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Simon Leads Arizona Past Osu

Associated Press

Pac-10 men

Miles Simon scored 23 points and No. 6 Arizona overcame a sluggish performance to beat Oregon State 93-80 Sunday in Tucson, Ariz., the Wildcats’ 10th straight victory.

The Wildcats (17-3, 7-0 Pac-10) beat the Beavers (10-9, 1-7) for the 16th consecutive time.

Michael Dickerson had 19 points for Arizona, while A.J. Bramlett added 14 points and eight rebounds and Mike Bibby had 13 points and nine assists.

Corey Benjamin led Oregon State with 24 points.

(6) Arizona 93, Oregon State 80

Oregon State (10-9) - Bickerstaff 6-7 4-5 17, S.Benjamin 1-4 0-0 2, Woods 2-4 0-0 4, Tanner 6-11 0-0 15, C.Benjamin 8-14 6-8 24, Vaden 3-8 0-0 7, Walton 0-0 0-0 0, Petrovic 2-5 0-0 5, Greene 2-2 0-2 4, Heide 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 30-56 12-17 80.

Arizona (17-3) - Davison 1-1 0-0 2, Dickerson 7-17 4-6 19, Bramlett 6-8 2-7 14, Bibby 6-17 0-3 13, Simon 7-12 6-7 23, Pastner 1-1 0-0 2, Harris 2-3 1-2 5, Tebbs 0-1 0-0 0, Wessel 0-0 1-2 1, Terry 4-6 0-0 10, Edgerson 0-1 4-4 4, Jenkins 0-0 0-0 0, Stewart 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-67 18-31 93.

Halftime-Arizona 41, Oregon State 30. 3-Point goals-Oregon State 8-23 (Tanner 3-4, C Benjamin 2-7, Bickerstaff 1-1, Vaden 1-6, Petrovic 1-3, S.Benjamin 0-1, Woods 0-1), Arizona 7-19 (Dickerson 1-5, Bibby 1-6, Simon 3-4, Tebbs 0-1, Terry 2-3). Fouled out- None. Rebounds-Oregon State 29 (Woods 5), Arizona 36 (Bramlett 8). Assists-Oregon State 18 (Tanner 6), Arizona 20 (Bibby 9). Total fouls-Oregon State 22, Arizona 15. A-14,525.

(9) UCLA 88, Louisville 82

At Los Angeles, J.R. Henderson scored a career-high 32 points as the Bruins (15-3) blew most of a 24-point lead in the second half then held on to beat the Cardinals (8-12).

Toby Bailey and Kris Johnson combined to score all of UCLA’s final seven points when Louisville got within five with 1:12 to play. Bailey finished with 19 points and Johnson had 13.

Nate Johnson scored 23 points to pace the Cardinals.

Louisville (8-12) - Dantzler 2-2 3-3 7, N.Johnson 9-19 4-6 23, Sanders 5-10 2-4 13, Maybin 3-10 6-6 13, Murray 1-10 0-1 2, Williams 1-4 0-0 3, E.Johnson 6-12 0-0 16, J.Johnson 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 29-70 15-20 82.

UCLA (15-3) - K.Johnson 5-9 3-4 13, Henderson 13-17 5-10 32, Bailey 7-12 4-6 19, Davis 3-5 2-4 8, Watson 2-6 0-0 4, McCoy 0-0 2-2 2, Loyd 1-1 0-0 3, Reed 3-5 1-2 7, Knight 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-55 17-28 88.

Halftime-UCLA 52, Louisville 34. 3-point goals-Louisville 9-26 (E.Johnson 4-6, J.Johnson 1-2, N.Johnson 1-3, Williams 1-3, Sanders 1-4, Maybin 1-5, Murray 0-3), UCLA 3-10 (Loyd 1-1, Henderson 1-1, Bailey 1-3, K.Johnson 0-2, Watson 0-3). Fouled out-E.Johnson, Davis. Rebounds-Louisville 33 (N.Johnson 11), UCLA 37 (Bailey 11). Assists-Louisville 16 (Murray 9), UCLA 18 (Davis 7). Total fouls-Louisville 22, UCLA 17. A-10,059.