Wiggins, Smith keep Cardinal atop Pac-10

Candice Wiggins scored 24 points and Brooke Smith added 22 to lead No. 11 Stanford to an 87-76 victory over Arizona on Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.

The Cardinal rebounded from a loss at Arizona State to remain in first place in the Pac-10.

The Wildcats have lost eight straight, but they didn’t look like a team in the midst of a huge losing streak in the first half. Arizona was 8 for 16 from 3-point range, including Joy Hollingsworth’s 3 to give the Wildcats a 34-33 lead.

But behind 18 first-half points from Wiggins, the Cardinal were up 43-40 at half.

Natalie Jones did all she could to keep the score close in her final home game, scoring 27 points for the Wildcats.

(9) Oklahoma 73, (21) Texas A&M 54: At Norman, Okla., Courtney Paris had 15 points and 14 rebounds as the Sooners clinched their first Big 12 Conference regular-season title in four years and extended their winning streak to 11 games by beating the Aggies.

(15) Arizona State 62, California 43: At Tempe, Ariz., Kristen Kovesdy had 14 points and seven rebounds to help the Sun Devils to their school-record eighth straight conference victory.

(16) DePaul 70, St. John’s 67: At Chicago, Khara Smith had 13 points, including the game-winning shot, to lead the Blue Demons past the Red Storm.

Wyoming 57, (19) BYU 56: At Provo, Utah, Hanna Zavecz made a free throw with 13.4 seconds left to lift the Cowgirls to the upset. Zavecz, who finished with 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists, missed her first foul shot but made the second.

(24) Louisiana Tech 72, Boise State 59: At Boise, Tasha Williams scored 20 points and Aarica Ray-Boyd added 17 to help Tech move a full game ahead of Fresno State for the Western Athletic Conference lead.

(25) Utah 79, Air Force 53: At Air Force Academy, Colo., Kim Smith scored 24 points, and Shona Thorburn had 13 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds to lead the Utes to their sixth straight win.