Around the Pac-10

Cal sophomore guard Patrick Christopher gave Pac-10 leading scorer Ryan Anderson some help last week with back-to-back 20-plus point games against the Arizona schools. … USC freshman guard O.J. Mayo hit bottom last Sunday against UCLA, with a career-low four points and 10 turnovers. … UCLA’s Bruins are struggling beyond the arc, having hit 7 of 44 (15.9 percent) in the last four games. … Ryan Appleby will soon be Washington’s career 3-point leader, needing one to tie Deon Luton’s record of 212. Appleby set a school single-game mark with nine against OSU. Arizona State’s Ty Abbott connected for eight against California. … Twins Brook and Robin Lopez combined for 83 points, 32 rebounds and 10 blocked shots last weekend for Stanford. … Not only is the conference balanced, but home-court victories are tough to come by as road teams are 32-31 in Pac-10 action.