Huskies Get Past Trojans

Pacific-10

Mark Sanford scored 25 points and Todd MacCulloch had 14 points and eight rebounds Saturday as Washington beat Southern California 71-68 in the regular-season finale for both teams.

The Trojans, who trailed most of the way and by as many as 17 points in the second half, pulled within 67-66 with 59 seconds left on a jump shot by Jaha Wilson.

Washington’s Jason Hamilton then made two foul shots with 48 seconds to go, extending the Huskies’ (16-11, 9-9 Pac-10) lead back to three points.

Senior guard Brandon Martin, playing his final game for the Trojans, made a pair of free throws with 30 seconds to play to pull USC within one point again. However, Sanford got behind the defense for a dunk with 16.3 seconds remaining to complete the scoring.

USC’s Stais Boseman missed a 3-point shot with about 5 seconds left that could have tied the game, and Washington’s Jamie Booker got the rebound and threw the ball downcourt. The ball was in the air as time expired.

UW is hoping for an NIT bid.

“This gets us to 16 wins, and we’ll see what happens,” Huskies coach Bob Bender said. “We’ll wait until (today). We’re happy to go anywhere.”

Even when the Huskies were on top by 17 points, at 54-37 with a little more than 13 minutes left, Bender was concerned.

“You expect in the last game of the season that, no matter what, they’re going to make a run,” he said. “We could have panicked when they had us on the ropes, but we didn’t. It was a good win, we needed that.”

Bryant Boston had nine points and Booker had seven rebounds and seven assists to go with three points for the Huskies, who outrebounded the Trojans 39-23.

Wilson and David Crouse led USC (11-19, 4-14) with 16 points each. Crouse also grabbed eight rebounds. Boseman had 14 points and Avondre Jones scored 12 for the Trojans, who lost their final 10 games.

The Trojans were 0-9 under interim coach Henry Bibby, who replaced Charlie Parker when Parker was abruptly fired Feb. 7.

Washington 71, USC 68

Washington (16-10) - Sanford 11-18 1-2 25, MacCulloch 5-6 4-6 14, Hamilton 2-7 2-3 7, Boston 3-8 2-4 9, Booker 1-7 2-2 3, Amos 1-3 0-0 2, Hartman 1-4 1-2 4, Watts 1-2 1-2 3, Femerling 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 26-57 14-23 71.

USC (11-19) - Wilson 6-7 4-5 16, Crouse 8-12 0-1 16, Jones 5-12 2-2 12, Martin 2-12 5-6 9, Boseman 5-15 0-0 14, Strong 0-1 1-2 1, Reuter 0-0 0-0 0, Souferian 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-59 12-16 68.

Halftime-Washington 42, Southern Cal 29. 3-Point goals-Washington 5-12 (Sanford 2-3, Boston 1-2, Hartman 1-2, Hamilton 1-4, Booker 0-1), Southern Cal 4-11 (Boseman 4-10, Martin 0-1). Fouled out-Crouse, Jones. Rebounds- Washington 39 (MacCulloch 8), Southern Cal 23 (Crouse 8). Assists-Washington 19 (Booker 7), Southern Cal 14 (Wilson, Crouse 4). Total fouls-Washington 19, Southern Cal 19. A-1,745.

Oregon 62, Oregon St. 46

The Ducks (16-13 overall, 9-9 Pac-10) boosted their NIT hopes by beating the Beavers (4-23, 2-16) for their seventh win in their last 10 games to wrap up a tie for fifth place in the conference.

Oregon State finished with its lowest season win total since 1919, when the Beavers went 3-13.

It was a defensive struggle most of the way, with both teams committing 16 turnovers. Oregon shot just 37 percent (20 for 54) from the field, but Oregon State shot a dismal 26 percent (16 for 61).

Freshman center A.D. Smith led the way with 14 points for the Ducks, who held Oregon State scoreless for two long stretches in the first half to take control.

Oregon (16-13) - Milling 0-4 2-6 2, Lawrence 4-12 0-0 10, Ramaker 1-1 0-6 2, Wilkins 2-7 7-8 13, Brown 2-7 2-2 7, Quinine 0-2 0-0 0, Curry 5-12 1-5 11, Carson 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 5-7 2-4 14, Williams 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 20-54 14-31 62.

Oregon State (4-23) - Brown 2-9 1-7 6, Petrovich 3-9 9-10 16, Benjamin 3-9 1-2 7, Williams 5-15 0-0 10, Vetter 1-10 1-2 3, Walker 0-3 0-2 0, Roberts 0-1 0-0 0, Edwards 0-2 0-0 0, Riggs 2-3 0-1 4. Totals 16-61 12-24 46.

Halftime-Oregon 24, Oregon State 15. A-7,917.

(11) Arizona 71, California 68

In Tucson, Ariz., Michael Dickerson scored 18 points, including two late free throws, as the Wildcats (24-6, 13-5) came from behind to beat the Golden Bears (17-10, 11-7).

Arizona trailed by 11 in the second half before outscoring Cal 14-3 over the final 6 minutes. Cal missed four free throws in the final 3-1/2 minutes.

Corey Williams put Arizona ahead to stay at 67-65 when he tipped in Dickerson’s miss with 33 seconds left.

Cal (17-10) - Gray 5-7 3-3 14, Gonzalez 5-7 4-4 14, Abdur-Rahim 4-9 1-4 9, McQueen 1-4 0-0 3, Duck 3-6 0-0 9, Gardner 1-3 0-0 3, Fowlkes 3-10 4-7 11, McGruder 2-4 0-0 5, Stewart 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-50 12-18 68.

Arizona (24-6) - McLean 3-7 0-0 8, Williams 5-13 3-4 14, Davis 4-8 2-4 10, Simon 2-8 5-6 9, Geary 2-6 3-4 9, Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Dickerson 6-13 3-4 18, Terry 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 23-58 16-22 71.

Halftime-California 37, Arizona 31. A-14,388.

Stanford 67, Arizona St. 53

In Tempe, Ariz., Andy Poppink sparked a late 15-0 run with seven of his 15 points as the Cardinal (19-8, 12-6) beat the Sun Devils (11-16, 6-12).

Stanford (19-8) - Harbour 3-7 3-4 10, Poppink 8-11 8-9 24, Allaway 4-4 1-1 9, Cross 1-5 3-4 5, Knight 5-13 4-6 14, Weems 0-1 0-0 0, Seaton 1-1 2-3 4, Lee 0-2 0-0 0, Sauer 0-1 1-2 1, Wente 0-0 0-0 0, Thionyi 0-0 0-0 0, Thompson 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 22-45 22-29 67.

Arizona St. (11-16) - Riley 10-20 5-5 27, Farrington 1-2 0-0 2, Zaletel 0-3 3-6 3, Veal 7-17 0-1 15, Brewer 3-8 0-0 6, Richardson 0-0 0-0 0, Holly 0-2 0-0 0, Holman 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 21-53 8-12 53.

Halftime-Stanford 32, Arizona St. 28. A-8,230.