UW Starts With Flurry, Finishes Off Sun Devils

Pac-10

The Washington Huskies built a 30-point lead in the first half, then held on to beat Arizona State 72-61 as the Sun Devils’ Jeremy Veal scored 25 of his 30 points in the second half Thursday night in Seattle.

Washington (11-5, 4-4 Pac-10) saw its seemingly insurmountable lead dwindle to nine points - 65-56 - when Veal scored on a fastbreak layup with 2:43 left.

The Sun Devils (10-10, 2-6) looked completely demoralized when the Huskies led 47-17 after two free throws by Chris Walcott with 1:15 left in the first half. But ASU outscored UW 44-25 the rest of the way.

Washington 72, Arizona St. 61

Arizona St. (10-10, 2-6) - Batiste 1-11 4-6 6, Kelly 1-7 4-6 6, Farrington 5-11 2-3 12, House 2-5 1-2 5, Veal 11-24 6-7 30, Lewis 0-1 2-2 2, Richardson 0-2 0-0 0, Gervin 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 20-66 19-26 61.

Washington (11-5, 4-4) - Sanford 11-16 2-4 25, MacCulloch 6-9 4-6 16, Wooten 4-5 5-6 15, Watts 1-5 2-5 5, Booker 1-6 1-2 3, Luton 2-7 0-0 6, Walcott 0-1 2-2 2, Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Femerling 0-2 0-0 0, Wheeler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-52 16-25 72.

Halftime-Washington 47, Arizona St. 21, 3-Point goals- Arizona St. 2-12 (Veal 2-5, Batiste 0-1, Lewis 0-1, House 0-2, Gervin 0-3), Washington 6-13 (Wooten 2-3, Luton 2-4, Sanford 1-1, Watts 1-2, Thompson 0-1, Booker 0-2). Fouled out-Kelly. Rebounds-Arizona St. 34 (Batiste 7), Washington 44 (MacCulloch 13). Assists-Arizona St. 8 (Kelly 3), Washington 16 (Booker 7). Total fouls-Arizona St. 19, Washington 19. Technicals-Arizona St. bench, Booker. A-5,147.

Oregon 87, UCLA 85 (OT)

Henry Madden sank a 10-foot jumper with 2 seconds left in overtime to give the Ducks a victory over the Bruins in Eugene, Ore.

Madden scored six of his 14 points in overtime after Oregon blew a seven-point lead in the final 3:32 of regulation.

UCLA has lost three of its last four trips to noisy McArthur Court.

UCLA (11-6, 6-2) - O’Bannon 6-15 5-5 17, Henderson 5-7 1-4 11, McCoy 7-8 4-5 18, Dollar 1-2 2-4 4, Bailey 8-17 4-6 24, Loyd 0-2 0-0 0, Myers 1-1 0-0 2, Johnson 2-6 4-4 9. Totals 30-58 20-28 85.

Oregon (12-5, 3-5) - Milling 1-4 5-8 7, Lawrence 6-13 0-0 18, Ramaker 0-0 0-0 0, Wilkins 6-11 5-6 18, Brown 5-11 0-1 12, Madden 6-10 2-3 14, Larry 1-1 0-0 2, Curry 3-7 1-4 7, McShane 1-2 1-2 3, Nelson 3-3 0-0 6, Carson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-62 14-24 87.

Halftime-Oregon 36, UCLA 34. Regulation-Oregon 74, UCLA 74. 3-Point goals-UCLA 5-17 (Bailey 4-10, Johnson 1-2, Loyd 0-2, O’Bannon 0-3), Oregon 9-21 (Lawrence 6-11, Brown 2-7, Wilkins 1-3). Fouled out-Milling. Rebounds-UCLA 33 (McCoy 8), Oregon 32 (Milling, Ramaker, Madden 5). Assists-UCLA 12 (McCoy 4), Oregon 16 (Ramaker, Wilkins 4). Total fouls-UCLA 20, Oregon 25. Technicals-Milling. A-10,024.

Southern Cal 71, Oregon St 68

Rodrick Rhodes scored a game-high 20 points despite playing the final 11 minutes with four fouls as the Trojans defeated the Beavers in Corvallis, Ore.

The Beavers missed a 3 in the final seconds that would have tied it.

Southern Cal (10-7, 5-3) - Wilson 6-9 1-2 13, Boseman 3-11 4-5 10, Crouse 1-4 4-4 6, Rhodes 7-13 4-6 20, Ayuso 4-9 0-0 10, Turner 2-6 2-2 6, Williams 1-2 3-4 5, Sims 0-1 0-0 0, White 0-1 1-2 1, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Souferian 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-57 19-25 71.

Oregon State (5-12, 1-7) Woods 4-6 0-0 8, S. Benjamin 0-0 0-0 0, Grady 4-8 1-2 12, C. Benjamin 4-13 4-6 12, Cunningham 5-9 1-3 12, Petrovic 2-2 0-0 5, Bickerstaff 1-4 0-0 2, Vaden 2-6 0-0 5, Marshall 5-7 0-1 10, Knight 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 28-56 6-12 68.

Halftime-Oregon State 36, Southern Cal 32. 3-Point goals- Southern Cal 4-14 (Rhodes 2-3, Ayuso 2-5, Sims 0-1, Boseman 0-5), Oregon State 6-18 (Grady 3-5, Petrovic 1-1, Cunningham 1-2, Vaden 1-5, Bickerstaff 0-1, C. Benjamin 0-4). Fouled out-C. Benjamin. Rebounds-Southern Cal 38 (Boseman 6), Oregon State 31 (Woods 9). Assists-Southern Cal 10 (Boseman 4), Oregon State 17 (Bickerstaff 6). Total fouls-Southern Cal 17, Oregon State 24. Technicals-S. Benjamin 2, Rhodes. A-6,255.