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Bruins Win 10th In Row

Associated Press

Pac-10

Offense has not been the most important item for Jelani McCoy this season. Yet when the opportunity presented itself, he was ready.

McCoy, a freshman center, scored 21 points Thursday night and No. 13 UCLA beat Arizona State 87-73 in Tempe, Ariz., for its 10th straight victory.

“My teammates were looking to give me the ball and I had a lot of opportunities. I’m going to take advantage of everything they give me,” said McCoy, who leads the conference with 56 blocked shots but ranks fourth among Bruins in scoring.

UCLA played most of the second half without star Charles O’Bannon. He was benched about 3 minutes into the half by coach Jim Harrick after being called for a technical foul for taunting Arizona State center Okeme Oziwo.

“I want the kind of team that there’s somebody different leading us every night,” Harrick said.

Toby Bailey and J.R. Henderson each had 15 points for the Bruins (12-3, 5-0), and Kris Johnson had 10. Ron Riley scored 28 points for Arizona State (5-7, 0-4), which lost its 14th in a row to the Bruins.

UCLA 87, Arizona St. 73

UCLA (12-3) - O’Bannon 4-8 0-1 8, Henderson 4-13 7-9 15, McCoy 10-13 1-2 21, Bailey 5-11 3-4 15, Johnson 3-6 4-5 10, Givens 2-3 2-2 6, Dollar 2-5 5-8 9, Dempsey 0-1 0-0 0, Loyd 0-0 3-4 3. Totals 30-60 25-35 87.

Arizona St. (5-7) - Riley 8-22 10-15 29, Zaletel 2-4 0-0 4, Richardson 0-1 1-3 1, Veal 8-17 5-6 26, Brewer 2-7 3-6 7, Davis 1-3 0-0 3, Oziwo 1-4 1-4 3, Holly 0-2 0-0 0. Tot. 22-60 20-34 73.

Halftime-UCLA 43, Arizona St. 34. 3-Point Goals-UCLA 2-6 (Bailey 2-3, Dollar 0-1, O’Bannon 0-2), Arizona St. 9-24 (Veal 5-10, Riley 3-9, Davis 1-2, Zaletel 0-1, Holly 0-2). Fouled Out-Dollar, Brewer. Rebounds-UCLA 45 (McCoy 10), Arizona St. 35 (Riley, Veal 8). Assists-UCLA 20 (Bailey 7), Arizona St. 14 (Brewer 6). Total Fouls-UCLA 22, Arizona St. 25. Technical-O’Bannon. A-11,081.

(18) Arizona 93, USC 81

At Tucson, Ariz., Ben Davis, making his first start at center for the Wildcats (12-3, 2-2), scored 21 points in Arizona’s win over the Trojans (9-7, 2-3).

Davis, who moved from forward to center after Joseph Blair was ruled academically ineligible on Monday, also had 11 rebounds for the Wildcats.

Southern California (9-7) - Wilson 9-15 1-1 19, Boseman 7-15 6-9 22, Jones 5-10 0-0 10, Martin 6-12 3-3 17, Murray 1-3 0-0 2, Dawson 0-1 0-0 0, Reuter 0-3 0-0 0, Strong 0-2 1-2 1, Crouse 2-2 6-9 10. Totals 30-63 17-24 81.

Arizona (12-3) - McLean 5-8 4-4 15, Williams 7-16 1-2 18, Davis 9-16 3-6 21, Simon 3-7 8-11 14, Geary 2-4 7-8 11, Dickerson 5-10 4-4 14, Terry 0-0 0-0 0, Bramlett 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 31-62 27-37 93.

Halftime-Arizona 40, Southern California 30. 3-Point goals- Southern California 4-11 (Boseman 2-4, Martin 2-4, Murray 0-1, Reuter 0-2), Arizona 4-14 (Williams 3-6, McLean 1-3, Geary 0-1, Simon 0-4). Fouled out-Boseman. Rebounds-Southern California 34 (Wilson 15), Arizona 39 (Davis 11). Assists-Southern California 11 (Boseman 5), Arizona 16 (Geary 5). Total fouls-Southern California 27, Arizona 20. A-14,288.

