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Oregon Stuns No. 15 Asu

Associated Press

Pac-10

When the 3-pointers wouldn’t drop, Oregon turned to another of its strengths - rebounding - to beat nemesis Arizona State.

“I really wasn’t thinking at the time. I just tried to get it up as quick as I could and tapped it in,” Zack Sellers said Thursday night after putting back an airball by teammate Kenya Wilkins for the buzzer-beating basket that defeated the No. 15 Sun Devils 73-72 in Tempe, Ariz.

Had Wilkins’ 16-footer from the baseline hit metal, there wouldn’t have been time for another shot.

It was just one facet of a dramatic comeback by the Ducks (8-5 Pac-10, 16-6), who trailed by 14 points three times in the second half - the last at 63-49 with 10:19 to go.

Arizona State’s Marcell Capers scored with 22 seconds remaining. The Ducks got the ball out of bounds twice, the second time when Orlando Williams dribbled off his foot. He and Isaac Burton dived for it, resulting in a jump ball with 5.9 seconds left and an inbounds pass to Wilkins.

Mario Bennett had 12 of his 19 points in the second half, and pulled down 11 rebounds for the Sun Devils (9-5, 19-7).

Oregon hadn’t won in Tempe since February 1988 and had dropped 11 of its 13 previous games with the Sun Devils.

Oregon 73, (15) Arizona St. 72

OREGON (16-6)

Madden 4-6 3-4 11, Parker 4-7 0-0 9, Potter 5-6 2-3 12, Wilkins 2-9 0-0 4, Williams 5-8 1-5 12, Lyden 2-6 2-2 6, Sellers 3-5 2-2 8, Runyon 3-5 5-7 11, Lawrence 0-7 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-59 15-23 73.

ARIZONA ST (19-7)

Riley 8-15 3-3 21, Brewer 1-4 1-2 3, Bennett 7-15 5-8 19, Capers 4-7 2-2 11, Burton 2-9 4-4 8, Veal 3-8 0-0 8, Bacon 1-2 0-0 2, Hargrays 0-0 0-0 0, Zaletel 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-61 15-19 72.

Halftime-Arizona St. 40, Oregon 34. 3-Point goals-Oregon 2-17 (Parker 1-1, Williams 1-4, Madden 0-1, Wilkins 0-2, Lyden 0-4, Lawrence 0-5), Arizona St. 5-16 (Veal 2-4, Riley 2-5, Capers 1-2, Brewer 0-1, Burton 0-4). Fouled out-None. Rebounds- Oregon 40 (Madden 7), Arizona St. 33 (Bennett 11). Assists- Oregon 15 (Wilkins 8), Arizona St. 18 (Capers 5). Total fouls- Oregon 18, Arizona St. 20. A-9,549.

(2) UCLA 104, California 88

Ed O’Bannon tied a school record with seven 3-point baskets during a 27-point performance in Berkeley, Calif., and the Bruins (13-2, 20-2) stopped their stumbling against the Bears (4-9, 12-10).

George Zidek added a career-high 25 points and Tyus Edney had 14 for the Bruins, who won their eighth straight since a 100-93 loss to Cal at Pauley Pavilion on Jan. 28.UCLA shot a season-best 66.7 percent from the floor to keep Cal winless in six conference games at home.O’Bannon made nine of his 13 shots from the field.Monty Buckley led Cal with 19 points and K.J Roberts added 18 points off the bench.

UCLA (20-2)

C.O’Bannon 5-8 2-3 12, E.O’Bannon 9-13 2-2 27, Zidek 11-13 3-4 25, Edney 5-10 5-7 15, Bailey 5-9 1-2 11, Dollar 1-1 2-2 4, Henderson 2-4 0-1 4, Nwankwo 1-1 0-0 2, Givens 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 2-2 2, Myers 0-0 0-0 0, Dempsey 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 40-60 17-23 104.

CALIFORNIA (12-10)

Buckley 6-13 4-6 19, Duck 2-10 2-2 7, Stewart 2-4 5-7 9, Gardner 4-8 4-4 13, McQueen 0-2 1-4 1, Fowlkes 4-11 6-14 16, Jamison 2-3 1-2 5, Gonzalez 0-1 0-0 0, Roberts 6-10 2-3 18. Totals 26-62 25-42 88.

