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Huskies Clip Ducks

Associated Press

Pac-10

Todd MacCullough made 14 of 15 shots and scored 31 points Thursday night to power Washington to an 81-71 Pac-10 road basketball victory over Oregon.

The 7-foot, 280-pound junior also had 15 rebounds against the smaller Ducks.

Washington (10-3, 3-1) outscored Oregon 25-8 over the final 6 minutes, 37 seconds.

The Ducks (6-8, 1-4) were led by Henry Madden with 25 points. Terik Brown added 22 and Jamar Curry 16. Madden and Brown both were 4 for 9 from 3-point range.

Trailing 64-56, the Huskies scored 11 consecutive points to go ahead 67-63 with 4:14 remaining.

Madden’s 3-pointer cut the lead to 67-66 with 3:44 to play. But Donald Watts scored 14 in the final 6-1/2 minutes and the Huskies made 7 of 8 from the line in the last minute to seal the victory.

Washington 81, Oregon 71

Washington (10-3) - Femerling 3-5 2-4 8, Watts 6-15 12-19 25, MacCulloch 14-15 3-4 31, Luton 2-5 1-1 6, Wooten 2-6 2-2 7, Dickau 1-1 0-0 2,Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Walcott 0-0 0-0 0, Green 1-1 0-0 2.Totals 29-50 20-30 81.

Oregon (6-8) - Smith 2-6 0-0 5, Madden 9-17 3-4 25, Nelson 0-2 0-0 0, Curry 7-13 0-0 16, McShane 0-2 0-0 0, Rosemond 0-2 0-0 0, Quinine 2-3 0-0 4, Brown 8-16 2-2 22, Hartenstein 0-0 0-2 0.Totals 28-61 5-8 71.

Halftime-Washington 43, Oregon 36. 3-Point goals- Washington 3-10 (Watts 1-6, Luton 1-2, Wooten 1-2), Oregon 10-24 (Smith 0-2, Madden 4-9, Curry 2-2, McShane 0-1, Rosemond 0-1, Brown 4-9). Rebounds-Washington 36 (MacCulloch 15), Oregon 21 (Smith, Brown 5). Assists-Washington 15 (Luton 4), Oregon 15 (Brown 5). Total fouls-Washington 10, Oregon 23. A-7,699.

(5) Arizona 127, Arizona St. 99

At Tucson, Ariz., A.J. Bramlett scored 10 points in the first 5:17 of the second half as the Wildcats (14-3, 5-0) rolled over the Sun Devils (12-6, 2-3).

Mike Bibby scored 23 points, Miles Simon had 22, Michael Dickerson 20 and Jason Terry 17 as the Wildcats won their seventh straight.

Arizona State got 27 points from Mike Batiste. Jeremy Veal, the Pac-10’s leading scorer, had 22 points.

Arizona St. (12-6) -Veal 10-18 0-0 22, Batiste 11-17 3-4 27, Lazor 5-10 2-3 12, House 3-7 0-0 7, Lewis 4-5 6-7 16, Patton 2-5 0-0 4, Kelly 5-9 1-2 11, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, DuBois 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 40-73 12-16 99.

Arizona (14-3) - Davison 3-3 0-0 6, Dickerson 8-13 3-3 20, Bramlett 7-12 0-5 14, Bibby 8-15 2-2 23, Simon 9-15 2-2 22, Harris 3-5 1-2 7, Tebbs 1-2 0-0 3, Terry 7-10 0-0 17, Edgerson 3-6 1-2 7, Pastner 0-1 0-0 0, Wessel 3-3 0-0 6, Jenkins 0-4 2-2 2, Stewart 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 52-89 11-18 127.

Halftime-Arizona 63, Arizona St. 44. 3-Point goals-Arizona St. 7-16 (Batiste 2-2, Lewis 2-2, Veal 2-4, House 1-4, Lazor 0-1, Patton 0-1, Jones 0-1, Smith 0-1), Arizona 12-27 (Bibby 5-8, Terry 3-6, Simon 2-5, Tebbs 1-1, Dickerson 1-5, Jenkins 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Arizona St. 26 (Kelly 8), Arizona 46 (Davison 9). Assists-Arizona St. 23 (Veal, Lewis 8), Arizona 31 (Bibby 8). Total fouls-Arizona St. 16, Arizona 15. A-14,527.

