first half for 40 percent, while Stanford was 11 of 27 for 40.7 percent.
KU held a 23-21 lead at with 4:41 left in the half. However, the Cardinal used a 12-4 surge go to up 33-27 with 42 seconds left. KU trailing in a game at that point was nothing new. The Jayhawks trailed by eight or more points in each of their past four games (all wins) entering the Stanford contest.
KU will next meet Wofford of the Southern Conference at 7 p.m., Tuesday, at Allen Fieldhouse.
