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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Dorian Pickens had 21 points and Reid Travis added 16 as Stanford beat Seton Hall 66-52 Sunday in the fifth-place game at the AdvoCare Invitational.Pickens picked up nine points in a 15-1 surge as Stanford (6-1) grabbed a 43-31 advantage with 12:30 to play.Dorian is so smooth, so confident, so fluid, Stanford coach Jerod Haase said.Pickens averaged 18.3 points in his three invitational games.Our whole thing was how good Pickens is, Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard said. Hes really picked it up from last year. Hes just a consistent, solid player.Khadeen Carrington scored 20 points for Seton Hall (4-2). His layup cut the Pirates deficit to 48-42 with eight minutes remaining, but Seton Hall would get no closer down the stretch.Seton Hall shot just 28 percent (7 for 25) in the second half, and 38 percent overall (19 for 50).Stanford made 24 of 57 shots (42.1 percent), and went 16 for 17 from the free-throw line.Travis and Pickens had four points each during an 8-0 run that pulled Stanford even at 26 at halftime.They punched us in the mouth the first 10 minutes and we kind of stumbled back, Haase said. I challenged them. Im so proud of how they bounced back and contained it for the last 30 minutes.BIG PICTURESeton Hall continues to get strong offense from Carrington, who entered averaging 18.9 points in his previous 11 games, dating to last season. He averaged 21 over the three invitational games, including a 28-point performance in Thursdays 81-76 loss to Florida.Travis had seven rebounds for Stanford and missed out on his third double-double of the invitational due in part to getting his third foul early in the second half. After missing the final 22 games last season with a leg injury, the juniors performance thus far bolds well for the rest of the season.SECOND SESSIONSSeton Hall went 1-2 in the invitational, getting outscored in the second half by an average of 10 points in losses to Florida and Stanford. The Pirates lead Florida by one after the first half and was tied in Sundays game.BETTER TIMESStanford closed out the invitational with two wins after losing 67-53 to Miami in the opening round. The Cardinal beat Indiana State 65-62 for their other win.UP NEXTSeton Hall: Hosts Columbia Thursday night.Stanford: Goes against No. 15 St. Marys at home Wednesday night.Black Swell Bottle Ireland . "I was fortunate to play many years at this level with a great organization and unbelievable teammates," said Hejduk in a statement. Swell Traveler Ireland . The (11-11-4) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 26 points. Fifth place Dallas and sixth-seeded Nashville also have 26 points, but the Stars have three games in hand on Winnipeg while Nashville has two. http://www.swellwaterbottleireland.com/ .ca! Kerry, Two nights after the Scott-Eriksson incident in Buffalo, the Bruins returned home to play San Jose. In that game, Zdeno Chara put a check on Tommy Wingels that clearly targeted his head. Swell Bottles Ireland .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. The game started the same way the Vancouver game started the night before, with the Jets taking the first two penalties of the game and killing off the first, but the Oilers getting on the board first, scoring on the second man-advantage. Cheap SWell Bottles .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch.TAMPA, Fla. -- Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner is enthused about the teams prospects after watching many of them play in instructional league games this month.New York boosted its system by acquiring shortstop Gleyber Torres, outfielders Clint Frazier and Rashad Crawford and left-hander Justus Sheffield in trades for veterans Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller and Carlos Beltran.Gary Sanchez, Aaron Judge and Tyler Austin joined the big league team in August and sparked the Yankees to a wild-card run, one that ultimately fell shortThe last two months, we had one bad road trip and it was bad, Steinbrenner said Friday. But other than that we were right in it. Being able to bring some of those kids up the beginning of August when the games really mattered, I think we learned a lot and saw a lot. We saw what they were made of. It was a great experience for them.Steinbrenner watched Fridays finale with special adviser Reggie Jackson, vice president of player development Gary Denbo and pitching coach Larry Rothschild. The prospects acquired in the trades joined pitcher James Kaprielian (recovered from a flexor tendon strain) and first baseman Greg Bird (back from shoulder surgery).The quality of the players is as good as its ever been. Thats including if you go back into the early 90s when we had a lot of those guys that ended up going on to win championships for us, said Denbo, who was a Yankees minor league manager and coach during the period. I think this group of players reminds of me of that group.HALL OOF FAME FATHER?Hal Steinbrenner is excited about the possibility of his father George Steinbrenner being voted into the baseball Hall of Fame.dddddddddddd George Steinbrenner is among 10 candidates on the Todays Game Era ballot to be voted on by a veterans committee Dec. 4 and announced the following day at the winter meetings.He certainly deserves to be there, at least my familys opinion and I think a lot of fans opinion as well, Hal Steinbrenner said.The Yankees won seven World Series titles and 11 American League pennants in George Steinbrenners 37 full seasons as team owner. He died in 2010.STAR POWERJackson, Pettitte, Alex Rodriguez, Orlando Hernandez, Tino Martinez, Alfonso Soriano and Nick Swisher were among the guest instructors during instructional leagues three-week run.I want to ensure that our players have a healthy respect for the guys that have come before them and kind of put this organization in a position to have the respect that it does from around the world, Denbo said. Having those guys around has all kinds of benefits for our players. To share their experiences and going back to when they were young players and talk about the things that they had to get through and how they got through them holds great value for our guys. ... Hall of Famer Craig Biggio was at Fridays game to watch his son Cavan play for the Toronto Blue Jays instructional league team. ' ' '