(7) Stanford 99, USC 62

At Stanford, Calif., Arthur Lee and Kris Weems had 15 points each and the Cardinal (15-0, 4-0) hit 15 3-pointers while setting a school record by improving to 15-0 with their victory over the Trojans (6-9, 2-3).

Jarvis Turner had 15 points for Southern California, which had its two-game winning streak snapped.

USC (6-9) - Spanich 4-10 0-0 11, Swillis 0-0 0-0 0, Lakey 2-5 0-0 5, Trepagnier 1-9 3-4 5, Sims 0-1 0-0 0, White 0-1 0-0 0, Turner 7-15 1-1 15, Johnson 2-5 2-2 7, Ayuso 2-4 2-2 7, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Augustine 5-7 1-4 12, Green 0-0 0-0 0, Souferian 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-57 9-13 62.

Stanford (15-0) - Sauer 2-7 0-0 5, Van Elswyk 5-8 4-5 14, Young 4-7 1-1 9, Weems 6-10 0-0 15, Lee 5-12 0-0 15, Jar.Collins 1-3 2-3 4, Mendez 4-8 1-2 12, Moseley 2-7 4-4 10, Tshionyi 0-1 0-1 0, Seaton 3-4 4-6 10, McDonald 2-4 0-0 5, Bennion 0-2 0-2 0, Gelbard 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-73 16-24 99.

Halftime-Stanford 50, USC 32. 3-Point goals-USC 7-17 (Spanich 3-5, Augustine 1-1, Lakey 1-1, Johnson 1-3, Ayuso 1-3, Sims 0-1, Trepagnier 0-3), Stanford 15-30 (Lee 5-9, Weems 3-4, Mendez 3-6, Moseley 2-5, McDonald 1-1, Sauer 1-5). Fouled out- None. Rebounds-USC 28 (Swillis 6), Stanford 52 (Van Elswyk 12). Assists-USC 5 (Augustine 2), Stanford 22 (Lee 5). Total fouls- USC 19, Stanford 17. A-7,391.

(8) UCLA 74, California 73

At Oakland, Calif., Kris Johnson scored 25 points and J.R. Henderson had 23 as the Bruins (13-2, 4-1) rallied to defeat the Golden Bears (5-7, 1-3).

Geno Carlisle’s layup had given Cal a one-point edge, but Toby Bailey answered with a 3-pointer with 2:22 left and Johnson added two free throws for a 72-68 lead with 1:18 remaining.

Cal had a chance to tie it with a 3-pointer in the final moments. But Sean Marks went in for an uncontested dunk and UCLA inbounded the ball and ran out the last 3 seconds for the victory.

UCLA (13-2) - Bailey 4-8 5-6 16, Johnson 7-16 10-12 25, Henderson 6-10 11-13 23, Davis 3-5 0-1 7, Watson 1-4 0-0 2, McCoy 0-1 1-3 1, Loyd 0-1 0-0 0, Knight 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 27-35 74.

California (5-7) - Gill 6-11 0-0 14, Marks 4-8 3-4 11, Jones 3-8 2-3 8, Kilgore 3-7 6-7 12, Carlisle 4-14 4-6 13, Elson 1-4 1-1 3, King 3-7 0-0 6, Lampley 2-5 2-2 6. Totals 26-64 18-23 73.

Halftime-Cal 32, UCLA 25. 3-Point goals-UCLA 5-17 (Bailey 3-5, Davis 1-3, Johnson 1-6, Henderson 0-1, Loyd 0-1, Knight 0-1), Cal 3-13 (Gill 2-2, Carlisle 1-7, Marks 0-1, Kilgore 0-1, King 0-1, Lampley 0-1). Fouled out-Davis, Jones, Elson. Rebounds-UCLA 37 (Johnson 13), Cal 33 (Marks 12). Assists-UCLA 13 (Davis 6), Cal 10 (Carlisle 4). Total fouls-UCLA 19, Cal 24. Technical- Kilgore. A-10,927.