Halftime-UCLA 48, California 37. 3-Point goals-UCLA 7-14 (E.O’Bannon 7-9, Edney 0-2, Bailey 0-3), California 11-31 (Roberts 4-7, Buckley 3-8, Fowlkes 2-5, Gardner 1-3, Duck 1-6, McQueen 0-2). Fouled out-Zidek. Rebounds-UCLA 37 (Zidek 8), California 32 (Stewart 11). Assists-UCLA 32 (Edney 11), California 17 (Gardner 8). Total fouls-UCLA 25, California 20. A-6,578.

(13) Arizona 83, Oregon St. 69

Damon Stoudamire scored 20 of his 28 points in the second half, and the Wildcats broke the game open with a 23-4 run in a victory over the Beavers in Tucson, Ariz. The Beavers (3-10, 6-16) took a 48-46 lead early in the second half, but Stoudamire hit two 3-pointers in a 13-0 run to put UA (10-4, 20-6) up for good.

OREGON STATE (6-16)

Barry 9-13 5-5 25, Hoff 6-15 5-6 18, J.Brown 1-5 0-0 2, S.Brown 6-16 2-4 15, Vetter 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 1-3 0-0 3, Boline 2-3 0-0 4, Edwards 0-2 0-0 0, Stephens 0-0 0-0 0, Weisensee 0-0 0-0 0, Benjamin 1-3 0-0 2, Heredia 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-64 12-15 69.

ARIZONA (20-6)

Owes 6-13 2-2 14, Simon 2-6 0-0 6, Blair 9-11 1-4 19, Stoudamire 9-18 6-6 28, Geary 2-8 0-0 5, Davis 2-4 2-2 6, Eafon 0-1 0-0 0, McLean 1-6 1-2 3, Dickerson 0-0 0-0 0, Barmentloo 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Kelley 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 32-70 12-16 83.

Halftime-Oregon St. 41, Arizona 41. 3-Point goals-Oregon St. 5-17 (Barry 2-5, Hoff 1-2, Williams 1-2, S.Brown 1-6, Vetter 0-1, Boline 0-1), Arizona 7-17 (Stoudamire 4-8, Simon 2-3, Geary 1-3, Eafon 0-1, McLean 0-1, Williams 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Oregon St. 33 (Barry, Hoff 7), Arizona 44 (Blair 12). Assists-Oregon St. 14 (S. Brown 5), Arizona 19 (Stoudamire 10). Total fouls-Oregon St. 12, Arizona 15. Technical-Davis. A-14,257.

(19) Stanford 90, Southern Cal 78

Freshman center Tim Young overcame foul trouble and scored 12 of his 18 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half to spark the Cardinal to a victory in Stanford, Calif.

Young was limited to just 8 minutes in the first half because of early foul trouble. But his game came alive after halftime as Stanford (8-6, 17-6) pulled away from a 41-38 halftime advantage. The loss was the 10th straight for Southern Cal (2-12, 7-17). SOUTHERN CAL (7-17)

Wilson 6-15 2-3 14, Boseman 3-12 0-0 8, Orr 11-16 4-9 26, Reuter 1-1 0-0 2, Murray 3-9 0-0 8, Martin 4-10 3-3 13, Harris 1-2 0-0 3, Crouse 1-3 0-0 2, Green 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 31-70 9-15 78.

STANFORD (17-6)

Allaway 1-2 1-2 3, Poppink 5-10 2-4 13, Young 8-9 2-4 18, Cross 4-10 2-4 13, Knight 5-14 4-7 14, Lammersen 2-2 3-6 7, Harbour 4-8 6-6 16, Manley 3-3 0-1 6, Jackson 0-2 0-0 0, Gravely 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-60 20-34 90.

Halftime-Stanford 41, Southern Cal 38. 3-point goals- Southern Cal 7-18 (Martin 2-2, Murray 2-6, Boseman 2-6, Harris 1-2, Wilson 0-1, Green 0-1), Stanford 6-15 (Cross 3-7, Harbour 2-3, Poppink 1-2, Knight 0-3). Fouled out-Boseman. Rebounds- Southern Cal 37 (Wilson, Orr 11), Stanford 41 (Knight 9). Assists- Southern Cal 16 (Orr, Murray, Harris 3), Stanford 20 (Knight 13). Total fouls-Southern Cal 24, Stanford 16. A-4,698.