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Olson hits milestones

Associated Press

Salim Stoudamire scored 16 of his 26 points in the first half, and the No. 12 Arizona Wildcats (20-4, 10-2) beat the Southern California Trojans (9-14, 2-10) 88-76 on Thursday night in Los Angeles.

Wildcats coach Luts Olson became the second Pac-10 coach to win 300 conference games. John Wooden holds the record, leading UCLA to a 304-74 conference record before retiring in 1975. Olson’s teams are 300-86 against conference opponents.

Olson’s teams have won 20 or more games in 27 of his 32 years as a college head coach, tying him with Texas Tech’s Bob Knight and Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim for second most in NCAA history.

(12) Arizona 88, Southern Cal 76

Arizona (20-4, 10-2)–Radenovic 4-9 1-2 9, Adams 5-8 0-0 10, Frye 7-9 0-1 14, Stoudamire 9-14 3-3 26, Shakur 3-7 4-6 10, Fox 0-0 0-1 0, McClellan 4-6 0-0 8, Dillon 0-0 0-0 0, Rodgers 0-3 0-0 0, Verdejo 1-2 2-2 5, Walters 1-2 4-4 6, Brase 0-0 0-0 0, Brielmaier 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-60 14-19 88.

Southern California (9-14, 2-10)–McMillan 5-11 1-2 11, O’Neil 1-3 0-0 2, Young 7-15 1-2 18, L.Stewart 4-10 1-2 11, Pruitt 8-17 2-4 21, Curtis 1-2 1-2 3, Guenther Jr. 2-6 0-0 4, Penrose 1-1 0-0 3, Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Shackleford 1-3 0-0 3, E.Craven 0-0 0-0 0, Gaudino 0-1 0-0 0, Doucette 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-69 6-12 76.

Halftime—Arizona 39, Southern California 30. 3-point goals—Arizona 6-14 (Stoudamire 5-7, Verdejo 1-1, McClellan 0-1, Radenovic 0-1, Shakur 0-1, Rodgers 0-3), Southern California 10-25 (Young 3-5, Pruitt 3-8, L.Stewart 2-6, Penrose 1-1, Shackleford 1-3, Curtis 0-1, O’Neil 0-1). Fouled out—O’Neil. Rebounds—Arizona 40 (Radenovic 12), Southern California 33 (Curtis, McMillan 6). Assists—Arizona 14 (Shakur 5), Southern California 14 (Pruitt 5). Total fouls—Arizona 14, Southern Cal 17. A—4,415.

UCLA 95, Arizona St. 76

At Los Angeles, Dijon Thompson scored 27 of his career-high 39 points in the first half, and the Bruins (13-7, 7-5) beat the Sun Devils (16-8, 5-7).

Arizona State (16-8, 5-7)–Diogu 4-10 10-11 20, Angounou 4-6 0-0 8, Braxton 1-2 0-2 2, Krueger 0-4 0-0 0, Kruger 2-7 2-2 7, Morill 0-1 0-0 0, Pierce 2-5 0-0 6, Moore 10-17 3-5 31, Austin 1-1 0-0 2, Jackson 0-5 0-0 0, Fameni 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-58 15-20 76.

UCLA (13-7, 7-5)–Thonpson 13-18 6-8 39, Shipp 3-5 2-3 8, Fey 3-5 1-2 7, Afflalo 3-7 2-2 8, Farmar 5-7 56-6 18, Morrison 5-11 0-1 13, Mata 0-0 0-0 0, Hollins 0-0 2-2 2, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, McKinney 0-0 0-0 0, Hawking 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-53 18-24 95.

Halftime—UCLA 46, Arizona State 32. 3-point goals—Arizona State 13-26 (Moore 8-11, Diogu 2-2, Pierce 2-4, Kruger 1-4, Angounou 0-1, Krueger 0-1, Jackson 0-3), UCLA 13-21 (Thompson 7-9, Farmar 3-3, Morrison 3-5 Shipp 0-2, Afflalo 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Arizona State 28 (Diogo 7), UCLA 29 (Thomson, Fey 6). Assists—Arizona State 14 (Kruger 4), UCLA 20 (Farmar 7). Total fouls—Arizona State 22, UCLA 21. A—7,227.