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Roy goes into overdrive

Brandon Roy had the touch against ASU, scoring 35 points. He reached his season average of 16 in the first half. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Brandon Roy had the touch against ASU, scoring 35 points. He reached his season average of 16 in the first half. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

SEATTLE – Brandon Roy made good on a season-long promise to turn up his game in Pacific-10 play, scoring a career-high 35 points to lead No. 7 Washington to a 91-67 victory over Arizona State on Thursday night in the conference opener for both teams.

Roy matched his season average of 16 points in the first half, which ended with the Huskies rallying to take a 40-38 lead. He scored his next 14 points in the first 11 minutes of the second half as Washington (11-0) extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 32 games.

The Huskies are off to their best start since the 1975-76 team began 14-0.

Kevin Kruger had 18 points for Arizona State (6-4), which has lost five straight Pac-10 openers. The Sun Devils have six new players from last season’s 18-14 team. They lost Pac-10 Player of the Year Ike Diogu to the NBA last summer and senior forward Allen Morill to knee surgery this month.

Washington scored the final four points of the first half and the first 10 after halftime to seize control of a rugged, physical game. Roy punctuated the second-half start with a 3-pointer and mini strut to celebrate.

When he made his fourth 3-pointer in as many tries 2 minutes later, Washington had its biggest lead, 57-45 with 15:20 left. Roy’s next act was a soaring slam of a lob pass from Justin Dentmon with 12:23 left. That increased the lead to 63-47 and left the sellout crowd roaring.

Washington 91, Arizona St. 67

Arizona State (6-4, 0-1)—Pendergraph 3-5 0-1 6, Angounou 2-7 0-0 4, Krueger 4-12 2-2 13, Kruger 3-7 9-10 18, Jackson 0-0 2-2 2, Atuahene 4-9 2-4 10, Alridge II 0-1 0-0 0, Seay 1-7 1-2 4, Claudino 1-2 0-0 2, Goldstein 2-4 4-4 8. Totals 20-54 20-25 67.

Washington (11-0, 1-0)—Jones Jr. 1-4 9-11 11, Williams 4-11 4-8 12, Brockman 3-7 0-0 6, Roy 13-22 4-5 35, Dentmon 3-10 5-5 11, Smith 3-6 2-2 9, Appleby 1-3 0-0 3, Gasser 0-2 0-0 0, Jensen 1-3 1-2 4. Totals 29-68 25-33 91.

Halftime—Washington 40, Arizona State 38. 3-point goals—Arizona State 7-18 (Krueger 3-6, Kruger 3-7, Seay 1-4, Atuahene 0-1), Washington 8-18 (Roy 5-5, Smith 1-2, Jensen 1-3, Appleby 1-3, Gasser 0-1, Jones Jr. 0-2, Dentmon 0-2). Fouled out—Krueger, Pendergraph. Rebounds—Arizona State 34 (Krueger, Pendergraph 6), Washington 42 (Jones Jr. 7). Assists—Arizona State 16 (Jackson 6), Washington 15 (Dentmon, Roy 4). Total fouls—Arizona State 24, Washington 19. A—10,000.