ASU sweeps Stanford behind Diogu’s 39 points

Ike Diogu scored 20 of his career-high 39 points in the second half as the Arizona State Sun Devils (16-6, 5-5 Pac-10) rallied to beat Stanford Cardinal (12-8, 6-4) 74-67 Thursday night in Tempe, Ariz.

Diogu added 11 rebounds for his 12th double-double for the Sun Devils, who have won three of four and swept the Cardinal for the first time since the 1993-94 season.

Diogu was 16 for 26 from the floor, setting career highs in field goals made and attempted en route to his ninth career 30-point game.

Nick Robinson scored 17 and Matt Haryasz and Chris Hernandez added 12 each to lead Stanford, which saw its six-game winning streak snapped.

Arizona St. 74, Stanford 67

Stanford (12-8) – Grunfeld 2-10 5-6 10, Haryasz 6-14 2-2 14, Little 2-6 2-4 6, Hernandez 4-9 2-4 12, Robinson 6-8 5-6 17, Finger 0-0 0-0 0, Haas-4 0-0 4, Washington 1-2 2-2 4, Prowitt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-538-24 67.

Arizona State (16-6) – Diogu 16-26 6-6 39, Angounou 1-6 0-0 2, Braxton 0-0 0-0 0, Krueger 2-5 0-0 5, Moore 2-8 0-0 5, Kruger 2-6 9-10 15, Jackson 1-3-6 8, Fameni 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-54 20-22 74.

Halftime—Arizona St. 27, Stanford 25. 3-Point Goals— Stanford 3-9 (Hernandez 2-5, Grunfeld 1-2, Robinson 0-1), Arizona St. 6-15Kruger 2-5, Krueger 1-2, Moore 1-2, Diogu 1-3, Jackson 1-3).ouled Out—none. Rebounds—Stanford 42 (Little 14), Arizona St. 27Diogu 11). Assists—Stanford 7 (Hernandez 3), Arizona St. 12Braxton, Krueger, Jackson 3). Total Fouls—Stanford 21, Arizona St.9. A—9,960.

(14) Arizona 97, California 76

Channing Frye had 20 points and seven rebounds and the Wildcats (18-4, 8-2) beat the Golden Bears (11-9, 4-6) at Tucson, Ariz.

Salim Stoudamire contributed 17 points and Hassan Adams had 15 and Mustafa Shakur added 10 for Arizona.

Arizona won for the 15th time in 17 games, but the previous outing was one of its worst in decades – a lead-blowing debacle at home against Washington State, which had lost 38 in a row to the Wildcats.

The Wildcats came in with an edge, and it showed as they improved to 9-0 when scoring at least 80 points.

Richard Midgley led the Golden Bears with 18 points and six rebounds. Rod Benson had 12 points and Martin Smith 11 for Cal.

California (11-9) – McGuire 4-9 1-2 9, Hardin 4-7 0-0 8, Benson 6-12 0-0 12, Ubaka 0-7 0-2 0, Smith 4-7 1-2 11, Midgley 6-14 0-0 18, Kately 4-10 0-1 8, Langford 1-2 4-6 6, Pribble 1-1 2-2 4, Vierneisel 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-69 8-15 76.

Arizona (18-4) – Adams 7-7 1-1 15, Radenovic 2-3 1-2 5, Frye 8-14 4-6 20, Shakur 5-8 0-0 10, Stoudamire 7-10 0-0 17, McClellan 3-6 0-0 8, Rodgers 2-3 0-0 5, Brielmaier 0-2 1-2 1, Walters 2-4 0-0 4, Fox 0-1 0-0 0, Dillon 2-2 2-2 7, Verdejo 2-3 0-0 5, Brase 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-63 9-13 97.

Halftime—Arizona 46-33. 3-Point Goals—California 8-26 (Midgley 6-13, Smith 2-5, Kately 0-2, Ubaka 0-6), Arizona 8-15 (Stoudamire 3-5, McClellan 2-4, Dillon 1-1, Rodgers 1-1, Verdejo 1-2, Radenovic 0-1, Shakur 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—California 30 (McGuire, Midgley 6), Arizona 36 (Frye 7). Assists—California 20 (Smith 8), Arizona 24 (Shakur 8). Total Fouls—California 15, Arizona 13. Technicals—California Team. A—14,591.