ions seem like gray beards compared to St. Johns which is the ninth least-experienced team in the country.St. Johns: This was the Red Storms 50th appearance in the Holiday Festival

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Christian McCaffrey took the handoff up the middle, made a little juke and, with a burst of speed, raced past Arizonas flailing defenders.This was the player Stanford had been missing the past few weeks.McCaffrey returned to his tackle-eluding form, accounting for 225 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns to lead the Cardinal to a 34-10 victory over Arizona Saturday night.We know that when Christian gets a crease, he does special things beyond the line of scrimmage, Stanford coach David Shaw said.McCaffrey has had a difficult follow-up to his Heisman runner-up a year ago.Good early in the season, he missed most of the second half against Washington State on Oct. 8 and did not play the following week against Notre Dame. McCaffrey returned against Colorado last week, finishing with 92 yards rushing on 21 carries.The shifty junior had a jump in his step against the Wildcats, scoring on runs of 45 and 6 yards to finish with 169 yards on 23 carries. McCaffrey added four catches for 27 yards, including an 18-yard catch-and-run TD .Bryce Love chipped in 78 yards on 12 carries while giving McCaffrey a break and helped the Cardinal (5-3, 3-3 Pac-12) break out of scoring funk after entering Saturdays game 127th of 128 FBS teams in scoring at 17 points per game.This is the first week weve had them both healthy, Shaw said. This is what we envisioned all year and this is the first time weve been able to do it, and it looked pretty good.Arizona (2-6, 0-5) had its top two quarterbacks back for the first time since the season opener, yet continued to sputter offensively in its fifth straight loss.Brandon Dawkins started and threw for 116 yards, including a 38-yard TD pass to Trey Griffey. Dawkins also had 65 yards on 17 yards rushing on 17 carries. Anu Solomon replaced him in the third quarter and lasted just two series, finishing 0-for-3 passing.Just like receivers make mistakes, they dont always see when guys are open, Arizona running back Samajie Grant said. We just have to rep it after practice. We have to stay more after practice.Part of it was a lack of running game. With Nick Wilson out for an extended period, Arizona was forced to use Grant, a converted receiver, as starting running back.Grant finished with 64 yards, but Arizona had just 170 yards on 44 carries and finished 286 total yards, 147 below its season average.We missed some things up front, Arizona guard Jacob Alsadek said. Samajie was out there running hard and we need to give him a better chance.THE TAKEAWAYStanford showed off what it can do offensively when McCaffrey is healthy. The Cardinal defense also held up against Arizonas quick-hitting attack, putting them within a game of becoming bowl eligible.The Wildcats were again plagued by defensive deficiencies and their receivers had a hard time getting open, often leaving Dawkins and Solomon no choice but to throw it away or take off running.CHRYSTS STARTShaw made the decision this week to replace fifth-year senior Ryan Burns with junior Keller Chryst at quarterback.Chryst made some good decisions at the line of scrimmage, picking up alignments and blitzes, and threw a pair of touchdown passes. He also missed a few passes that could have gone for big plays, finishing with 104 yards and an interception on 14-of-30 passing.First game as a starter, I get it, hes not going to be Johnny Unitas out there, Shaw said. Hes going to grow. 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No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday.NEW YORK -- Penn State coach Patrick Chambers sounded like a coach who just watched his team play as well as it has all season.We competed. We played hard. And its nice, of course, to make so many 3s, he said. That always helps.Shep Garner scored 21 points and was 6 for 9 from 3-point range to lead Penn State to a 92-76 victory over St. Johns on Sunday in the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden.If youre not nervous coming into this game, to be playing at the Garden, theres something wrong with you, Chambers said. I get butterflies. I get jacked up. I cant wait to walk on the floor.The Nittany Lions (7-5) took control early by closing the first half on a 35-5 run for a 52-29 lead. Garner had two 3s early in the surge as St. Johns (5-7) didnt have a field goal over the final 9:45, missing 10 shots from the field and committing six turnovers.Garners effort from beyond the 3-point arc was part of Penn State shooting 13 for 23 from long range (56.5 percent), well above the 33 percent it was hitting this season.Payton Banks had 17 points and was 5 of 9 on 3s for Penn State, which won its third straight. Mike Watkins had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Josh Reaves and Tony Reaves added 13 points each for the Nittany Lions.When Mike brings that juice, that energy and passion, hes protecting the paint and the rim for us, Chambers said. He gets us going and gets us out on the break for easy baskets and uncontested shots.Malik Ellison led the Red Storm with 22 points while Shamorie Ponds added 12 and Tariq Owens had 11 points and 11 rebounds.We had a lack of energy at a certain point in the first half and we just dug ourselves in a huge hole, Ellisson said.dddddddddddd.Owens echoed Ellisons comments.Early on we came out playing well and then just had a mental lapse, Owens said. Total effort in the first half, as a complete unit we didnt bring it as a team, so we had to change some things at half and adjust our effort.Second-year coach Chris Mullin hopes his team can gain something from the game.I was telling them after the game not only do you hate to lose and youre embarrassed and all those emotions, but what you really have to do is learn from this, Mullin said.BIG PICTUREPenn State: Two of the Nittany Lions losses have been to ranked teams -- No. 1 Duke and No. 25 Cincinnati. ... Penn State is the 18th least-experienced team in the nation but the Nittany Lions seem like gray beards compared to St. Johns which is the ninth least-experienced team in the country.St. Johns: This was the Red Storms 50th appearance in the Holiday Festival and they came in with a 73-58 record including a six-game winning streak. ... Kassoum Yakwe and Owens are the leading shot-blocking duo in the country. They came into the game with a combined 63 blocks. They both had one Sunday... This was St. Johns third straight game in a different New York City borough. They played Fordham in Queens, LIU Brooklyn in Brooklyn and Penn State in Manhattan.UP NEXTPenn State: The Nittany Lions host Morgan State on Wednesday, then open Big Ten play at home on Dec. 27 against Northwestern.St. Johns: The Red Storm are at Syracuse on Wednesday, then open Big East play at home against No. 18 Butler. ' ' '