Pac-12 basketball: Colorado pounds short-handed Washington

Josh Scott scored 21 points with nine rebounds to lead Colorado over Washington 64-47 in Pac-12 play on Thursday in Seattle.

Xavier Johnson had 11 points and seven rebounds, and Xavier Talton added 10 points for Colorado, which won on the road for just the second time this season.

Andrew Andrews led the Huskies with 20 points and Mike Anderson added 11. Washington has now lost three in a row and 10 of the last 11.

The Buffaloes struggled at times on offense early, but still opened up a 20-6 lead in the game’s first 12 minutes and led 30-17 at the half. Colorado took advantage of Washington’s lack of depth inside as Scott scored 14 of his points in the first half.

Washington cut the lead to 41-36 with 15 minutes to play, but Colorado again wore down Washington by going inside. Johnson and Jaron Hopkins both had a pair of dunks as Colorado went on a 15-6 run to take full control.

The Huskies were playing short-handed. Senior forward Shawn Kemp, Jr., missed his third straight game when he strained a calf in practice this week after recovering from a concussion. Freshman guard Donaven Dorsey was also out with turf toe, leaving Washington with seven healthy scholarship players.

UW looked out of sorts for most of the first half, shooting 25.8 percent — including 0 of 7 on 3-pointers.

UW found its shooting touch after halftime. The Huskies made four field goals in the first two minutes of the second half — as many as they made in the first 14 minutes of the first half.

Andrews’ third 3-pointer of the half cut the lead to 41-36 with 15 minutes to play.

Colorado made sure that was as close as the Huskies would get.

(5) Arizona 99, California 60: Brandon Ashley matched his career high with 21 points, T.J. McConnell tied his career best with 11 assists and the Wildcats made certain they would finish alone atop the Pac-12 in the regular season with a rout of the Golden Bears in Tucson, Arizona.

Tyrone Wallace scored 16 points for the Bears.

It was the most one-sided victory for Arizona and most lopsided loss for Cal this season.

Kaleb Tarczewski added 14 points and Stanley Johnson had 12 for the Wildcats, who had six players in double figures.

Arizona State 67, Stanford 62: Shaquielle McKissic scored a career-high 23 points and the Sun Devils defeated the Cardinal in Tempe, Arizona.

Chasson Randle overcame a quiet first half to finish with 16 points to lead Stanford.