Arizona Dismantles Kansas State

Pac-10/Big Sky/Big West

Kansas State coach Tom Asbury knew what would happen if his team gave No. 8 Arizona even a little bit of breathing room.

“They’ll destroy you and that’s exactly what they did,” Asbury lamented after Arizona gave his team its first loss of the season, 125-87 Tuesday night in the championship game of the Fiesta Bowl in Tucson.

Arizona (9-3) scored the first 27 points of the second half.

“I think defensively we really made it difficult for Kansas State to run their offense,” Arizona coach Lute Olson said. “We did a better job of creating turnovers than we did a good job of converting.”

(7) Stanford 69, Santa Clara 60

At San Jose, Calif., Kris Weems scored 16 points and Arthur Lee had 15 as the Cardinal (11-0) beat the Broncos (8-3) in the championship game of the Cable Car Classic.

Tim Young added 13 points and Ryan Mendez had 10 for Stanford, off to its best start since the 1936-37 team began the season 14-0.

(9) UCLA 74, Illinois 69

At Los Angeles, J.R. Henderson made two free throws with 13 seconds remaining and the Bruins (9-1) survived a 3-point barrage to hold off the Illini (8-5) for their ninth straight victory.

Tennessee 74, USC 70

Also in Los Angeles, Vegas Davis scored 23 points for the unbeaten Volunteers (10-0), who took control midway through the second half en route to victory over the Trojans (4-6).

With the score tied 48-48, C.J. Black hit a short jumper with 15:30 remaining to spark a 15-3 run that put the Volunteers up 63-51 with 9:29 to play.

Oregon St. 71, Boise St. 60

At Hilo, Hawaii, the Beavers (9-2) used a 12-2 run in the second half to put away the Broncos (8-4) in the championship game of the Hilo Holiday Shootout.

Boise State pulled within four at 35-31 when Roberto Bergersen converted a 3-point play with 16:38 to play, but the Beavers went on their decisive run.

Montana St. 77, San Diego 61

At Bozeman, Mont., Damon Ollie scored 16 of his game-high 20 points in the second half to lead the Bobcats (8-3) over the Toreros (7-4) in the championship game of the Buttrey Big Fresh Classic.

Ollie also had a game-high nine rebounds for the Bobcats, and added five steals and two blocks.

Montana 73, Alaska-Fairbanks 53

At Missoula, Bob Olson scored a career-high 21 points and added nine rebounds to lead the Grizzlies (7-6) to victory over the NCAA Division II Nanooks (3-8).

UNLV 62, Nevada 50

At Las Vegas, Tyrone Nesby and Caspars Kambala each scored 16 points and the Rebels (6-5) rallied in the second half to beat the Wolf Pack (4-5).

Kambala, a 6-foot-9 freshman forward, also had 11 rebounds for his eighth double-double in 11 games.

New Mexico St. 87, Virginia 82 (OT)

In Honolulu, Louis Richardson dropped in two free throws with 7.6 seconds left in regulation and then scored six points in overtime to lift the Aggies (9-4) to a come-from-behind victory over the Cavaliers (7-5) in the fifth place game of the Rainbow Classic.

The Aggies trailed by as much as 11 points five minutes into the second half, but steadily cut into the deficit, finally taking the lead on a 3-pointer by Richardson with 7:03 left.

N. Arizona 77, San Jose St. 64

At San Jose, Calif., Andrew Mavis scored a career-high 19 points to lead the Lumberjacks (6-4) over the Spartans (2-8).

Casey Frank, who had a season-high 18 points, has been in double figures for three consecutive games, the longest streak of his collegiate career. He also had 13 rebounds.

Loyola Chicago 73, CS Fullerton 59

In Chicago, Earl Brown had his second straight 21-point game as the Ramblers (8-6) beat the Titans (5-5).