PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Dorian Pickens had a career-high 28 points, including a key 3-pointer with 76 seconds left, to help Stanford beat Washington State 79-70 on Thursday night.

Pickens, who came in 10 of 35 from 3-point range this season, made 7-of-10 3-pointers. Freshman Kezie Okpala added a career-best 21 points and Daejon Davis scored 15 on 6-of-7 shooting for Stanford (9-8, 3-1 Pac-12).

The Cougars led 55-47 when WSU's Kwinton Hinson committed a hard foul on Reid Travis and both players had to be separated by teammates.

Stanford responded with a 21-3 run over the next 10 minutes, despite going six-plus minutes without a field goal during that stretch, to make it 68-58 with 6:26 to play. Washington State twice cut its deficit to three points from there, but Pickens hit two 3s as the Cardinal held on for its third win in a row.

Washington State made 11 of its first 12 field-goal attempts, including 4-of-4 3-pointers, but Pickens had 22 first-half points on 8-of-9 shooting. He hit back-to-back 3s to give Stanford a two-point lead before Malachi Flynn closed the half with three 3-pointers.

The Cardinal, who rallied for wins after being down 13 points at UCLA and 15 against USC, trailed 45-38 at halftime on Thursday.

Flynn led Washington State (8-8, 0-4) with 24 points, including seven 3-pointers. Milan Acquaah added 10 points, while Drick Bernstine scored eight and grabbed 12 rebounds. Robert Franks, who came in averaging a team-high 17.3 points per game, had eight points and six of WSU's 22 turnovers.

Travis, who came in the Pac-12's third-leading scorer (21.3 per game) and Stanford's second-leading rebounder (7.6), finished the game with six points and six rebounds.

Big Picture: After starting the season 6-0, the Cougars are now 8-8 and have lost four straight to start Pac-12 play.

Up Next: Washington State will stay at home and face California Saturday at 1 p.m.

NEXT FIVE GAMES

Jan. 13 CALIFORNIA, 1 p.m. (Pac-12 Network)

Jan. 18 at Colorado, 5 p.m. (Pac-12 Network)

Jan. 21 at Utah, 5 p.m. (ESPNU)

Jan. 28 at Washington, 5 p.m. (ESPNU)

Jan. 31 ARIZONA, 7 p.m. (Pac-12 Network)

PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL RESULTS/SCHEDULE (Jan. 10-14)

Wed., Jan. 10

USC 70, Colorado 58

Thu. Jan. 11

Stanford 79, Washington State 70

Arizona 62, Oregon State 53

Oregon 76, Arizona State 72

UCLA 83, Utah 64

Washington 66, California 56

Sat., Jan. 13

Oregon at Arizona, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)

California at Washington State, 1 p.m. (Pac-12 Network)

Oregon State at Arizona State, 3 p.m. (Pac-12 Network)

Stanford at Washington, 5 p.m. (Pac-12 Network)

Colorado at UCLA, 7:30 p.m. (Pac-12 Network)

Sun., Jan. 14

Utah at USC, 5 p.m. (ESPNU)

(All Times Pacific)