Watts Lights For UW; Stanford Rips Ucla

Pac-10 men

Mark Sanford had 18 points, 13 in the second half, and Donald Watts scored seven of Washington’s final nine points as the Huskies fought back to beat Oregon State 77-72 in a Pac-10 game Thursday night.

Trailing by 16 points in the first half and by 34-25 at halftime, the Huskies (8-3 overall, 1-2 in the Pac-10) had a 70-60 lead with 2:51 to go, but the Beavers (4-7, 0-2) didn’t quit.

Oregon State got to within 73-70 after Ron Grady’s 3-pointer with 56.6 seconds left, but Chris Thompson and Watts each hit two free throws in the final 54 seconds for the Huskies.

In the second half, Oregon State was in front 37-30 before the Huskies went on an 11-0 run for a 41-37 lead with 4:42 gone.

The Beavers lost their 10th straight Pac-10 road game and their 13th overall on the road.

Washington 77, Oregon St. 72

Oregon St. (4-7, 0-2) - Woods 2-5 1-4 5, S. Benjamin 0-2 1-2 1, Grady 7-16 0-0 16, C. Benjamin 5-11 0-0 11, Cunningham 6-14 8-9 20, Bickerstaff 3-3 3-5 9, Vaden 3-6 0-0 8, Marshall 1-1 0-0 2, Petrovic 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 27-61 13-20 72.

Washington (8-4, 1-2) - Sanford 6-13 5-6 18, MacCulloch 7-10 2-2 16, Watts 4-7 7-8 16, Thompson 1-4 6-6 8, Booker 2-6 7-8 11, Luton 2-7 0-0 5, Femerling 1-2 0-1 2, Wooten 0-2 1-2 1, Wheeler 0-0 0-0 0, Walcott 0-1 0-1 0. Totals 23-52 28-34 77.

Halftime-Oregon St. 34, Washington 25. 3-Point goals- Oregon St. 5-13 (Grady 2-5, Vaden 2-5, C. Benjamin 1-2, Petrovic 0-1), Washington 3-11 (Sanford 1-3, Watts 1-3, Luton 1-3, Thompson 0-1, Wooten 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Oregon St. 32 (Woods 7), Washington 37 (Sanford, MacCulloch 9). Assists-Oregon St. 10 (Cunningham 5), Washington 16 (Booker 6). Total fouls-Oregon St. 24, Washington 19. A-5,519.

California 83, USC 71

Ed Gray scored 28 points and the Golden Bears forced 25 turnovers to defeat the Trojans in the first Pac-10 game ever played at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.

California (10-4, 1-2) pressured USC (7-4, 2-1) into a 21-for-67 (31.3 percent) shooting night, the sixth time this year the Bears have held an opponent under 35 percent. Only four teams have shot more than 40 percent in 14 games against them this season.

Southern Cal (7-4, 2-1) - Williams 4-13 6-6 14, Boseman 3-7 3-5 11, Crouse 5-10 11-11 21, Ayuso 4-11 0-0 12, Turner 1-3 0-0 2, Wilson 1-4 0-0 2, Sims 1-8 2-3 5, White 1-5 0-0 2, Walker 1-2 0-0 2, Johnson 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 21-67 22-25 71.

California (10-4, 1-2) - Duck 6-10 3-5 17, Marks 2-2 1-2 5, Stewart 0-0 2-4 2, Gray 10-16 7-11 28, McGruder 2-5 0-0 4, Grigsbu 4-4 0-2 8, McQueen 1-3 0-0 2, Jones 2-3 2-3 6, Gonzalez 4-9 3-5 11. Totals 31-52 18-32 83.

Halftime-California 34, Southern Cal 28. 3-point goals- Southern Cal 7-29 (Ayuso 4-10, Boseman 2-4, Sims 1-8, Crouse 0-1, Walker 0-1, Johnson 0-2), California 3-9 (Duck 2-3, Gray 1-3, McQueen 0-2, McGruder 0-1). Fouled out-none. Rebounds-Southern Cal 41 (Crouse 9), California 32 (Gonzalez 6). Assists-Southern Cal 16 (Sims 6), California 23 (McGruder 10). Total fouls-Southern Cal 25, California 23. A-9,132.

(21) Stanford 109, UCLA 61

Toby Bailey didn’t see much difference in the way UCLA played, even though the result was staggering - the worst defeat in its storied history.

The Bruins never recovered from a horrendous start that saw them trailing the Cardinal (9-2, 2-1) 17-1 in the game’s opening minutes.

“This team didn’t play that badly,” Bailey said. “We were doing all right. They were just playing extremely well. They could have beat some pro teams the way they were shooting. When they drill those 3-pointers in your face, that’s kind of demoralizing.”

UCLA (7-4, 2-1) has won a record 11 NCAA championships. But its 48-point loss surpassed its previous worst defeat of 38 points, 102-64 to Arizona in 1989.

“If you would have told me we would have won by 48 points, I would have said, ‘Never,”’ Stanford’s Brevin Knight said after scoring 25 points. “When things are clicking like that, anything can happen.”

UCLA (7-4, 2-1) - O’Bannon 3-10 4-4 11, Henderson 3-10 4-8 10, McCoy 1-3 2-5 4, Bailey 6-13 0-0 14, Johnson 2-8 1-2 5, Dollar 3-5 0-0 7, Myers 2-4 1-2 5, Lloyd 1-5 0-0 2, Farnham 0-0 1-2 1, McGautha 1-2 0-0 2, Parker 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-60 13-23 61.

Stanford (9-2, 2-1) - Sauer 2-3 0-0 4, Jackson 4-4 0-0 11, Young 4-6 6-6 14, Weems 2-11 2-2 6, Knight 8-11 3-4 25, Madsen 0-0 0-0 0, Mendez 3-7 2-2 9, Lee 5-7 0-0 13, Van Elswyk 3-5 1-3 7, Moseley 1-3 2-2 4, Seaton 3-3 0-0 6, Tshionyi 1-5 0-0 3, Burge 1-1 0-0 2, Thompson 2-2 0-0 5, Wente 0-1 0-0 0, Mathieson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-69 16-20 109.

Halftime-Stanford 57, UCLA 26. A-7,391.