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Sanford Fuels UW Over Osu

Associated Press

Mark Sanford had 21 points and 15 rebounds as Washington overpowered Oregon State 87-78 Saturday night in Corvallis, Ore.

The Huskies jumped to a 13-2 lead and never trailed.

Jan Wooten added 15 points, while Donald Watts and Chris Thompson each had 12 for Washington.

Corey Benjamin scored 19, Terrill Woods a career-high 18 and Carson Cunningham 16 for Oregon State.

The Beavers came within four points twice in the second half, the last time at 75-71 on two free throws by Woods with 4:07 to play.

But on Washington’s next possession, Thompson found Todd MacCulloch for a layup with 3:32 to play to boost the lead to 77-71. Woods made 1 of 2 free throws to make it 77-72, but the 7-foot MacCulloch got free for another layup with 2:51 to play to put the Huskies up 79-72.

Washington made 6 of 10 free throws down the stretch.

The Huskies dominated the rebounds 43-22, offsetting their 22 turnovers.

Washington 87, Oregon St. 78

Washington (13-6) - Sanford 7-11 6-8 21, MacCulloch 3-5 1-2 7, Wooten 5-8 2-2 15, Watts 3-10 6-10 12, Booker 3-8 3-4 9, Femerling 2-2 3-4 7, Luton 1-1 0-0 3, Thompson 3-5 6-6 12, Walcott 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 27-51 28-38 87.

Oregon St. (6-14) - Woods 6-11 6-11 18, Marshall 0-0 0-0 0, Grady 2-6 3-4 7, Bickerstaff 1-3 0-0 2, Cunningham 6-14 4-4 17, S. Benjamin 0-5 0-0 0, C. Benjamin 6-14 3-3 19, Knight 1-1 1-2 3, Vaden 0-2 0-0 0, Riggs 4-4 0-0 10, Petrovic 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 27-61 17-24 78.

Halftime-Washington 43, Oregon St. 37. 3-Point goals- Washington 5-15 (Wooten 3-5, Luton 1-1, Sanford 1-4, Watts 0-2, Booker 0-3), Oregon St. 7-19 (C. Benjamin 4-9, Riggs 2-2, Petrovic 1-1, Grady 0-2, Vaden 0-2, S. Benjamin 0-3). Fouled out-MacCulloch, Femerling, Grady, C. Benjamin. Rebounds-Washington 43 (Sanford 15), Oregon St. 22 (Woods 7). Assists-Washington 17 (Booker 5), Oregon St. 13 (Cunningham 5). Total fouls-Washington 19, Oregon St. 25. Technicals-Petrovic, Riggs. A-9,881.

UCLA 87, (18) Stanford 68

Charles O’Bannon scored 23 points and the Bruins avenged a 48-point loss to Stanford last month with a victory over the Cardinal in Los Angeles.

The Bruins (13-7) share first place in the Pacific-10 Conference at 8-3 with crosstown rival Southern California. Stanford continues to slide out of contention, with its fourth straight conference road loss and fourth defeat in six games.

A month ago, Stanford dealt the Bruins their worst loss ever, 109-61. Stanford point guard Brevin Knight had 20 of his 25 points in the first half when UCLA trailed by 31.

This time, Knight couldn’t help his team overcome a 36-29 halftime deficit. He was 2 of 7 from the field in the opening 20 minutes and he finished with 14 points.

The Bruins broke it open with a 14-4 spurt, including four points each by Toby Bailey, J.R. Henderson and Jelani McCoy, to take a 50-33 lead with 13:48 remaining.

The Cardinal never cut their deficit to single digits after the opening few minutes of the second half, shooting 39 percent for the game and making just 7 of 22 3-pointers.

Stanford (13-6) - Sauer 2-7 0-0 4, Young 1-7 1-2 3, Weems 6-11 0-0 16, Lee 5-12 0-0 12, Knight 6-16 2-3 14, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0, Madsen 1-3 8-9 10, Mendez 0-1 0-0 0, Van Elswyk 1-1 0-0 2, Moseley 2-5 0-0 5, Seaton 1-1 0-0 2, Tshionyi 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-64 11-14 68.

UCLA (13-7) - O’Bannon 6-10 10-11 23, Henderson 4-7 4-6 12, McCoy 6-8 0-0 12, Bailey 5-11 0-2 12, Dollar 3-6 5-7 11, Johnson 6-9 5-6 17, Loyd 0-1 0-0 0, Myers 0-0 0-0 0, McGautha 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-52 24-32 87.

Halftime-UCLA 36, Stanford 29. 3-Point goals-Stanford 7-22 (Weems 4-6, Lee 2-5, Moseley 1-3, Mendez 0-1, Sauer 0-3, Knight 0-4), UCLA 3-8 (Bailey 2-3, O’Bannon 1-2, Dollar 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Loyd 0-1). Fouled out-Madsen. Rebounds-Stanford 28 (Young 10), UCLA 36 (O’Bannon 12). Assists-Stanford 9 (Knight 5), UCLA 15 (McCoy 5). Total fouls-Stanford 27, UCLA 19. A-12,378.

USC 93, California 85

In Los Angeles, Stais Boseman scored 22 points and David Crouse had 20 points and nine rebounds as the Trojans beat the Bears for their fourth consecutive victory.

The Trojans went ahead for good by outscoring the Golden Bears 22-7 to finish the first half, giving them a 52-43 advantage. USC then went on a 16-6 run to start the second half to make it 68-49.

Cal, which had its six-game winning streak snapped, scored the next 10 points to draw within nine, but USC responded with a 9-0 run to clinch the victory.

California (16-6) - Grigsby 1-4 2-4 4, Stewart 2-5 1-2 5, Gray 6-14 7-8 22, Duck 4-8 4-4 13, McGruder 4-10 3-4 13, Marks 5-11 2-2 12, McQueen 4-9 0-0 11, Jones 2-3 1-1 5, Jackson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-65 20-25 85.

USC (13-7) - Wilson 4-4 0-1 8, Boseman 6-12 9-10 22, Crouse 6-10 8-10 20, Rhodes 4-10 2-5 11, Ayuso 5-8 0-0 12, Johnson 1-4 2-2 4, Turner 1-3 4-4 6, Williams 2-2 6-6 10, Sims 0-0 0-0 0, White 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-54 31-38 93.

Halftime-USC 52, California 43. 3-Point goals-California 9-21 (Gray 3-5, McQueen 3-8, McGruder 2-3, Duck 1-3, Marks 0-1, Jackson 0-1), USC 4-10 (Ayuso 2-4, Boseman 1-2, Rhodes 1-4). Fouled out-Grigsby, Crouse, Ayuso. Rebounds-California 29 (Grigsby 5), USC 33 (Crouse 9). Assists-California 19 (Duck 6), USC 13 (Boseman 6). Total fouls-California 26, USC 26. A-5,294.