California 70, Oregon St. 52

At Berkeley, Calif., Ed Gray had 23 points and Jelani Gardner added 13 as the Bears opened a big first-half lead and coasted to a win.

The Bears (9-4, 4-1) led by 17 at the half and built their margin to 19 points early in the second half. The Beavers (3-10, 1-3) never got closer than 11 points in the second half.

Shareef Abdur-Rahim, the Cal freshman who leads the Pac-10 in scoring and began the evening tied for sixth in the nation with 24.3 points per game, was held to 11 points - his lowest as a collegian.

Oregon State (3-10) - Brown 1-5 0-2 2, Walker 5-9 0-0 10, Benjamin 3-9 3-4 10, Williams 2-5 0-0 4, Vetter 3-6 1-1 8, Edwards 5-7 0-0 12, Petrovic 2-4 1-2 6, Pryor 0-0 0-0 0, Riggs 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Roberts 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 5-9 52.

California (9-4) - Abdur-Rahim 2-6 7-12 11, Gardner 4-9 4-4 13, Stewart 1-1 0-0 2, Duck 3-11 3-6 10, McGruder 0-2 3-6 3, Gray 7-16 6-8 23, McQueen 2-3 0-0 6, Gonzalez 0-1 0-0 0, Jones 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 20-50 23-36 70.

Halftime-California 42, Oregon State 25. 3-Point goals- Oregon State 5-16 (Edwards 2-2, Petrovic 1-3, Vetter 1-3, Benjamin 1-3, Johnson 0-2, Brown 0-3), California 7-22 (Gray 3-7, McQueen 2-3, Gardner 1-4, Duck 1-7, McGruder 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Oregon State 25 (Petrovic 5), California 39 (Stewart 8). Assists-Oregon State 14 (Brown 4), California 11 (Duck 4). Total fouls-Oregon State 24, California 17. A-6,578.

Stanford 94, Oregon 74

At Stanford, Calif., Brevin Knight scored 30 points, including 24 in the second half, and the Cardinal (9-4, 3-2) beat the Ducks (9-6, 2-2) to remain undefeated at home this season.

David Harbour added 16 points and Dion Cross 11 for the Cardinal, who have won 31 of their last 37 games at Maples Pavilion, including all seven this season.

Oregon (9-6) - Milling 5-10 1-3 11, Carson 3-7 0-2 6, Wilkins 6-15 3-4 16, Lawrence 4-9 0-0 9, Curry 1-7 2-4 4, Brown 7-9 0-0 18, Ramaker 0-0 0-0 0, Quinine 1-4 0-0 2, Smith 1-1 0-0 2, Nelson 0-0 1-2 1, Williams 1-3 0-0 3, Larry 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 29-66 9-17 74.

Stanford (9-4) - Harbour 6-10 4-6 16, Poppink 2-8 1-2 5, Allaway 2-4 0-2 4, Cross 4-9 0-0 11, Knight 8-12 11-12 30, Weems 2-3 1-2 6, Seaton 3-5 2-3 8, Jackson 3-4 0-0 6, Lee 1-3 0-0 2, Sauer 3-4 0-0 6, Tshionyi 0-3 0-0 0, Thompson 0-0 0-0 0, Wente 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-65 19-27 94.

Halftime-Stanford 37, Oregon 32. 3-Point goals-Oregon 7-20 (Wilkins 1-3, Lawrence 1-6, Curry 0-1, Brown 4-6, Quinine 0-2, Williams 1-2), Stanford 7-13 (Harbour 0-2, Cross 3-4, Knight 3-3, Weems 1-1, Jackson 0-1, Lee 0-1, Tshionyi 0-1). Fouled out- Carson. Rebounds-Oregon 37 (Milling 8), Stanford 36 (Harbour 8). Assists-Oregon 6 (Wilkins 2), Stanford 25 (Knight 8). Total fouls-Oregon 22, Stanford 16. A-4,053.