Arizona Holds Off Oregon
Salim Stoudamire scored 27 points and Channing Frye had 17 to lead No. 13 Arizona to a 74-66 victory over Oregon on Thursday night at Eugene, Ore.
Hassan Adams had 13 points, six assists and six rebounds for the Wildcats, 15-3 overall, 5-1 in the Pac-10, who beat the Ducks for the fifth consecutive time.
Stoudamire was almost perfect in the first half, scoring 20 points on five-for-eight shooting. He made all three of his three-point attempts and was seven for seven from the free-throw line.
Bryce Taylor led Oregon (11-4, 3-3) with 20 points, and Aaron Brooks had 15 points and six assists.
Stoudamire ignited a game-turning 16-0 run when he made a pair of three-point baskets midway through the first half to give the Wildcats a 23-20 lead.
He scored four more points on free throws during that run, while Adams scored the other six points. The result was a 33-20 lead at the 6:28 mark. It was an advantage that held until halftime as Arizona led, 42-29, at the break.
After Ray Schafer made two free throws to pull the Ducks to within 64-61 with 4:25 to play, the Wildcats closed out the game on a 10-5 run.
Oregon State 88, Arizona State 66 -- The Beavers (11-6, 3-3 Pac-10) shot 62.5% at Corvallis, Ore., in their first full game under assistant Kevin Mouton, who filled in while Coach Jay John receives treatment for hypertension.
David Lucas scored 27 points and Nick DeWitz had 22 on nine- for-nine shooting to lead the Beavers. Ike Diogu scored 27 points for the Sun Devils (13-5, 2-4), who have lost their last three conference games.
The Beavers dominated the second half. Chris Stephens scored back-to-back baskets to give them a 61-48 lead.
Lucas powered inside for two points, J.S. Nash made two free throws and Lamar Hurd fed DeWitz for an alley-oop dunk that increased the lead to 19.
Diogu, the conference leader in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots, scored 22 of Arizona State’s first 32 points. The junior forward has scored in double figures in every game in his career -- a 77-game streak.
John was hospitalized last weekend in Seattle after leaving the Beavers’ 108-68 loss to Washington at halftime because of chest pains and shortness of breath. He watched on a TV in the Gill Coliseum basement.
