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Huskies squeak past Sun Devils in OT

ASU’s Jamelle McMillan drives past UW’s Venoy Overton. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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ASU’s Jamelle McMillan drives past UW’s Venoy Overton. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Jon Brockman scored on the first two possessions of overtime and finished with 21 points, and No. 21 Washington survived a wild finish to regulation and kept control of the Pac-10 men’s basketball race with a 73-70 victory over No. 14 Arizona State on Thursday night.

The Huskies (21-7, 12-4) moved 11/2 games clear of everyone else in the conference with only two league games remaining on their schedule, and snapped the Sun Devils’ five-game winning streak.

Brockman scored on the low block twice against ASU’s Jeff Pendergraft, who had four fouls, to start overtime. Justin Dentmon, whose gaffe at the end of regulation helped the Sun Devils force overtime, added six free throws in overtime.

Pendergraft had 24 points and 13 rebounds for the Sun Devils (21-6, 10-5), while James Harden added 19 points, four points after halftime, and he fouled out in overtime.

It was a crazy finish to both regulation and overtime for the Huskies, who snapped an eight-game losing streak in overtime games. The Huskies’ last overtime victory came four years ago against the Sun Devils in the Pac-10 tournament.

But this overtime victory was far more important for the Huskies and their hopes of gaining the school’s first outright conference title since winning the Pacific Coast Conference in 1953.

Much of that is because of Dentmon, who struggled with his shot all game but scored Washington’s final five points of regulation and was 6 of 8 on free throws in overtime.

Dentmon finished with 16 points. Quincy Pondexter added 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Huskies.

UW 73, ASU 70 (OT)

 Arizona State (11-5, 21-6)—Pendergraph 10-16 4-5 24, Kuksiks 5-11 0-0 13, McMillan 1-5 1-2 3, Glasser 4-11 0-0 9, Harden 7-19 4-6 19, Boateng 1-1 0-0 2, Abbott 0-4 0-0 0, Shipp 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-67 9-13 70.

Washington (12-4, 21-7)—Pondexter 5-9 0-1 10, Brockman 8-12 5-6 21, Gant 0-0 1-2 1, Thomas 3-13 4-4 11, Dentmon 4-14 7-10 16, Overton 0-2 6-6 6, Bryan-Amaning 3-5 0-0 6, Holiday 0-3 2-2 2, Turner 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-60 25-31 73.

Halftime—Washington 35-34. End Of Regulation—Tied 61. 3-Point Goals—Arizona St. 5-23 (Kuksiks 3-8, Glasser 1-5, Harden 1-5, Abbott 0-2, McMillan 0-3), Washington 2-17 (Thomas 1-4, Dentmon 1-9, Turner 0-2, Holiday 0-2). Fouled Out—Harden, Pendergraph. Rebounds—Arizona St. 38 (Pendergraph 13), Washington 41 (Pondexter 12). Assists—Arizona St. 13 (Harden 4), Washington 12 (Dentmon 4). Total Fouls—Arizona St. 22, Washington 15. A—10,000.

UCLA 76, Stanford 71: At Stanford, Calif., Josh Shipp hit four 3-pointers while scoring 24 points as No. 22 UCLA stayed in the race for its fourth consecutive Pac-10 title with a victory over fading Stanford (15-11, 4-11).

Alfred Aboya hit four free throws in the final 14 seconds to finish with 16 points for the Bruins (21-7, 10-5).

California 81, USC 78 (OT): At Berkeley, Calif., Patrick Christopher scored eight of his career-high 29 points in overtime, Jerome Randle added 15 points and eight assists, and California (21-7, 10-5) held on to beat USC (16-11, 7-8).