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Jensen’s 14 points lead No. 14 Huskies

Washington's Ryan Appleby splits ASU defenders for a layup. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Washington's Ryan Appleby splits ASU defenders for a layup. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

TEMPE, Ariz. – Mike Jensen made 4 of 5 3-pointers and scored 14 points to lead No. 14 Washington to a 91-66 victory over Arizona State on Thursday night.

Brandon Roy was one of four Washington players with 13 points, ending his string of nine consecutive games of at least 20 points. The streak was the longest in Huskies record books dating to 1960.

Roy fell one free throw shy of the UW record of 33 straight when he missed his first attempt of the game from the line.

Jamaal Williams, Ryan Appleby and Jon Brockman added 13 apiece for the Huskies (23-5, 12-5 Pacific-10 Conference).

Kevin Kruger scored 23 for Arizona State (10-16, 4-13), 19 in the first half when the Sun Devils took a 40-38 lead at the break. Jeff Pendergraph added 15 points and 11 rebounds, the freshman’s third consecutive double-double.

The game was a near duplicate of the teams’ first meeting Dec. 29 in Seattle, when the Huskies led 40-38 at the break, then blew out ASU 91-67.

In this one, Washington scored the first 11 points of the second half en route to an 18-4 run that put the Huskies up 56-44 on Williams’ hook shot with 13:22 to play. Six Washington players scored in the surge.

Arizona State cut it to 56-48 on Antwi Atuahene’s two free throws with 12:13 to go before the Huskies turned it on in a 24-5 outburst to go up 80-53.

Washington 91, ASU 66

Washington (23-5, 12-5)—Jones 3-7 1-2 9, Brockman 6-10 1-1 13, Jensen 5-6 0-0 14, Roy 5-10 3-4 13, Dentmon 1-4 0-0 3, Smith 0-2 2-2 2, Burmeister 1-2 0-0 3, Potter 0-1 0-0 0, Appleby 5-8 0-0 13, Wallace 3-5 0-0 6, Gasser 0-2 2-2 2, Williams 4-8 5-6 13. Totals 33-65 14-17 91.

Arizona State (10-16, 4-13)—Pendergraph 6-14 3-4 15, Seay 1-5 0-0 3, Angounou 3-4 1-2 7, Atuahene 0-2 2-2 2, Kruger 10-17 0-1 23, Krueger 2-6 2-3 6, Alridge 0-0 0-0 0, Claudino 3-5 0-0 6, Austin 0-0 0-0 0, Jackson 1-3 1-2 4, Goldstein 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-56 9-14 66.

Halftime—Arizona State 40, Washington 38. 3-point goals—Washington 11-25 (Jensen 4-5, Appleby 3-6, Jones 2-4, Burmeister 1-2, Dentmon 1-4, Gasser 0-1, Roy 0-3), Arizona State 5-16 (Kruger 3-9, Jackson 1-2, Seay 1-4, Krueger 0-1). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Washington 38 (Jones, Roy 7), Arizona St. 28 (Pendergraph 11). Assists—Washington 21 (Dentmon 6), Arizona State 13 (Atuahene 5). Total fouls—Washington 15, Arizona State 16. A—6,755.