Washington Wins Easily Over Usc

Pac-10

Washington’s Mark Sanford couldn’t understand why anyone was surprised.

“The last nine to 10 games of last year I averaged 22 points, all against Pac-10 opponents,” Sanford said. “I’m capable of it every night.”

The 6-foot-8 sophomore forward was at his slam-dunking best Thursday night, tying his career high of 35 points in 30 minutes in the Huskies’ 94-72 win over Southern California.

The high-jumping Sanford had four dunks, made 13 of 19 shots, was 3 for 3 from 3-point range and had 11 rebounds as the Huskies won their league opener in their most impressive game of the season.

“That was by far our best performance,” coach Bob Bender said.

And how about Sanford’s performance?

“He just took over,” USC coach Charlie Parker said.

Sanford had 20 points in the first half as Washington built a 15-point lead. By the time he fouled out with 5:53 left, Washington led 77-50.

“I don’t think this should be a surprise to anybody,” Sanford said. “I hope it gets our team some recognition and helps us get ranked in the polls.”

Jason Hamilton, the Huskies’ point guard, scored 10 points and Jason Hartman came off the bench and got 10.

Washington 94, USC 72

USC (7-5) - Wilson 2-5 2-4 6, Boseman 2-10 3-5 8, Crouse 2-4 6-6 10, Martin 4-9 4-5 13, Murray 3-7 4-6 10, Jones 3-10 0-2 6, Strong 1-1 3-4 5, Dawson 2-3 1-2 5, Reuter 1-7 2-2 4, Slaughter 1-2 0-0 3, Souferian 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 22-59 25-36 72.

WASHINGTON (8-2) - Sanford 13-19 6-9 35, MacCulloch 2-3 0-0 4, Hamilton 3-8 2-3 10, Boston 2-7 2-2 7, Booker 3-5 1-2 8, Hartman 2-5 6-9 10, Watts 2-6 2-2 6, Roberson 1-1 2-4 5, Femerling 2-2 0-0 4, Amos 1-5 1-2 3, Thompson 0-0 2-4 2, Wheeler 0-1 0-0 0, Lopez 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-62 24-37 94.

Halftime-Washington 44, USC 29.

California 99, (9) Arizona 75

At Oakland, Calif., Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 22 points, including 11 during a 16-5 run to open the second half, as the Bears (6-3, 1-0) made 11 3-pointers and upset the Wildcats (10-2, 0-1).

It was the worst loss for Arizona since a 111-58 defeat at UCLA in 1983.

Ed Gray added 22 points and Randy Duck had 20 - both tying their career highs - for the Bears, who had fallen out of the top 25 while losing three of their previous four games.

Abdur-Rahim, a freshman, scored 16 points in the second half for California. The Bears were 11 of 15 on 3-pointers.

ARIZONA (10-2) - Davis 8-10 4-5 20, Dickerson 4-10 1-2 9, Blair 6-8 2-3 14, Simon 1-7 2-4 5, Geary 2-11 0-0 4, Williams 5-6 0-0 12, McLean 4-5 0-0 11, Bramlett 0-0 0-2 0, Eafon 0-0 0-0 0, Terry 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-57 9-16 75.

CALIFORNIA (6-3) - Abdur-Rahim 6-12 9-12 22, Gardner 6-6 1-2 16, Stewart 0-1 2-2 2, Duck 4-8 9-10 20, McGruder 1-2 8-10 10, Gray 8-14 2-4 22, Gonzalez 1-3 1-2 3, McQueen 2-4 0-0 4, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Owens 0-1 0-0 0. Marks 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-51 32-42 99.

Halftime-California 44, Arizona 43.

Stanford 83, Arizona St. 70

At Stanford, Calif., Andy Poppink scored 25 points and David Harbour had 22 as the Cardinal (7-2, 1-0) beat the Sun Devils (5-4, 0-1).

Dion Cross added 15 points and Brevin Knight 11 for Stanford, which won for only the second time in its last eight meetings with Arizona State.

Knight also had eight assists while Harbour and Darren Allaway each had eight rebounds.

Ron Riley, held to four points in the first half, finished with a game-high 26 to lead the Sun Devils. Jeremy Veal had 15 and Quincy Brewer 14 for Arizona State, which was outrebounded 41-29 and outscored heavily at the free throw line.

ARIZONA ST. (5-4) - Farrington 1-4 0-0 2, Brewer 6-11 2-4 14, Oziwo 0-0 0-2 0, Veal 5-16 4-5 15, Riley 10-18 2-2 26, Zaletel 1-4 0-0 2, Holly 4-7 0-0 11, Richardson 0-0 0-0, Davis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-60 8-13 70.

STANFORD (7-2) - Harbour 6-11 9-12 22, Poppink 10-18 5-7 25, Allaway 1-4 1-2 3, Cross 6-11 2-2 15, Knight 2-6 6-6 11, Weems 0-1 0-0 0, Sauer 0-2 1-2 1, Seaton 0-1 0-0 0, Jackson 1-2 2-2 4, Lee 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 27-58 26-33 83.

Halftime-Stanford 32, Arizona State 28. 3-Point goals- Arizona St. 8-19 (Riley 4-7, Holly 3-6, Veal 1-6), Stanford 3-11 (Knight 1-2, Cross 1-4, Harbour 1-4, Jackson 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Arizona St. 29 (Brewer, Riley, Zaletel 6), Stanford 41 (Harbour, Allaway 8). Assists-Arizona St. 13 (Veal 5), Stanford 19 (Knight 8). Technicals-Arizona St. bench. Total fouls-Arizona St. 26, Stanford 16. A-4,894.