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Huskies end four-game skid, beat Southern Cal

Associated Press The Spokesman-Review

Ryan Appleby scored 22 points, hitting five 3-pointers, and Washington snapped a four-game losing streak with an 85-70 win over No. 23 Southern California on Thursday night at Seattle.

Appleby and point guard Justin Dentmon combined for 24 first-half points, including seven 3-pointers. The Huskies (17-12, 7-10 Pac-10) hit nine 3s in the first half – more than their game total in all but three contest this season – and finished with 10.

Jon Brockman scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Spencer Hawes added 13, including eight straight during one stretch after the Trojans had cut a 17-point deficit down to five.

Nick Young led USC (21-9, 11-6) with 26 points and hit 11 of 15 shots, but the Trojans lost for the sixth time in their last seven against Washington.

Stanford 63, Arizona State 53: At Stanford, Calif., Lawrence Hill and Fred Washington scored 18 points apiece, and Stanford took advantage of a long Arizona State scoring drought early in the game to bolster its NCAA tournament hopes with a victory over the Sun Devils.

Arizona State (7-21, 1-16 Pac-10) went nearly nine minutes without a point after scoring on the opening possession of the game and played from behind the rest of the way.

Mitch Johnson added 11 points for Stanford (18-10, 10-7), which got the key win despite a quiet night from the Lopez twins. Brook Lopez scored just four points, snapping a string of four straight 20-point games, and Robin had just five.

The win assured the Cardinal of finishing with a winning record in the Pac-10, with only Saturday’s home game against Arizona remaining. With five wins against ranked opponents this season, Stanford is in good position to earn an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament.

Arizona 70, California 65: At Berkeley, Calif., Marcus Williams had 21 points and nine rebounds, Ivan Radenovic added 19 points and Arizona hung on for its 16th victory in 18 meetings with California.

Chase Budinger added 18 points and 12 rebounds as the Wildcats (19-9, 10-7) won their second straight despite falling out of the race for the Pac-10 title.

Ayinde Ubaka scored 15 points and Omar Wilkes had 10 for the Golden Bears (14-15, 6-11).