PAC-10: Arizona dominates

Marcus Williams scored a career-high 27 points Thursday night to lead No. 10 Arizona to an 83-72 victory over Oregon State at Tucson, Ariz.

It was the fourth 20-point game in five starts for Williams, who also had eight rebounds.

Chase Budinger added 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Wildcats (13-2, 4-1 Pac-10) bounced back from Saturday’s overtime defeat at Washington State. Arizona is 9-0 at McKale Center.

Marcel Jones scored 26 points and Sasa Cuic added 16 to lead the Beavers (8-9, 0-4 Pac-10), who lost their season-high fourth straight game. Oregon State, coached by former Arizona assistant Jay John, has dropped 25 straight games in Tucson. The Beavers’ last win at McKale Center came in 1983, the year before Lute Olson arrived at Arizona.

(15) Oregon 60, Arizona St. 55

At Tempe, Ariz., Aaron Brooks scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half, including a pair of game-clinching free throws with 3.6 seconds to play, and the Ducks escaped with a victory over the Sun Devils.

The Ducks (15-1, 3-1) led by as many as 15 points in the second half before the Sun Devils (6-10, 0-5) rallied to cut it to three.

Bryce Taylor also scored 16 for Oregon, 12 in the first half. Arizona State’s Jeff Pendergraph had 18 points on 7-for-8 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds. Derek Glasser added 12.

Malik Hairston, back after missing five games with a foot injury, scored 13 for the Ducks.