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Huskies Crush Asu

Associated Press

Pac-10 men

Todd MacCulloch had 30 points and a career-high 21 rebounds to lead the Washington Huskies to a 92-70 victory over Arizona State in a Pac-10 game Thursday night in Seattle.

The 7-foot junior center from Canada was too much inside for the smaller Sun Devils to contain, hitting 14 of 22 shots from the floor. His baskets were layups and short shots until he had a dunk with 2:28 to go.

Washington (9-2, 2-0 Pac-10) won easily despite having a horrible night at the free-throw line, where it was 13 for 30, including 9 for 24 in the second half.

Deon Luton scored 17 points and Patrick Femerling, Washington’s 7-1 forward from Germany, had 11 points and 12 rebounds. The Huskies outrebounded the Sun Devils 56-37.

For Arizona State (11-5, 1-2), Mike Batiste scored 16 points and Jeremy Veal 14. Bobby Lazor had 13 rebounds for the Sun Devils.

After leading handily at halftime, Washington came out and scored the first five points of the second half to take a 52-32 lead before the Sun Devils, using a full-court press, came back.

Batiste’s fast-break layup cut the Huskies’ lead to 72-60 with 5:56 left before MacCulloch responded with a layup and a 5-footer and Luton connected on a 16-footer and a 3-pointer that put Washington in front 81-60 with 4:04 left.

Washington 92, Arizona State 70

Arizona State (11-5) - Lazor 4-8 0-0 9, House 5-12 0-0 11, Batiste 8-10 0-0 16, Lewis 2-6 4-4 8, Veal 5-20 4-6 14, Patton 4-9 0-0 9, Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Kelly 1-5 1-2 3. Totals 29-72 9-12 70.

Washington (9-2) - Luton 6-19 3-6 17, Femerling 5-10 1-4 11, MacCulloch 14-22 2-4 30, Wooten 3-6 2-2 8, Watts 4-11 2-7 10, Moritz 0-0 0-0 0, Dickau 1-3 2-4 4, Thompson 1-1 0-0 2, Johnson 1-1 1-2 4, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Walcott 1-3 0-0 2, Green 2-4 0-1 4. Totals 38-81 13-30 92.

Halftime-Washington 47, Arizona State 32. 3-Point goals- Arizona State 3-11 (Patton 1-1, Lazor 1-2, House 1-3, Batiste 0-1, Lewis 0-1, Smith 0-1, Kelly 0-1, Veal 0-1), Washington 3-12 (Luton 2-6, Johnson 1-1, Brown 0-1, Dickau 0-1, Watts 0-3). Fouled out- Lazor. Rebounds-Arizona State 37 (Lazor 13), Washington 56 (MacCulloch 21). Assists-Arizona State 19 (Lewis 9), Washington 15 (Watts 6). Total fouls-Arizona State 21, Washington 11. Technicals-Batiste. A-4,597.

USC 63, Oregon 59

Anthony White’s layup with 33 seconds left gave USC a two-point lead, and Gary Williams added a pair of free throws to seal the Trojans’ victory over the visiting Ducks.

The win snapped a seven-game losing streak by the Trojans (5-8, 1-2).

Adam Spanich had 10 of his team-high 15 points in the second half for USC.

A.D. Smith had a game-high 17 points for the Ducks (6-6, 1-2).

Oregon (6-6) - Madden 2-8 1-2 5, Nelson 3-8 4-4 10, Brown 1-7 3-4 5, Curry 5-13 5-6 15, McShane 2-7 2-6 7, Smith 4-10 5-6 17, Rosemond 0-1 0-0 0, Quinine 0-1 0-0 0, Hartenstein 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-56 20-28 59.

USC (5-8) - Spanich 6-13 0-0 15, Swillis 2-2 1-2 5, Lakey 0-1 0-2 0, Sims 1-2 0-0 3, Johnson 3-8 1-2 9, Williams 2-3 7-11 11, White 3-8 2-2 8, Augustine 3-5 2-4 8, Trepagnier 0-0 0-0 0, Ayuso 0-0 0-0 0, Turner 2-7 0-2 4, Souferian 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-49 13-25 63.

Halftime-Oregon 30, USC 23. 3-Point goals-Oregon 3-16 (Smith 2-3, McShane 1-3, Madden 0-3, Brown 0-4, Curry 0-1, Rosemond 0-1, Quinine 0-1), USC 6-17 (Spanich 3-10, Johnson 2-3, Sims 1-2, Williams 0-1, Augustine 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Oregon 36 (Madden 8), USC 37 (Williams 10). Assists-Oregon 9 (McShane 4), USC 7 (Spanich, Johnson 2). Total fouls-Oregon 20, USC 23. A-2,240.

(10) UCLA 90, Oregon St. 72

Kris Johnson scored 20 points and the Bruins used a dominating run to beat the visiting Beavers for the 10th straight time.

The Bruins (10-2, 2-1) pulled away with a 45-15 run over the end of the first half and the beginning of the second to take their largest lead of 34 points.

The Beavers (9-5, 0-3) trailed by three points when UCLA began to dominate with 6:04 remaining in the first half. The Bruins scored eight straight to end the half ahead 49-30.

Oregon St. (9-5) - Walker 3-3 0-2 6, S.Benjamin 1-3 0-1 3, Grady 1-6 2-2 5, C.Benjamin 6-14 2-2 14, Bickerstaff 6-12 0-3 16, Tanner 5-13 2-2 14, Greene 2-2 1-3 5, Woods 1-2 2-2 4, Vaden 0-1 0-0 0, Marshall 0-0 0-0 0, Heide 0-2 2-2 2, Walton 0-0 0-0 0, Petrovic 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 26-59 11-19 72.

UCLA (11-2) - Henderson 5-7 2-6 12, Johnson 9-10 0-0 20, Bailey 4-10 2-5 11, Watson 3-5 4-4 12, Davis 3-8 2-5 8, McCoy 5-5 2-5 12, Loyd 0-1 0-0 0, Knight 2-4 3-4 9, Reed 1-2 1-2 3, Hines 1-1 0-0 3, Daley 0-1 0-0 0, McGautha 0-0 0-0 0, Harbour 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-54 16-31 90.

Halftime-UCLA 49, Oregon St. 30. 3-Point goals-Oregon St. 9-22 (Bickerstaff 4-5, Tanner 2-6, S.Benjamin 1-1, Petrovic 1-1, Grady 1-3, Vaden 0-1, C.Benjamin 0-5), UCLA 8-19 (Johnson 2-3, Knight 2-3, Watson 2-4, Hines 1-1, Bailey 1-4, Loyd 0-1, Davis 0-3). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Oregon St. 40 (S.Benjamin, C.Benjamin 7), UCLA 28 (McCoy 8). Assists-Oregon St. 12 (Tanner 3), UCLA 17 (Davis 9). Total fouls-Oregon St. 25, UCLA 16. A-9,614.