Stanford holds off Huskies

Brook Lopez had 21 points and seven rebounds, and No. 8 Stanford struggled before holding off Washington 82-79 Thursday night at Stanford, Calif., to keep the Huskies winless at Maples Pavilion since 1993.

Anthony Goods added 16 points for the Cardinal (23-4, 12-3 Pac-10), who couldn’t break away from the eighth-place Huskies despite never trailing in their school-record 15th home victory of the season. Stanford has won 10 of 11 overall heading into Saturday’s home finale against No. 22 Washington State.

Jon Brockman had 20 points and 14 rebounds for the Huskies (15-14, 6-10), who repeatedly pulled within one basket of taking the lead in the second half. But Washington always failed to go ahead despite Brockman’s outstanding play, and Stanford hung on with a series of free throws and Taj Finger’s exceptionally tough layup with 1:07 to play.

(4) UCLA 70, Arizona State 49: At Tempe, Ariz., Kevin Love had 18 points and 12 rebounds for his 17th double-double, and the Bruins defeated the Sun Devils, UCLA’s eighth straight win over Arizona State.

USC 70, Arizona 58: At Tucson, Ariz., O.J. Mayo scored 20 points and the Trojans withstood a Wildcats comeback to hand Arizona its fifth home loss of the season.

In a matchup of two of the game’s best freshmen, Mayo got the better of Arizona’s Jerryd Bayless, who matched his season low of eight points, 13 less than his season average. The Wildcats’ other top scorer, Chase Budinger, scored only seven points.

Davon Jefferson had 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Trojans (18-9, 9-6), who never trailed and led by as many as 16 in the first half. Taj Gibson added 14 points.

Jordan Hill led Arizona (17-11, 7-8) with 18 points. Jawann McClellan added 14.