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Booker Steals Win For Huskies

Associated Press

Pac-10

Jamie Booker stole an inbound pass and converted a three-point play with 8 seconds remaining to lift Washington past Arizona State 72-69 Thursday night at Tempe, Ariz.

After a Jan Wooten free throw pulled the Huskies within 69-67 with 10.7 seconds to go, Booker stole Mike Batiste’s inbound pass and sank a 6-foot jump shot while being fouled by Batiste.

Jeremy Veal missed an off-balance jump shot with 2.1 seconds to go, and Patrick Femerling added a pair of free throws to provide the final margin of victory.

Booker scored five consecutive points and Todd MacCulloch added a layin as the Huskies pulled within 67-66 with 20.7 seconds remaining.

Booker, the lone senior on the Huskies’ roster, downplayed his steal and instead gave credit to his teammates’ defense.

“I don’t think the steal was the big key,” Booker said. “I think the big key was some of the other players denying the basketball on the wing and making them hesitate. I think he (Batiste) lost his balance and had to throw the ball in anywhere. He did and it cost them.”

“We were a little frazzled late in the game when ASU made the rally,” said UW coach Bender, whose Huskies have posted three straight wins over the Sun Devils after losing the previous 14 meetings. “I’m most proud of the end-of-the-game clock management. We didn’t have to get the 3-pointers.”

Washington 72, Arizona St. 69

Washington (16-8) - Sanford 5-10 2-7 13, Booker 4-9 3-4 13, MacCulloch 6-11 2-2 14, Wooten 0-2 1-2 1, Luton 6-10 0-0 17, Femerling 1-1 4-4 6, Watts 1-3 3-5 5, Thompson 1-2 0-0 2, Walcott 0-0 1-2 1, Totals 24-48 16-26 72.

Arizona St. (10-17) - Batiste 5-13 0-0 11, Brewer 2-4 1-1 5, Farrington 5-11 2-2 12, House 4-11 0-0 8, Veal 11-21 6-6 31, Richardson 1-1 0-0 2, Kelly 0-2 0-0 0, Gervin 0-2 0-0 0, Lewis 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 28-65 9-9 69.

Halftime-Washington 38, Arizona St. 34. 3-Point Goals - Washington 8-16 (Luton 5-7, Booker 2-4, Sanford 1-2, Wooten 0-1, Watts 0-2), Arizona St. 4-13 (Veal 3-7, Batiste 1-3, Gervin 0-1, House 0-2). Fouled Out-Farrington, House. Rebounds Washington 43 (Sanford 14), Arizona St. 25 (Farrington 9). Assists-Washington 18 (Wooten 6), Arizona St. 21 (House 5). Total Fouls-Washington 15, Arizona St. 24. A-3,618.

(10) UCLA 81, Oregon St. 69

At Los Angeles, Toby Bailey scored 20 points and the Bruins beat the Beavers, sending Oregon State to its 19th consecutive road loss.

UCLA won its sixth straight overall and ninth straight over the Beavers, whose road losing streak dates to last season.

OREGON ST. (7-18) - Woods 4-6 0-0 8, Knight 1-1 0-0 2, C.Benjamin 10-19 4-6 26, Bickerstaff 3-5 2-6 8, Cunningham 4-7 5-6 15, Vaden 2-6 0-0 4, Marshall 1-2 0-0 2, S.Benjamin 0-1 0-0 0, Grady 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 27-50 11-18 69.

UCLA (18-7) - O’Bannon 7-11 1-1 16, Henderson 3-7 3-6 9, McCoy 3-4 0-0 6, Bailey 6-13 7-8 20, Dollar 7-11 2-2 17, Loyd 1-2 0-0 3, Johnson 3-5 3-4 10, Myers 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-53 16-21 81.

Halftime-UCLA 40, Oregon St. 30. 3-Point goals-Oregon St. 4-11 (Cunningham 2-2, C.Benjamin 2-5, Grady 0-1, Vaden 0-3), UCLA 5-12 (Johnson 1-1, O’Bannon 1-2, Loyd 1-2, Dollar 1-3, Bailey 1-4). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Oregon St. 19 (Knight 5), UCLA 30 (O’Bannon 9). Assists-Oregon St. 14 (Bickerstaff 7), UCLA 16 (Dollar 6). Total fouls-Oregon St. 18, UCLA 16. A-11,048.

Southern California 72, Oregon 69

At Los Angeles, Jaha Wilson came off the bench to score 17 points and grab 11 rebounds at the Trojans kept their NCAA Tournament hopes alive.

Wilson’s layup with 29.3 seconds left gave the Trojans a 70-67 lead. Oregon’s Jamal Lawrence then missed a 3-point shot, and Gary Johnson made two free throws with 17.2 seconds remaining to give the Trojans the cushion they needed.

OREGON (16-9) - Milling 0-3 2-6 2, Curry 3-8 2-4 8, Ramaker 2-7 0-0 4, Wilkins 7-16 0-0 17, Lawrence 7-16 0-0 20, Madden 2-6 1-3 5, Brown 2-8 0-0 5, Carson 0-0 0-0 0, Larry 3-4 0-0 8. McShane 0-1 0-0 0, Nelson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-71 5-14 69.

USC (15-9) - Williams 0-2 2-2 2, Boseman 4-16 2-2 12, Crouse 4-5 8-8 16, Johnson 0-2 2-2 2, Ayuso 1-8 0-0 3, Wilson 7-13 3-4 17, Rhodes 4-11 7-9 16, Sims 0-3 0-0 0, Turner 2-2 0-1 4, Walker 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-62 24-28 72.

Halftime-Oregon 38, USC 38. 3-Point goals-Oregon 12-30 (Lawrence 6-11, Wilkins 3-6, Larry 2-3, Brown 1-4, Ramaker 0-3, Curry 0-3), USC 4-21 (Boseman 2-8, Rhodes 1-4, Ayuso 1-5, Wilson 0-1, Sims 0-3). Fouled out-Milling. Rebounds-Oregon 37 (Ramaker 12), USC 58 (Crouse 12). Assists-Oregon 12 (Wilkins 4), USC 12 (Rhodes 3). Total fouls-Oregon 22, USC 17. A-4,098.